Friday 18 December 2015


Gluten-Free Christmas Cake

Ingredients




800g

100ml
100g
80g  
50g
50g
4
220g
100g
1tbsp
½ tsp
2 tbsp
1



 mixture of sultanas, raisins, currants

brandy
gluten free self raising
almond four
flour  chestnut flour
chopped almond
large eggs 
butter
dark brown sugar
marmalade
nutmeg
acacias honey
zest lemon
brandy to feed the cake
marzipan



Method

Place the mixture of fruits in a bowl and soak them in brandy for 24 hours.
Preheat the oven to 1400C.
Place the remaining ingredients into a large mixing bowl beat with the electric
hand whisk until it gets fluffy and smooth.
Fold in the pre-soaked fruit mixture.
Transfer the cake mixture into the prepared tin (20 cm diameter)
Place a baking paper over the rim of the tin for protection.
Bake it for 4 hours.
When it is cold you can start feeding it with brandy using a dropping pipette.
Wrap it in parchment foil.
When you finished the feeding cover the cake with marzipan and decorate it.


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