Hillside's Vegan Christmas Cake - Vegan Recipe Club

Ingredients

• 180g/6oz plain fine wholemeal flour, (use GF equivalent if appropriate)
• 3 tsp baking powder (use a GF version if appropriate)
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 450g/1lb mixed fruit (or a mixture of raisins, sultanas and mixed peel. I used 60g mixed peel then about half each of the raisins and sultanas)
• 110g/4oz chopped dates
• 110g/4oz chopped apricots
• 60g/2oz desiccated coconut
• 280ml/½ pint hot water – or enough to just cover the soaking fruits
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tbsp flax meal (ground flaxseeds) mixed with 3 tbsp warm water
• ALL KITTED OUT
• Kettle
• Scales
• Scissors
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring jug
• Mixing bowl
• Sieve
• Mixing spoon
• 20cm/8 inch round cake tin with loose bottom OR several small cake tins. If using baking parchment option, a good non-stick tin is recommended. If using a cake liner it’s not so important
• Baking parchment, scissors and pencil – or a ready-made cake tin liner, see the photo!
• You’ll also need a double layer of parchment/greaseproof paper to cover the top of the cake(s) in the oven.