It has long been the tradition here at Togher N.S. for the 5th and 6th classes to make Christmas cakes. Just like every other year, we kept the tradition, using the usual recipe and using no electric mixers. The children mixed the ingredients perfectly using a wooden spoon, while chatting happily and listening to Christmas songs. The cakes all turned out brilliantly.

The recipe for our Christmas Cake is as follows:

225g (8 ozs) butter
225g (8 ozs) pale, soft brown sugar, or golden caster sugar
6 eggs
285g (10 ozs) plain flour
1 tsp mixed spice
340g (12 ozs) sultanas
340g (12 ozs) currants
340g (12 ozs) raisins
110g (4 ozs) glace cherries
110g (4 ozs) candied peel
110g (4 ozs) ground almonds (almonds are optional, just increase the
amount of flour if you don’t want almonds!)
1 lemon
1 orange
1 large or 2 small apples