Difficulty:
IntermediatePrep Time20 minsCook Time3 hrsTotal Time3 hrs 20 mins
Servings:
14
Best Season:
Winter
Ingredients
For the cake:
For decoration:
Instructions
In a large pan place the sultanas, cranberries, mixed peel, cherries, cranberry juice, orange juice, port, zest, treacle, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes
Remove from the heat and allow the fruit to soak for at least one hour (overnight if possible)
Preheat the oven to 140 oC
Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin
In a large bowl mix together the dairy free spread, sugar, baking powder, flour, xanthan gum and eggs
Stir through the fruit mix (including any residual liquid) and the chopped nuts
Pour into the cake tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 3.5 hours (I covered the top of my cake with tinfoil for the last hour of baking to stop the top getting burnt)
Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool completely
Trim the top of the cake to make it an even and flat surface to ice
Spread the apricot jam over the cake and cover with the marzipan sheet
Allow the marzipan time to settle (overnight if you have time) before draping the fondant icing on top
Decorate the cake with any christmas decorations you have