CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE GLUTEN FREE RECIPE |
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 55 mins
- Cake
- 150g medjool dates, chopped
- 150g dried figs, chopped
- 150g raisins
- 150g currants
- 200 ml cognac
- 325g or 2½ cups plain gluten free flour
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp allspice
- 350ml light olive oil
- 3 eggs
- Zest and juice of 1 orange
- 150g toasted slivered almonds
- Royal Icing
- 300g pure icing sugar, sifted
- 1 egg white
- 3 tsp lemon juice
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line base with baking paper.
- Combine dates, figs, raisins and currants in a saucepan and gently simmer in cognac for 3 minutes. Set aside to cool completely so the fruit can soak up the alcohol.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice to a mixing bowl. Blend on a low speed for a few seconds to combine dry ingredients.
- Add oil, eggs, orange zest and juice, almonds and fruit and gently mix until combined.
- Spoon batter into tin and bake for 40 min or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Place cake on a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- To make the icing, beat the egg white, icing and lemon juice together in mixer until a paste is formed. Pour over cake immediately before the icing sets.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 180c. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line base with baking paper.
- Combine dates, figs, raisins, currants and cognac in Thermomix bowl and cook 3 min/100C/speed 1/reverse mode. Pour fruit into a bowl set aside to cool completely so the fruit can soak up the alcohol.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice to clean bowl and blend for 3 sec/speed 5.
- Add oil, eggs, orange zest and juice, almonds and fruit and mix 40 sec/speed 5/reverse mode, scraping down sides of bowl halfway through mixing.
- Spoon batter into tin and bake for 40 min or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Place cake on a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- To make the royal icing beat the egg white, icing and lemon juice in Thermomix 5 sec/speed 7. Pour over cake immediately before the icing sets.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/christmas-fruit-cake-gluten-free-recipe/
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