Christmas Recipes > Tunis Cake
6oz softened butter
6oz castor sugar
4oz ground almonds
1 lemon juice, and rind
3 eggs
for the topping:
plenty of good quality chocolate
6 marzipan fruits
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Add the eggs, flour, lemon juice, lemon rind and ground almonds, mixing thoroughly.
- Place the mixture into a 8in greased and floured cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 150oC/300oF/gas mark 2 for one hour or until springy in the middle when pressed.
- Leave on a wire rack to cool.
- To decorate the cake, wrap some greased proof paper around the sides of the cake, standing proud of the top, securing this with a piece of string.
- Pour over the melted chocolate, when set remove the greaseproof and the chocolate shouldn't have run down the sides of the cake.
- There should be a good covering of chocolate on the cake.
- Once completely set, place the marzipan fruits on the top.
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How to make Tunis cake:
This cake is traditionally served at Christmas.
Ingredients
8oz self raising flour6oz softened butter
6oz castor sugar
4oz ground almonds
1 lemon juice, and rind
3 eggs
for the topping:
plenty of good quality chocolate
6 marzipan fruits
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until pale.- Add the eggs, flour, lemon juice, lemon rind and ground almonds, mixing thoroughly.
- Place the mixture into a 8in greased and floured cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 150oC/300oF/gas mark 2 for one hour or until springy in the middle when pressed.
- Leave on a wire rack to cool.
- To decorate the cake, wrap some greased proof paper around the sides of the cake, standing proud of the top, securing this with a piece of string.
- Pour over the melted chocolate, when set remove the greaseproof and the chocolate shouldn't have run down the sides of the cake.
- There should be a good covering of chocolate on the cake.
- Once completely set, place the marzipan fruits on the top.
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