Christmas cake

Name: Christmas cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 196 h 35 min
Total time: 196 h 35 min
Yield: 12 portions
Ingredients: 1000 g mixed dried fruit; 50 g glacé cherries; 50 g dried apricots; 50 g glace ginger; 150 g sherry; 230 g brown sugar; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground cloves; ½ tsp natural vanilla extract; ½ tsp natural almond extract; 14 tbsp Drambuie; 150 g butter; 110 g full cream milk; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ tsp sea salt; 3 eggs; 350 g plain flour