Do You Like Christmas Cake??...And It's Another Giveaway

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED

I made my second ever Xmas cake in the last couple of days and it was real easy to do.  I used the Alison Holst recipe to make it.  If you don't know who she is, she is a very well known New Zealand cook who has wonderful simple recipes.  No home should be without one of her books.  I actually have quite a number of them and use them regularly.

I don't eat Xmas Cake neither does my daughter, but hubby and son love it, so guess whose tummy's it will be going into.

If you want it, here is the recipe for it.

Alison Holst Xmas Cake 

1.5 kg mixed fruit 

450g can crushed pineapple 

3 cups flour 

1 tsp each cinnamon and mixed spice 

½ tsp ground cloves 

225g butter 

1 C sugar 

½ tsp each vanilla, almond and lemon essence 

6 large eggs 

up to 1 extra cup flour 

About 50g cherries and 50g almonds to decorate. 

Two or three days before making the cake/s put the mixed fruit in a large plastic bag with the undrained pineapple. Leave in a warm place turning until the juice is absorbed. 

To Make: 

Mix the spices with the flour and put aside. Cream butter and sugar add essences until light and smooth. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, adding 2 Tbsp spiced flour to each egg. Toss remaining flour and fruit together in a large bowl. Stir in creamed mixture. Mixture should be soft enough to drop from spoon. If too soft, add extra flour. Put into tin or tins (lined of course). 

Bake depending on tin size as follows: 

23cm cake. (Mix makes one), 150°C 1 ½ hours then 130°C 2 more hours 

18cm cakes (makes 2) bake 140°C 1 hour then 130°C for 1 more hour 

10cm cakes (mix makes 12) bake 130°C for 1 ½ hours (smoked fish cans good for 10cms ones).

You can go to her website too and find this and other recipes.

Now onto the give-away

Firstly have you entered my other giveaway here  for the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party. It closes on the 17th, New Zealand time.

So onto my next giveaway

SewMamaSew is again hosting another Giveaway Day and I am participating in it again.

 To have a look at all the other linky's go here. 

Now what am I giving away this time??

Well I have made up this little bundle for the winner.

 Two Fat 1/8's of this delighful Xmas fabric

 This mug rug

And this Mail Sack pattern from Pink Chalk Studio

So what do you have to do to enter.

Leave me a comment.  Any old comment will be fine.

For an additional entry follow me and let me know

 Please only 2 comments (I will delete extras) and if you are a no-reply blogger, please leave me a way to contact you.  If you are the winner and I haven't got a way to contact , I will redraw.

I will close the draw on Saturday evening New Zealand time.