Christmas Cake Heather'srecipe Recipe: Gluten-free
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Ingredients:to make a 5 lb cake
2 lb / 900g mixed dried fruit 4 oz / 100g glacé cherries 8 fl oz 225ml rum 5 eggs, separated 1 large banana 6 oz / 175g gluten-free flour mix 8 oz / 200g butter 8 oz / 200g soft brown sugar ¼pint / 150ml clear honey |
Instructions:
Soak the fruit and cherries in rum for 24 hours.
Separate the eggs into yolks and whites.
Beat the banana to a smooth pureé with the egg yolk.This is best done in a liquidiser.
Mix the flours together.
Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the pureé to the butter and sugar, beating in with spoonfulsof flour added gradually. Then fold in the remaining flour.
Stir in the fruit and rum.
Stir in the honey.
Beat the egg whites stiff and then fold in.
Place the mixture in a deep 9" / 23cm cake tin lined with non-stickbaking parchment.
Cooking:
Preheated oven
gas mark 3 325°F 160°C
Bake for 2 to 2 ½ hours - check after 1 hour and cover thetop if this is browning too rapidly
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| christine dobinson |
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how far in advance do I have to make this cake so that it will be nice and mature for christmas.
Does anyone know if I will be able to take it into the USA
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| Peter |
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This recipe keeps well. I make mine four weeks in advance.
According to the US embassy website you can take cakes into the US http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukcust1.html
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| stacey stucky | *** |
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I want to make this Christmas cake for my sister in law, but can only find Gluten Free Plain flour locally - is this what is meant by flour mix? I'm concerned the cake doesnt have any raising agents
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| Peter | ***** |
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If you look at the ingredients on the packet of gluten-free plain flour you will find that it lists several different gluten-free flours. In this type of cake the flour is quite a small proportion of the ingredients and a raising agent is not needed, but you could add some gluten-free raising agent if you wish
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| sandra |
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hello i am just in the process of making this recipe my 4 year old grandaughter has recently been diognosed celiac i was a bit concerned about all the rum but know it will cook out i will keep you posted after christmas thank you
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| Verona Barnes |
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This will be the sixth time I have made this cake - it is delicious, and my non coeliac family members prefer this to "normal" Christmas cake. I use the original recipe of gram and rice flour, and this works particularly well
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Copyright Peter Thomson 2012-May-20
