Gluten Free Christmas Cake Recipe with Chef Sebastian - YesYouCan Gluten Free

Ingredients

• 500gm sultanas
• 130 grams dried currants
• 250gm raisins, chopped
• 250gm pitted dried dates, chopped
• 125 grams glace red cherries, quartered
• 35gm orange peel
• 3 tbsp fig jam ( gluten free)
• 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
• 2 cups ginger beer ( gluten free)
• 1 cup spiced dark rum
• 250 grams unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 4 eggs, at room temperature ( 60gm eggs used in this recipe )
• 1 cup almond meal (ground almonds)
• 3/4 cup gluten-free YesYouCan Plain Flour
• 1/2 cup gluten-free YesYouCan Self Raising Flour
• Half quantity basic fruit mix
• walnuts, pecans, macadamias, blanched almonds, to decorate
• 1/4 cup dark rum (for brushing on cake)