Fruit Cake
Ingredients:
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• Flour blend: 1 cup Almonds, 1 cup Buckwheat ,1 cup fine Macadamia flour
• 2 cups chopped dried fruit (apples, dates,
cranberries, peaches, raisins, prunes, glazed cherries)
• 2 cups Apple or grape juice
• ½ teaspoon ground Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground Ginger
• 1 teaspoon Mixed spice
• 1 Lemon’s zest
• 3 Tablespoons Lemon juice
• ¼ cup Coconut oil, melted
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 2-3 Tablespoons Molasses
•1½ teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract/essence
• 200ml Soy milk, or any other
plant-based milk
Preparation:
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1. Place almonds and buckwheat together and blend until fine, to this add the fine macadamia flour.
2. Cook the juice, fruit, spices, lemon zest and coconut oil over low heat for 10 minutes (making a fruit mince)
3. Add flour mixture and fruit mixture together with salt, molasses, baking soda, vanilla, soy milk and lastly lemon juice.
4. Place in a deep cake pan 18-20cm lined with 2 layers of baking paper.
5. Bake on 150 degrees celsius for 45 min and on 170 degrees for the last 15-20 min.
6. To check whether it is done, press lightly with your hand on the cake, if it bounces back and if a skewer comes out rather clean, you can remove it from the oven.
7. Let it cool down completely in the pan before removing, then decorate and serve.
