Dundee Cake - Traditional Scottish Fruit Cake

Whole Dundee Cake - traditional Scottish fruit cake - homemade on the Farmhouse Aga and posted in a gift box with ribbon.
 
Send a gift of a whole Dundee cake in the post!

I hand make your Dundee cake to order and it is slowly baked in the Farmhouse Aga, using quality ingredients and eggs from our own rescue ducks and chickens, and our own Chiltern Pantry marmalade. The cake is baked in a liner which will remain on the cake for transport, as it will give it a degree of protection when in the postal system.

This is a lovely traditional Dundee cake with a rich flavour, slightly less moist than a "normal" fruit cake, bursting with ground almonds, orange flavour and fruit, and of course with the signature almonds on top. It measures 20cm in diameter, 6 cm in height and weighs around 1.5kg. It will be wrapped in a window cake box with ribbon, and will serve 10-12 people.

Please note this is a totally handmade cake - as such the almonds may not be exactly symmetrically placed on the cake, there may be a skewer hole where I have tested whether the cake is done, there may be a crack in the cake, and it will definitely look hand made. The individuality, however, is the beauty of the cake, not mass produced in a huge factory, and I can assure you the taste will be well worth the hand made imperfections!

Dundee cake should keep well in an airtight tin for 4 weeks.

Please allow a few days for me to be able to make and bake the cake just for you!

And a bit of history for you - Dundee cake dates from the 1700's where it was first served in a shop in Dundee owned by Janet Keiller, and was later mass produced by the Keiller Marmalade Company. A popular story is that Mary Queen of Scots, who was fond of fruit cake, did not like cherries, so a cake was made for her using ground almonds instead of cherries - and hence Dundee cake was born! Many modern recipes ( mine included) now add glace cherries to give a splash of colour, but as this cake will be hand made to order, you can always ask me to leave out the cherries if you also do not like them!

We are pleased to have a 5* hygiene rating from Bucks County Council.

I will enjoy making your cake - I hope you will enjoy eating it!



Ingredients:-

Mixed Fruit (SULPHITES), WHEAT Flour, Butter (MILK), Brown Sugar, EGGS, Almonds milk ( NUTS), Almonds (NUTS), Cherries, Orange Marmalade, Orange Peel, Baking Powder.
Allergen advice. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in capitals.

Nutritional Information per 100g

Energy 1568.2kJ2616.2kJ
Fat 17.4g
of which saturates 6.8g
Carbohydrate49.1g
of which sugars 34.2g
Added Sugar 11.1g
Fibre 2.5g
Protein 5.9g
Salt 0.19g