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Gluten Free Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
- subheading: 900g dried fruit - I used:
- 100 g currants
- 75 g raisins Flame raisins are extra juicy
- 150 g sultanas I used Turkish sultanas
- 75 g cranberries
- 125 g glacé cherries cut into quarters (I used Morello glacé cherries)
- 100 g dried blueberries
- 100 g dried apricots chopped
- 50 g dried figs chopped
- 75 g dried prunes chopped
- 50 g crystalised ginger chopped
- subheading: 80g chopped/flaked nuts of choice - I used:
- 50 g flaked almonds
- 30 g (Iranian) Slivered Pistachios
- 1 orange - juice and finely grated zest ** ➘ **)
- 1 unwaxed lemon - juice and finely grated zest ** ➙ **) the total juice should be about 100 ml for the cake
- 150 ml Calvados (apple Brandy) or standard Brandy/Cointreau/Amaretto/ Whisky (or cold brewed Tea (no milk) or apple/orange juice)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- subheading: Cake Sponge - dry ingredients:
- 175 g gluten free flour blend I used GFA rice free Blend B - See NOTES
- 125 g ground almonds (almond meal)
- 2 tsp ground psyllium husk or 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tsp GF baking powder
- 2 tsp mixed spice powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon powder
- ½ tsp all spice powder
- Cake Sponge - the rest
- 275 g unsalted butter or DF block - eg Stork baking block - melted
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 220 g brown sugar I used a combination of 150g soft light brown sugar + 70g coconut sugar
- 4 large eggs At room temperature (lightly beaten) - UK large (Canadian ‘Extra Large’; Australian ‘Jumbo’; and US ‘Extra or Very Large’)
- 50 ml booze of choice (the one used in the cake is best) - Or cold brewed Tea (no milk)
- + Extra Booze to Feed or Tea (not juice)
Steps
Directions at glutenfreealchemist.com
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