No, we aren't cooking a robin. Not today. It represents Christmas time and as Christmas looms over the snowy horizon, have a go at making a Christmas cake - this is a throw everything in recipe but we have included instructions for the best results.
Ingredients:
2 cups of self-raising flour
25g of butter
1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp of salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Juice from a quarter of a Lemon
4 eggs
Assorted Nuts
1/2 bottle of wine, a cup of rum or brandy
2 cups of dried fruit
Cream together the butter and the sugar using a wooden spoon
Add the eggs and sift in flour gradually as you stir.
Add salt
Soften the mixture by gradually pouring in the milk
Add in the brown sugar as you stir.
Slowly add in the alcohol if you would like some in there and squeeze the lemon over.
Stop stirring, throw in the fruits and nuts and fold them in carefully.
Place on the middle shelf of an oven preheated to a medium setting. The cake should take 45 mins to be done but as always, keep checking.