Name: Bishop’s cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 cup (500g) brazil nuts; 1/2 cup (85g) pitted dates; 1 cup (210g) glace cherries, red and green mixed; 3/4 cup (110g) plain flour; 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Bishop’s cake

Traditionally served at Christmas time, this sweet, fruity cake is packed full of green and red glace cherries and crunchy nuts to produce a flavour and texture sensation.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

1H 45M

Total

1H 55M

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Ingredients

3 cup (500g) brazil nuts

1/2 cup (85g) pitted dates

1 cup (210g) glace cherries, red and green mixed

3/4 cup (110g) plain flour

3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

1.Preheat oven to 150°C (130°C fan-forced). Grease and line a 21cm x 11cm loaf pan.

2.Combine nuts, dates and cherries in a bowl. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt over fruit mixture. Mix well.

3.Whisk eggs and vanilla essence, until frothy. Pour over batter, stirring well. Spoon into prepared pan.

4.Bake 1 hour 45 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

Use a sharp serrated knife to cut cake into very thin slices before serving.
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