Fruit cake with apples
1 day 1 hour 10 min
A vegan Christmas fruit cake made with a generous amount of fresh apples and Christmas spices.
Leni_M
1 person made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 fruitcake
- 750g apples, peeled, cored and diced
- 250g caster sugar
- 250g sultanas
- rum
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
- 500g plain flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 200g nuts of your choice, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened baking cocoa
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Extra time:1day soaking ›
Ready in:1day1hr10min
- In a bowl mix apples with sugar; cover and set to one side. In another bowl drizzle sultanas with rum and cover; set to one side and steep overnight.
- The next day preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6. Grease two loaf tins or line with greaseproof paper.
- Mix apples, sultanas and rum together in a bowl. Mix all the remaining ingredients in a separate large bowl. Add the apple mixture and stir till evenly combined and moistened with no traces of flour remaining.
- Spoon mixture into prepared baking tins; bake in preheated oven till browned and firm about 1 hour. Let cool completely before cutting.
