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FRUIT & NUT 
CHRISTMAS CAKE

MAKES: 1 cake

Serving

INGREDIENTS 

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Cake Mixture:

  • 200g / 2 cups almond flour

  • 150g / 1 cup 'Yourself' Raising Flour

  • 200g dairy-free butter, at room temperature

  • 130ml / ½ cup warm water

  • 40g / ¼ cup coconut sugar

  • 20g / ¼ cup psyllium husk

  • 120g / 1 cup pecans, finely chopped

  • 30g / ¼ cup pistachios, finely chopped

  • 7 eggs

 

Spices:

  • ½ teaspoon clove

  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg

  • ½ teaspoon ginger

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

 

Fruit Soak:

  • 250ml / 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

  • zest of 1 whole orange

  • 100ml brandy (Traditional French, Cherry Brandy or Cointreau or Grand Marnier)

  • 150g glazed cherries, cut in half

  • 200g dried currents

  • 200g dried sultanas

  • 100g dried apricots, finely diced

  • 150g dried pineapple, finely diced

DIRECTIONS 

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1. Place the ingredients for the fruit mixture in a bowl and combine well. Soak overnight or for a minimum of 3 hours.

 

2. Preheat oven to 140°C fan forced / 160°C conventional oven / 325°F and line a round cake pan with baking paper.

 

3. Add to the fruit soak the spices, coconut sugar, psyllium husk, water, pecans, pistachios, eggs, dairy-free butter and combine well. It is helpful to use a fork to “mash” the butter.

 

4. Add the almond flour and self-raising flour and mix until all ingredients are well combined.

 

5. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top with the back of a spoon. Optional to add glazed fruit to decorate or simply add almond flakes. Allow sitting for 5 minutes.

 

6. Bake in the oven for 2 hours 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

 

7. Remove from oven and cool for 1 hour in pan before transferring to cooling rack. Cool completely before serving.

FEATURED:

Casalare acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and work on, the Yorta Yorta People, and recognises their continuing connection to the land and waterways.  

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

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