John Whaite's bundt cake recipe
- 250 g (8.8oz) salted butter, softened
- 400 g (14.1oz) light muscovado sugar
- 1 orange, zest only
- 2 large eggs
- 300 ml (10.6fl oz) buttermilk
- 300 g (10.6oz) plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp ground mixed spice
- 100 g (3.5oz) pecans, roughly chopped
- 100 g (3.5oz) walnuts, roughly chopped
- 200 g (7.1oz) best quality mincemeat
- 100 g (3.5oz) marzipan, cut into small cubes
- 1 scattering icing sugar, to dust
- Preheat the oven to 170C (fan) and make sure your bundt tin is very well greased.
- Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest until very well combined and the sugar has more or less dissolved into the butter.
- Beat in the eggs and buttermilk, then sift over the flour, baking powder and mixed spice and fold in.
- Fold in the nuts, mincemeat and marzipan, then scoop into the prepared tin, level off and bake for 60-75 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the tin.
- To serve sift over some icing sugar, and serve.
butter, muscovado sugar, orange, eggs, buttermilk, flour, baking powder, mixed spice, pecans, walnuts, quality mincemeat, cubes, scattering icing sugar
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/45583/john-whaites-bundt-cake-recipe (may not work)