Dundee cake

Cook

1. 🥄Put the almonds into a small bowl and pour over boiling water to just cover.

Prepare

1. 🔥Leave for 5 mins then drain in a sieve and leave to dry.
2. 🧂Preheat the oven to 180C/160 C fan/Gas Mark

Steps

1. 🧂Line a deep loose-based 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.
2. 🍳Put the butter in a large bowl and beat well until soft.
3. 🫇Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
4. 🍽️Stir in the orange zest and apricot jam.
5. 🌿Sieve together the flour and baking powder.
6. ✨Add the eggs to the creamed butter and sugar, a little at a time, beating well between each addition.

Prepare

1. 🍳If the mixture starts to curdle, stir in a little flour.
2. 🫇Add the remaining flour and ground almonds and mix well.
3. 🍽️Mix in the milk and then add the dried fruit and cherries and mix gently together.
4. 🌿Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread level using the back of a spoon.

Steps

1. 🫇Arrange the whole almonds close together in neat circles on the top of the cake.

Cook

1. 🍽️Bake in the oven for 45 mins.
2. 🌿Lower the oven temperature to 160C/140 C fan/Gas Mark 3 and cook for a further 60–80 minutes.

Steps

1. 🌿Check the cake after 50 minutes by inserting a wooden or metal skewer into the cake.
2. ✨When it’s done it should have just a few crumbs attached.

Cook

1. ✨Check every 10 minutes - it’s important not to overcook this cake so the centre will be a little soft.
2. 🥄When cooked, remove the cake briefly from the oven, put the milk and sugar into a small pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.

Steps

1. 🥄Brush over the top of the cake and return the cake to the oven for 2-3 mins.
2. 🔥Remove and allow the cake to cool in the tin.

Prepare

1. 🔥When quite cold remove from the tin and wrap in foil and keep for at least 2 days before cutting.