Cook Time: 2 hours
What you need
- 275g/10oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
- 275g/10oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
- 150g/5oz Butter (softened)
- 150ml /¼ pint Water
- 1 teaspoon Goodall’s Vanilla Essence
- Pinch of Salt
- 3 Eggs
- 50g/2oz Plain Chocolate (melted)
- 2 tablespoons Sqeez Orange Juice
- 175g/6oz Pecans (halved)
- 175g/6oz Cherries (halved)
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Sultanas
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Raisins
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Mixed Peel
To Decorate
- 175g/6oz Mixed Whole Nuts & Coloured Cherries
- 2 tablespoons Golden Syrup or Rowse Honey
Recipe Steps
- In a large bowl put the Shamrock pecans, cherries, sultanas, raisins and mixed peel. Mix well.
- Add the orange juice, mix and allow to stand for approx. 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Stir in 25g/1oz of the flour to coat the fruit and nuts evenly.
- Meanwhile, cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in the water, vanilla essence, salt, eggs and melted chocolate.
- Stir in the flour.
- Add fruit mixture to the batter and mix together thoroughly.
- Spoon into a greased and lined 25cm/10″ clip sided ring tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 300°F, 150°C, Gas 2 for 11/2 to 2 hours.
- Cool in tin on a wire rack.
- When cool, turn out of tin and remove lining.
- Decorate with mixed Shamrock nuts and cherries.
- Spoon over golden syrup or honey to glaze.
Recipe Notes:
Cake will keep for up to 2 weeks, once wrapped tightly and stored in an airtight tin.
