English Twelfth Night Cake
Updated October 10, 2023
- Total Time
- 3 hours 20 minutes
- Prep Time
- 20 minutes
- Cook Time
- 3 hours
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Ingredients
½ pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ pound sugar
5 eggs, beaten
¼ cup brandy
½ pound all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
½ pound raisins
1 cup blanched almonds, chopped
1 dried bean
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 to 10 servings)
61 grams carbs; 129 milligrams cholesterol; 531 calories; 11 grams monosaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 28 grams fat; 3 grams fiber; 42 milligrams sodium; 9 grams protein; 38 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until pale and lemon-colored.
- Step 2
In a separate bowl beat the eggs. Add the eggs and brandy to the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in the flour and spices and mix thoroughly. Add the raisins, almonds and good-luck bean. Mix thoroughly.
- Step 3
Butter a 12-inch cake tin and line it with buttered wax paper. Pour in the cake mixture and bake for three hours. If the top browns too much during cooking, cover with foil.
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Comments
My husband loved this cake. I would add a bit more sugar next time. I used a ten inch springform pan which worked out fine. Sprinklied confectioner's sugar on top when cooled. Very nice sherved with sherry.
This recipe did not work for me. I am an experienced cook and yet the cake did not rise, but remained a one-inch hard little flat piece of something or other. I think perhaps the directions are wrong or incomplete in a couple of places. I guess the five eggs are to act as the leavening agent, but the recipe did not say to beat them to a frothy lemony color, so since this was the first time for this recipe, I followed directions precisely. Or, the leavening agent was left out all together.
Ok not exceptional. Added additional spice which was needed. It was a bit too dry for my taste. It took 2 hours to cook.
This cake was done by 90 minutes--why does it need to bake for 3 hours?
I had the same experience!