Gluten And Sugar Free Christmas Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 170 g dried dates
• 140 ml water
• 115 ml sunflower oil
• 30 g ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 3 eggs (or egg replacer)
• 55 g rice flour
• 55 g soya flour
• 55 g cornflour or 55 g potato flour
• 455 g mixed dried fruit (raisins, currants, sultanas)

Recipe

• 1 chop dates into small pieces and place in a pan with the water.
• 2 bring to the boil and simmer over a low heat for approimately 10 minutes until the dates are soft.
• 3 cool the date mixture.
• 4 process or beat together the date mixture, oil, ground almonds, spice, eggs and flours until they are well blended.
• 5 stir in the dried fruit and mix well by hand.
• 6 place into a lined and greased 6"- 8" cake tin and bake at gas mark 3, 330 of, 170 oc for approximately 30 minutes, then lower the temperature to gas mark 1, 290 of, 145 oc for a further 45 minutes.
• 7 allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the tin, then turn out onto a wire tray.
• 8 remove the lining paper and allow to cool.
• 9 store in the fridge and eat within 2 weeks, or freeze (in slices).