Make this dairy-, gluten-, nut- and egg-free Christmas cake. It is a festive cake for everybody, and the very best half is, nobody will ever guess it’s free-from!

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:30 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:3 hrs and 45 minutes
  • plus in a single day soaking and cooling
• Extra effort

• Freezable
• Dairy-free
• Egg-free
• Gluten-free
• Nut-free
• Vegan
• Vegetarian

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Elements

• 150g raisins
• 100g sultanas
• 125g currants
• 200g combined candied peel
• 100g glacé cherries, halved
• 2 oranges, zested and juiced
• 100ml brandy or black tea, plus 4 tbsp
• 175g dairy-free margarine, plus additional for the tin
• 175g darkish brown delicate sugar
• 50g treacle
• 200ml soya milk
• 2 tbsp cider vinegar
• 400g gluten-free flour
• 2 tsp xanthan gum
• ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp combined spice
• 2 tsp floor cinnamon

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Technique

• STEP 1

  The day earlier than you wish to bake the cake, mix the raisins, sultanas, currants, combined candied peel, glacé cherries, orange juice and 100ml brandy in a big bowl. Cowl and depart to soak in a single day.

• STEP 2

  Butter a deep 20cm spherical cake tin, and line the bottom and aspect with baking parchment. Beat the margarine, sugar, treacle and orange zest collectively in a big bowl utilizing an electrical whisk till clean and fluffy. Step by step whisk within the milk and vinegar (the combination will break up at this level, however will come again collectively when the dry components are added, so don’t fear). Combine the flour, xanthan gum, bicarbonate of soda, combined spice and cinnamon collectively in a second massive bowl. Step by step combine the moist components into the dry till clean. Warmth the oven to 150C/130C fan/gasoline 2.

• STEP 3

  Fold the soaked fruit into the cake combination till mixed, then spoon into the tin and stage the highest with the again of a spoon. Bake for 45 minutes, then cut back the warmth to 140C/120C fan/gasoline 1 and bake for an additional 2-3 hrs till the cake is deeply golden and agency to the contact (cowl the highest of the cake with foil if it begins to darken an excessive amount of). The cake is prepared when a skewer inserted into the center comes out clear.

• STEP 4

  Poke holes all around the high of the nice and cozy cake utilizing a skewer, then spoon over 4 tbsp brandy and depart to chill within the tin for 1 hr. Switch to a wire rack, take away the parchment and depart to chill fully. When the cake is chilly, wrap in a layer of baking parchment, then a layer of foil earlier than storing. Will hold in a dry, cool cabinet for as much as three months, or within the freezer for as much as six months.