Christmas Cake – No Need to Age (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
Ingredients
For the cake:
For decoration:
Instructions
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In a large pan place the sultanas, cranberries, mixed peel, cherries, cranberry juice, orange juice, port, zest, treacle, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
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Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes
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Remove from the heat and allow the fruit to soak for at least one hour (overnight if possible)
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Preheat the oven to 140 oC
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Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin
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In a large bowl mix together the dairy free spread, sugar, baking powder, flour, xanthan gum and eggs
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Stir through the fruit mix (including any residual liquid) and the chopped nuts
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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)
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Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool completely
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Trim the top of the cake to make it an even and flat surface to ice
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Spread the apricot jam over the cake and cover with the marzipan sheet
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Allow the marzipan time to settle (overnight if you have time) before draping the fondant icing on top
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Decorate the cake with any christmas decorations you have
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