Moist fruit cake
Gluten free moist fruit cake – perfect for Christmas.

RECIPE DETAILS
- Servings:6
- Prep time:20min
- Cook time:25min
- Dish type:Baking
- Difficulty:Medium
- Cuisine:Cake
- Dietary Restrictions:
- Chef:Phil Vickery
- Programme:
Ingredients
For stage one450g mixed dried fruit, I prefer more sultanas than any other fruit
50g chopped, natural glace cherries
225g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
250mls cold water
250g castor sugar
For stage two2 large eggs, beaten together
290g Gluten free flour mix
2 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 level tsp cream of tartar
2 tsp mixed spice
2 tbsp black treacle
Melted butter
Gluten free flour mix - Makes 1 kg700g fine white rice flour
200g potato flour
100g tapioca starch or flour
Preparation
Method for gluten free flour mix
1. Mix all the flours together very thoroughly or put into a food processor and pulse until mixed, if yours has a large enough capacity. Store in an airtight container.
Method for cake
1. Place the fruit, cherries, butter, water, and sugar into a stainless steel pan and stir to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
2. Cover and leave until cold.
3. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C, Gas 4.
4. Line a the spring form cake tin with 2 layers of baking parchment and brush with melted butter then dust with a little all purpose flour.
5. Place the cold fruit mixture into a large bowl. Add the eggs, flour, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar and mixed spice, black treacle mix well and place in the prepared baking tin.
6. Cook in the pre heated oven until well risen and dark brown. If the cake browns a little too quickly, then cover loosely with a piece of foil.
7. Remove from the oven and cool completely before trying to cut. Wrap in tin foil.
This cake is very nice with vanilla ice cream as a dessert.