Dairy-Free Christmas Cake

Name: Dairy-Free Christmas Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 Tbsps alcohol (whisky, brandy, rum or liqueur); 1 drop A of pure almond essence; 1 large cooking apple, grated; 225 grams 8oz dairy-free margarine; 1 egg white and 2 egg yolks both lightly beaten; 2 mediums eggs; 1250 grams 2lb 12 oz dried fruit (sultanas, currants, cherries and candied peel); 450 grams 1lb ground almonds; 1 Juice of lemon and 1 orange; 225 grams 8oz light muscovado sugar; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 100 grams 4 oz chopped mixed nuts; 125 grams 5oz rice flour; 450 grams 1lb sifted caster sugar; 2 Tbsps whiskey; 2 teaspoons xanthan gum

Dairy-Free Christmas Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 1458 calories, 24g of protein, and 73g of fat each. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. A mixture of nuts, juice of lemon, cooking apple, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

Place the dried fruit, chopped nuts, juice and half the alcohol in a large mixing bowl and leave for an hour. Double line the base and sides of your cake tin with greaseproof paper.

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Dried Fruit

Alcohol

Juice

Base

Nuts

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Mixing Bowl

Cake Form

Cut a piece of brown paper long enough to bo around the outside and approximate double the depth of the tin to form a collar and secure with string. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4Cream the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Margarine

Sugar

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Oven

Add the eggs gradually, beating well each time.

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Egg

Combine the spice, xanthan gum, rice flour and ground almonds. Stir gently into the mixture.

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Almond Meal

Rice Flour

Add the grated apple to the fruit and then gently stir in the rest of the ingredients. Empty into the prepared tin. Using a wet hand, smooth and level the top of the cake.

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Apple

Fruit

Lay a sheet of brown paper over the top of the collar and bake for an hour. Reduce the temperature to 150C/300F/Gas 2 and bake for a further 2 more two and a half hours until a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.

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Oven

Skewers

Remove from the oven and pour the rest of the alcohol over the hot cake and leave to cool in the tin. When completely cold, remove the cake from the tin, but do not remove the greaseproof paper. Wrap in another layer of greaseproof and then foil until ready to decorate.To decorate, make the almond paste by beating together the eggs, whiskey and essence and then adding it to the sugar and ground almonds to make a paste. Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/gas

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Almond Meal

Almond Paste

Alcohol

Whiskey

Sugar

Egg

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Sprinkle the work surface with icing sugar and kneed the almond paste lightly until smooth.

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Almond Paste

Powdered Sugar

Roll out to approximately 1cm/half inch thick.

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Roll

Brush the cake with the egg white and cover with the almond paste.

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Almond Paste

Egg Whites

Roll out any leftover paste thinly and cut out festive shapes.

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Roll

Brush with the egg yolk and stick on to the cake and then brush the whole cake with the egg yolk.Carefully place the cake on a baking tray and bake for 10-15 mins until golden in color. When the cake has cooled, you can dredge the top with icing sugar if you wish.

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Powdered Sugar

Egg Yolk