Recipe: Yummy Fiona's mincemeat cake

Fiona's mincemeat cake. Great recipe for Fiona's mincemeat cake. This recipe was originally given to me by my mother's friend after I had lots of mincemeat left at Christmas and was sick of mince pies. I changed the original recipe around in order to make it a lighter fruit cake.

Beat in eggs to the sugar and butter mix. Beat in one at a time until combined. Stir in the mincemeat and fold in the flour.. You can cook Fiona's mincemeat cake using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Fiona's mincemeat cake

1. Prepare 115 grams of butter.
2. It's 115 grams of caster sugar (regular white sugar).
3. Prepare 3 each of eggs.
4. It's 340 grams of mincemeat (the kind you get at Christmas in jars. its not meat but a mixture of currants cherries suet etc).
5. It's 200 grams of self raising flour.
6. You need 1 dash of milk.

For an even richer Christmas mincemeat cake, add the butter, sugar and citruses, too. Fiona's mincemeat cake butter • caster sugar (regular white sugar) • eggs • mincemeat (the kind you get at Christmas in jars. its not meat but a mixture of currants cherries suet etc) • self raising flour • milk Fiona then decided to set up on her own and is now the principal of Edinburgh New Town Cookery School which won Cookery School of the Year at this year's Food Awards Scotland. Homemade mincemeat is absolutely delicious and this version is very quick and simple to make. The Christmas cake, pudding and mincemeat can be made as early as October and the earlier they are made the better they will taste.

Fiona's mincemeat cake step by step

1. Grease a 7inch round cake tin.
2. Cream butter and sugar together (ie beat together until it looks light).
3. Beat in eggs to the sugar and butter mix. Beat in one at a time until combined.
4. Stir in the mincemeat and fold in the flour. The mixture should be moist and not too stiff add a little milk if necessary.
5. Bake at 325°F for 10 minutes then lower to 300°F for 30-40 minutes the cake is ready when it shrinks from the sides of the pan.
6. Make a coffee sit with your feet up and enjoy a slice :-).

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