Gluten & Dairy Free Christmas Cake with Lucy Bee

Gluten & Dairy Free Christmas Cake with Lucy Bee

Why not try making this delicious Gluten & Dairy Free Christmas Cake with Lucy Bee this Christmas for everyone to enjoy including those with a gluten, dairy, wheat or lactose intolerance.

Preparation Time: 48 hours soaking, 30 minutes preparation

Serves: 12.

Ingredients:

• 1kg luxury mixed fruit.
• 50g chopped almonds.
• Brandy.
• 225g gluten free plain flour.
• 1 tsp. mixed spice.
• 225g brown sugar.
• 150g Lucy Bee Coconut Oil.
• 4 eggs, medium.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 140 C, 275 F, gas mark 1.
2. Soak the mixed fruit in the brandy (or your choice of alcohol) for at least 48 hours – should be soft and blown up.
3. Sieve the flour and spices into a bowl.
4. In a separate bowl, cream the Lucy Bee Coconut Oil and sugar – make sure this is well mixed.
5. Beat the eggs, then a tablespoon at a time add them to the creamed mixture beating thoroughly after each addition.
6. Once the eggs have been added fold in the flour and spices.
7. Now stir in the soaked fruit and nuts.
8. Place the mixture into a 20cm round cake tin which has been lined with greaseproof paper.
9. Tie a band of newspaper or brown paper around the outside of the tin and cover the top of the cake with greaseproof paper with a hole in the middle about the size of a 50p piece.
10. Bake cake on lower shelf for around 4 half hours – put a skewer into the middle to check the cake is cooked (if the skewer comes out clean the cake is cooked if not put back into oven for another 15 minutes and check again).
11. Remove from tin and leave to cool on a rack.