Christmas Cake Recipe James Martin. Leave to cool for 30 mins. And here s how the making part goes down.

Tip into a mixing bowl and add 175g plain flour 100g ground almonds tsp baking powder 2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp ground cinnamon tsp ground cloves 100g flaked almonds 1 tsp vanilla extract and 4 large eggs. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Bake at 325ºf 160ºc or 150ºc for a fan oven for 60 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 300ºf 150ºc or 140ºc for a fan oven for a further two hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Tip into a mixing bowl and add 175g plain flour 100g ground almonds tsp baking powder 2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp ground cinnamon tsp ground cloves 100g flaked almonds 1 tsp vanilla extract and 4 large eggs.

Stir in the orange zest and juice to combine then cover and set. James martin s islands to highlands this new celebration of the unique food of the british isles sees james travel from islands to highlands cooking and eating everywhere from cornwall to scilly jersey and guernsey isle of man to shetland the peak district lake district and yorkshire moors and from wales to skye. Put 1kg mixed dried fruit the zest and juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon 150ml brandy or other alcohol 250g softened butter and 200g light soft brown sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.