Scrumptious Christmas Cake

• 300 grams Self Raising Flour
• 300 grams Brown Sugar
• 4 Free Range Eggs
• 300 grams Butter
• 400 grams Mincemeat from a jar
• 1 packet Mixed fruit
• 2 teaspoons Mixed spice, or 1 each of Cinnamon and Nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons Brandy or Rum
• 1 packet Ready to roll White Marzipan
• 100 grams Green Marzipan
• 100 grams Red Marzipan
• 1 cup Apricot jam

1. Cream the butter and sugar together using a wooden spoon until smooth.
2. Beat the eggs and fold in half, along with half the amount of flour.
3. Add mincemeat, spices, fruit and brandy.rnThen fold in the rest of the egg and remaining flour.
4. Cook in the centre of a pre-heated oven at 150u0b0C for 1 hour.rnThen turn the temperature down to about 110u0b0C and cook for a further 3 hours or until the centre is dry.
5. Warm the Jam until spreadable, leave to cool and then apply to the top of the cake.
6. Roll out white Marzipan and cover the cake, cut off excess with a knife.
7. Roll red marzipan into balls in the palm of your hand, Use a cutter for the green marzipan to make leaves. Now you have your holly bushes for decoration.
8. Put a ribbon around the cake and find a message to use as a centre piece. Open some cheese and tuck in!

flour, brown sugar, range eggs, butter, mixed spice, brandy, packet, green marzipan, red marzipan, apricot jam

Taken from food52.com/recipes/56156-scrumptious-christmas-cake (may not work)