Eggless Christmas cake
Eggless fruit cake with soaked fruit, nuts and spice. Serves 10
An eggless Christmas cake: sultanas, raisins, currants, cherries and peel are soaked overnight in apple juice, then baked with nuts, pumpkin seeds, lemon rind, ginger, cinnamon and a splash of brandy or rum. Start the day before.
- Total time
- 110 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
To soak overnight
For the cake
Method
0/5 doneStep 1: The day before, soak the 8 oz sultanas, raisins and currants, 2 ⅝ oz glacé cherries and 1 ¾ oz mixed peel in the 1 cup apple juice overnight.
5 minStep 2: Heat the oven to 350°F (300°F fan). Grease a 20 cm square tin and line it with baking paper.
Step 3: Add the 8 oz self-raising flour, 3 ½ tbsp oil, ½ cup milk, 1 tsp lemon rind, 1 ¼ oz almonds and macadamias, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 3 tbsp brandy or rum, 1 tsp ground ginger and 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds to the soaked fruit and mix well.
Step 4: Pour into the tin and bake for 1½ hours until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Cover the top with foil if it browns too fast.
90 minStep 5: Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Wrap in foil and store in a tin.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 295 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 48 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does eggless Christmas cake take?
- About 110 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 90 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of self-raising flour?
- Plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder per 150g (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
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