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Gluten free Christmas cake recipe

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 9:56PM
Soak fruit, liquid, honey/syrup and apple in a large bowl over overnight.
Soak fruit, liquid, honey/syrup and apple in a large bowl over overnight.

Gluten free Christmas cake recipe

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 9:56PM

Nici Wikes likes to use the passing of labour weekend as her milestone to start getting a few must-have Christmas baking on the go, like the all-important Christmas cake!

1 ½kg mixed fruit

½ cup sherry or brandy or whatever

1 apple, grated

1 tbsp honey or golden syrup

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 ¾ cup gluten-free flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp mixed spice

½ cup orange juice

4 medium-sized eggs, beaten lightly

250g butter, melted

Set the oven at 130 C. Line base and sides of a 23cm square cake tin, first with a few layers of newspaper then two layers of baking paper.

Soak fruit, liquid, honey/syrup and apple in a large bowl over overnight.

Add sifted flour, baking powder and mixed spice to soaked fruit and mix well. Stir in eggs and orange juice. Lastly, add in the melted butter and mix to combine. Scrape into the prepared tin.

Place cake in oven on a magazine (it won’t burn at this temperature)and bake for3 ½ hours with a piece of baking paper loosely covering it to stop it burning on the top but uncovering it for the last 30 minutes.

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