Traditional Irish Christmas Cake & Marzipan - Recipe Below! :)

Traditional Irish Christmas Cake is topped with marzipan and icing.
Malachi McCormick’s book Irish Country Cooking has a wonderful recipe for a traditional Irish Christmas Cake.
I have made it every year for years.
The only difference between the book recipe and mine being I make home made Marzipan, add a whole bottle of whiskey and cut it into creative pieces before icing.
1 Cup (each)- Dark Raisins, Gold Raisins, Currents, Glacé Cherries halved, Dried Fruit (apricots, figs, prunes).
1 Raw Apple grated
2 Cups Mixed Nuts
1/2 Cup Mixed Candied Peel chopped
2 Cups Sugar
1 Pound -4 Sticks Unsalted Butter (room temp)
8 Eggs
5 Cups Cake Flour
1t Salt
Irish Whiskey
The night before you plan to bake the cake, preheat oven to 200 degrees. Mix together all the fruit, nuts, candied peel, dried fruit, grated rinds & juices if lemon & orange. Cover the bowl, put it in the oven & turn OFF the heat. Leave in oven over night.
Next day-
Cream the sugar & butter.
Beat the eggs well and add them to the eggs & sugar.
Put the flour & salt in a large bowl and add the eggs, sugar, butter mixture.
Then add the fruit mixture and a jigger of whiskey. Mix well.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
Grease a round 12” pan and line it with 2 sheets wax paper.
Pour the batter in, spread evenly, cover with lid or aluminum foil and cook for an hour.
Turn temperature down to 275 degrees and cook further (another hour or so) until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
Take the cake out, let cool and with the wax paper still on, store in a cake tin or wrap up with aluminum foil.
Every week open up and pour some whiskey across the top until Christmas time.
Traditionally it is topped with Marzipan & Icing and a sprig of holly is placed on top.
** To make Marzipan
Buy Almond paste, confectioners sugar and lemons.
Break down the Almond paste with the lemons and add powdered/confectioners sugar until a smooth dough is created.
Roll out and place on cake.
Mix up some confectioners/powdered sugar and water into a medium thick frosting and pour onto the cakes.
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Absolutely Delicious Christmas Cake... you do need to have ID to have a slice ;)... quite warm from the whiskey... SO GOOD!

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Traditional Irish Christmas Cake is topped with marzipan and icing.
Malachi McCormick’s book Irish Country Cooking has a wonderful recipe for a traditional Irish Christmas Cake.
I have made it every year for years.
The only difference between the book recipe and mine being I make home made Marzipan, add a whole bottle of whiskey and cut it into creative pieces before icing.
1 Cup (each)- Dark Raisins, Gold Raisins, Currents, Glacé Cherries halved, Dried Fruit (apricots, figs, prunes).
1 Raw Apple grated
2 Cups Mixed Nuts
1/2 Cup Mixed Candied Peel chopped
2 Cups Sugar
1 Pound -4 Sticks Unsalted Butter (room temp)
8 Eggs
5 Cups Cake Flour
1t Salt
Irish Whiskey
The night before you plan to bake the cake, preheat oven to 200 degrees. Mix together all the fruit, nuts, candied peel, dried fruit, grated rinds & juices if lemon & orange. Cover the bowl, put it in the oven & turn OFF the heat. Leave in oven over night.
Next day-
Cream the sugar & butter.
Beat the eggs well and add them to the eggs & sugar.
Put the flour & salt in a large bowl and add the eggs, sugar, butter mixture.
Then add the fruit mixture and a jigger of whiskey. Mix well.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
Grease a round 12” pan and line it with 2 sheets wax paper.
Pour the batter in, spread evenly, cover with lid or aluminum foil and cook for an hour.
Turn temperature down to 275 degrees and cook further (another hour or so) until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
Take the cake out, let cool and with the wax paper still on, store in a cake tin or wrap up with aluminum foil.
Every week open up and pour some whiskey across the top until Christmas time.
Traditionally it is topped with Marzipan & Icing and a sprig of holly is placed on top.
** To make Marzipan
Buy Almond paste, confectioners sugar and lemons.
Break down the Almond paste with the lemons and add powdered/confectioners sugar until a smooth dough is created.
Roll out and place on cake.
Mix up some confectioners/powdered sugar and water into a medium thick frosting and pour onto the cakes.
Garnish with a holly sprig.
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