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Vegan Fruit Cake
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Servings: 8
Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 2 1/2
cups
100% whole wheat flour 1
teaspoon
Mixed spice 1/4
pound
Vegan margarine,
PLUS:
4
tablespoons
Vegan margarine 1
cup
Real Barbados sugar 1 1/2
cups
Mixed dried fruit 1/4
cup
Mixed candied peel 1/4
cup
Glace cherries,
rinsed and halved
1
Orange,
rind grated
2
tablespoons
Ground almonds 1/4
cup
Blanched almonds,
chopped
1/2
cup
Soy milk or water 2
tablespoons
Vinegar 3/4
teaspoon
Baking soda
Extra vegan margarine,
for greasing
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 300 F. Grease an 8-inch layer cake pan and line with a double layer of greased wax paper
Sift the flour with the mixed spice into a mixing bowl. Rub the margarine into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs, then stir in the sugar, dried fruit, mixed peel, cherries, orange rind, ground and blanched almonds.
Warm half the soy milk or water in a small saucepan and add the vinegar.
Dissolve the baking soda in the rest of the soy milk or water, then combine the two mixtures.
Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring well so that everything is combined. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 2 to 2-1/2 hours, or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Leave the cake in the pan to cool, then remove and strip off the wax paper.
Transfer to a wire rack and allow the cake to cool completely.
Source: The Complete Vegetarian Cuisine - by Rose Elliot ISBN:
0-394-57123-1 Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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