Bizzibeans Gluten Free Christmas Fruitcake – Luxurious & Moist Boiled Fruit Cake with Tasty Brandy-Soaked Fruit (No Icing) for Xmas – Vegetarian & Dairy Free – Serves 20 – Round, 8”, Approx 1.4KG

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tablespoon of chia/flax seeds mixed with 2 tablespoons of water and left for 10 minutes in the fridge. The Food Explorers Club (FEC) is a membership club operated by Yumbles Media Ltd and gives all members great benefits when shopping on Yumbles.com. Sugar Paste contains: (sugar, glucose syrup, water, vegetable oil, glycerine, emulsifier E471, acidity regulators: E262, E260, stabiliser E419, vanilla) Margarine contain: (vegetable oil (Sustainable palm oil, rapeseed oil), water, salt, emulsifier (E475), natural flavouring). Ultimately, this is YOUR Christmas cake however… So be as flexible as you wish and choose whatever you love… Although it’s always good to have some of the traditional fruit fare in there, and the fruit must be dried and weighed to an agreed total, the rest is down to choice. Other optional additions could include everything from dried apple or pineapple to walnuts and pecans.

And if a huge percentage of the recipes were already available on my blog for free or previously published in other books, I just couldn’t honestly say that! So yep, almost every single recipe is totally unique to this book, of course, with the other 1% being gluten-free Yorkshire puddings – a must at Christmas! Can you tell us what’s inside the book exactly?

Take a 300mm/12” square of parchment, fold the corners to meet in the middle, press to make folded flaps. This will be used to help stop the top of the cake burning. I feel that, in the current climate, this question couldn’t be more relevant! So here’s my hard sell: This experience was followed by a decade of ups and downs which involved trying (and often failing) to reclaim all the festive foods that were suddenly placed on ‘Santa’s naughty list’. To be honest, I’d stopped looking forward to Christmas altogether. Yes, I had become the gluten-free Grinch! The lightness is down to our use of sorghum flour and ground almonds as a fabulously nutritious alternative to regular wheat flour. The warmth of the ginger comes through at the end. We wanted the top layer to be full of flavour, texture, really vibrant and nutritious. Not much of an ask! So we came up with our “Magnificent Seven” blend of seeds, fruit and nuts. Toasted coconut curls, pecan pieces, pistachios, raspberry pieces, cranberries, pumpkin and sunflower seeds are tumbled together and sprinkled over the top. OOOOh , I nearly forgot – look out for the vegan dark chocolate buttons too!

Line the base and sides of a 20cm/8” deep, round cake tin with a double layer of parchment or greaseproof paper and pre-heat the oven to 150°C, Fan 130°C, 300°F, Gas 2.I’d recommend feeding it with more amaretto or brandy every few weeks to increase the flavour as it matures. How can I tell when my gluten-free Christmas cake is done? The alternative to juice is to sub the alcohol with cold brewed tea (without milk obvs…). You can use this to both soak the fruit AND feed the cake as it contains no additional sugar. Ideally, traditional Christmas Cake should be made about 2 months before Christmas. This allows plenty of time for the cake to be ‘fed’ with booze or tea and to mature into a perfectly moist and succulent treat. However, anything from a month to two is good.

Of course you can use a stand mixer, but you definitely don’t need to. I use an electric whisk for this recipe. Here’s a link to the electric whisk I use. Even with the few recipes which don’t provide a veggie or vegan option, they can still usually easily be adapted to be so using the right gluten-free and vegan alternative – so please don’t think it’s impossible! Does the book have low FODMAP recipes in it? What about lactose-free?Having said this, I personally used my rice-free home-blended Gluten Free Alchemist Blend B. The protein-rich darker flours offer a greater depth of flavour as well as supporting the body of the cake. How far in advance should I make gluten free Christmas Cake?

Billing: due to the really low monthly membership price and the nature of the benefits, FEC subscription is billed and paid yearly. This enables us to plan ahead and ensure that we can offer the best range of benefits available to all members. The membership fee will be automatically charged to your card every 12 months. Transfer the herbs to the bowl of caster sugar and turn them over so they are well covered in sugar.

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Here’s everything you’ll need for this recipe – consider this your shopping list! Gluten-free Christmas cake recipe: Ingredients For the fruit: A lot of work went into fine tuning ratios and quantities and for me, baking is all about consistency and precision. I want you to make this recipe and for it to turn out EXACTLY like mine did. Though I’m not opposed to going all out at Christmas, this recipe book doesn’t use tons of super expensive ingredients. It just isn’t in my nature as a home cook and baker! Be aware however, that if you are making a cake that doesn’t use alcohol, the cake will not store as long (although it will still taste fabulous) and therefore should be made a little closer to the big day (no more than a month). One aspect we manufacturers have always had to allow plenty of time for is NPD aka New Product Development. Getting a cake (or any other item) “shop ready” is a multi step process. Coming up with a flavour combination is the easiest part.