Gluten-Free Fruit Cake (Christmas Cake)
Total Time
7 hours and 30 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour and 20 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
(43)
Ingredients
10 servings
- 5 cups dried fruit of choice (I like to use a mix of currants, raisins, dates, cranberries, apricots and candied ginger)
- 1 cup sparkling water (plain or flavor of choice)
- 2 cups almond flour (or almond meal)
- 2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup coconut sugar (or granulated sugar of choice)
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup refined coconut oil (melted)
- ½ cup butter (melted, use vegan butter or more coconut oil if needed)
- ½ cup orange juice (plus 1/3 cup for drizzle (last step)
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Preparation
Step 1
In a large mixing bowl, add the mixed dried fruit, then cover with the sparkling water. Allow to sit and soak overnight, or at least 6 hours.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 300°F. Grease an 8" or 9" cake pan. Set aside.
Step 3
In another large mixing bowl, add the almond flour, gluten-free all purpose flour, sugar, flaxseed, mixed spice, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well.
Step 4
In another mixing bowl, add the oil, butter, orange juice, almond extract and vanilla extract. Whisk well.
Step 5
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix until well combined.
Step 6
Fold in the soaked fruit (sparkling water and all).
Step 7
Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top with a spatula.
Step 8
Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until firm, golden and a toothpick insetted into the center pulls out clean.
Step 9
All the cake to cool in cake pan for at least 10 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack upside down.
Step 10
Once on a cooling rack, poke several holes into the bottom of the cake. Evenly pour the 1/3 cup of orange juice over the holes. Allow the juice to absorb completely before flipping the cake upright to serve.
Step 11
Serve and enjoy! If keeping the cake for longer before serving, feed with orange juice as stated above every 24 hours before serving.
Step 12
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