Fruit Cake (great for Xmas) - Professor Kouris Nutrition

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups chopped candied orange peel
• 1 cup chopped dried cranberries
• 1 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1 cup chopped dried pineapple
• 3/4 cup currants
• 1 cup whomeal flour (or gluten free flour)
• 1 cup lupin flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar (or equivalent in stevia powder or splenda for baking)
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large egg whites, divided
• 3 glacéed red cherries, cut in half, for garnish
• 8 pecan halves, for garnish