Name: Traditional fruitcake
Prep time: PT-480825H21M57S
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 7 h 10 min
Cuisine: Traditional Australian
Ingredients: 250 g mixed dried fruit (either premixed or a mixture of sultanas, currants, raisins) 150 g milk of choice (or Orange Juice or apple cider) Substitute 20 g of liquid with brandy or rum or sherry 70 g plain flour (or plain spelt or oat flour (rolled oats milled in TM) 1 tsp of baking powder Pecan halves, macadamia nuts (or nuts of choice for topping) (optional)

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Old fashioned recipe

A super simple vegan, dairy and gluten-free cake.

You do need to soak the fruit in advance so plan ahead.

Author: Caroline
Prep Time: 10 mins plus soaking time 4-6 hours
Cook Time: 1 hour - 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time: 7 hours 10 minutes
Yield: 8 slices
Category: fruitcake
Cuisine: Traditional Australian

Ingredients

250 g mixed dried fruit (either premixed or a mixture of sultanas, currants, raisins)

150 g milk of choice (or Orange Juice or apple cider) Substitute 20 g of liquid with brandy or rum or sherry

70 g plain flour (or plain spelt or oat flour (rolled oats milled in TM)

1 tsp of baking powder

Pecan halves, macadamia nuts (or nuts of choice for topping) (optional)

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Instructions

Soak fruit in liquid for 4-6 hours or overnight or a couple of days.

Preheat oven to 150°C non-fan forced (130°C fan-forced). Grease and line a 15 cm loaf pan or two 10cm loaf tins and set aside.

Place flour and baking powder into mixing bowl and mix 3 sec/speed 4.

Add the soaked fruit and any remaining liquid into mixing bowl 30 sec /reverse/speed 2.

Fill prepared tin. Press cake down gently. Before baking, I put macadamias or pecans on top.

Bake in preheated oven for 1hour to 1hr 10 mins till dark golden. The cake is cooked when skew comes out clean.

Cool in the tin for 15 mins then on a cooling rack till completely cool.

Keywords: vegan quite cake, fruit cake , 4 ingredient fruit cake

Find it online: https://carolinerowe.com/traditional-fruitcake/