Vegan Christmas Cake

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International-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Vegan Christmas Cake

Author: chefs-mate Cooking Method: Cuisine: Courses:
Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1 Calories: 778.2

Description

This International dessert features Candied pineapple, Citron, Candied citron, Candied orange & lemon peel, Candied cherries. It delivers bright, zesty notes. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. peanuts 2 c Flour 1 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon 3/4 c Shortening 1 c White sugar 1 c Brown sugar 5 tb Cornstarch 1 ts Almond extract 6 tb Grapefruit juice
  2. Combine pineapple, citrons, peels, cherries, raisins & currants in a large bowl.
  3. Add 1/2 c grapefruit juice, mix very well.
  4. Cover & let stand overnight.
  5. The next day, add the nuts & 1/2 c of the flour to the fruit mixture & mix well.
  6. Combine the rest of the flour with the baking soda, salt & cinnamon in a separate bowl, & mix well.
  7. In a third bowl, beat the shortening for 30 seconds.
  8. Gradually add the sugars, creaming well as you add them.
  9. Stir in the cornstarch.
  10. Add the beaten shortening & sugars to the fruit.
  11. Gradually stir in the flour mixture.
  12. Add the almond extract & the
  13. rest of the grapefruit juice, stirring well until the mixture is well combined.
  14. Preheat oven to 275F (135&# 194;°C).
  15. Grease a 10" square cake tin.
  16. Line with brown paper & grease the paper.
  17. Transfer the cake mixture to the cake tin.
  18. Press down gently.
  19. Bake for 3 hours.
  20. Check after two hours.
  21. If the top is browning too quickly, cover with some waxed paper.
  22. After it is cooked, remove from the oven & place on a wire rack to cool for 30 minutes.
  23. Gently remove cake from the tin & peel away the paper.
  24. Let cool on wire racks till completely cooled.
  25. Wrap in waxed paper & keep in a cool place.
  26. If icing the cake, layer with marzipan & then decorate as desired

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 778.2kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19.5g30%
Saturated Fat 1.9g10%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 24.1mg2%
Total Carbohydrate 159.8g54%
Dietary Fiber 10.5g42%
Sugars 143.1g
Protein 10.6g22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, cake, candied, cherries, christmas, citron, currants, dessert, grapefruit, international, juice, lemon, mixed, nuts, orange, peel, pineapple, raisins, title, vegan
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