Rich Christmas Cake

(Makes 18cm/7 in cake) - Serves 20 240 cals per slice

The following Christmas Cake Recipe will help you lose weight when combined with your Super Slim diet. Please speak with your personal consultant for more weight loss details of this and other recipes.

Ingredients

• 225g/8oz self-raising flour
• 1/4 level tsp mixed spice
• 1/4 level tsp ground cinnamon
• 175g/6oz soft brown sugar
• 565g/1 1/4lb mixed luxury dried fruit
• 50g/2oz glace cherries
• 25g/1oz mixed peel
• 100g/3 1/2oz Lighter Bake
• 4 medium eggs, beaten 

To decorate

• 225g/8oz fondant icing
• 1 level tbsp reduced-sugar apricot conserve

Christmas Cake Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas3. Double line the base and sides of an 18cm/7in deep-sided round cake tin with greaseproof paper. Sift the flour and spices together. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl, beat together well and then spoon the mixture into the lined cake tin. Bake the cake for 2 hrs, covering it with greaseproof paper after an hour to prevent it from over-browning. Cool completely. Roll out the fondant on a flat surface dotted with icing sugar to prevent it from sticking. Using a star-shaped pastry cutter, stamp out 10 stars. Brush each one with a little apricot conserve and press against the sides and top of the cake. Decorate in addition accordingly.