Scottish dundee cake

A Dundee cake is a rich fruitcake made with currants, sultanas, and almonds; sometimes it will also include marmalade and fruit peel. Like many Scottish recipes, it has also been known to have a dash of whisky as well. Yum! The cake is beautifully moist with a rich zesty flavour backed up by a sweetly tart Dundee marmalade. The almonds are not just a design feature but provide a crunch and roasted flavour to an otherwise simple fruitcake.

This Scottish dundee cake is a traditional recipe and a classic Christmas treat for all, full of fruits and Scotch whisky.

So for this season it’s the Scottish fruit cake that is moist, fruity and very chirstmassy. And it is ludicrously straightforward. There is someone I want to thank and that’s Jehanne of “The cooki…

A traditional Scottish Dundee Cake recipe, simple and classic

Dundee cake is a famous traditional Scottish fruit cake with a rich flavour.

We might be in the New Year, with all manner of good resolutions, but this is a recipe that I really could not resist posting. We’re about to hit Burns Night, when there are celebrations of S…

A traditional Scottish Fruitcake that is very much beloved. You can either bake it in a 7 inch cake tin or in 10 large muffin tins.

Dundee Cake is one of the most famous traditional Scottish cakes. Usually, it is being made using almonds, currants, sultanas and a wide range of spices.

Dundee cake is a traditional Scottish Christmas fruit cake. There are lots of versions, but what they all have in common are gorgeous concentric circles of blanched almonds on top, a boozy glaze, and orange zest in the batter.

Dundee Cake is one of those recipes with lots of lore attached. As with all lore, much of it is inaccurate. Was it really created at the end...