Quick Allergy Free Gluten Free Fruit Cake
3If you have been searching for the easiest gluten free fruit cake recipe on the planet – search no longer. I have found it! I clipped this recipe from a magazine about 10 years ago, and stupidly never made it. But fate intervened, championing this quick fruit cake recipe’s potential, as it fell out of my ancient recipe file while I was desperately searching for my grandmother’s cinnamon smoothie milk shake recipe. I almost hurriedly threw this quick fruit cake recipe away, only to discover, as I gave it a quick glance, that I just might hold the golden gluten free fruit cake ticket. Well, for those of us with no time! I am not going to mislead all of you fruit cake aficionados. This is not the most moist, flavour-filled fruit cake in the gluten free world. However, it is pretty good if you want to whip up a gluten free tea cake with no time and very little ingredients!
My sister recently had a baby, and the house is never free of visitors. Alexandra is just too cute! This quick fruit cake has proven to be perfect to feed the hoards! This gluten free fruit cake is so ridiculously easy that it is literally child’s play. In fact, this quick fruit cake would be a fantastic nutritious cake to make with your children. It is literally child's play! You just soak the dried fruit in the fruit juice overnight, mix it with the gluten free flours, and whack it in the oven. This gluten free fruit cake really IS that simple. Just please note, that this quick fruit cake recipe yields a pale, dense cake, that is best eaten straight out of the oven smeared with a bit of butter, vegan margarine, or preserves. If you are looking for great allergy free recipes this quick easy fruit cake will be lifesaver! This vegan cake is gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free, soy free and sugar free. Trust me, this quick fruit cake recipe is fantastic! If you want another easy healthy fruit cake recipe check out Di's gluten free fruit cake, which is also fantastic!
This fruit cake will keep in a sealed container for a few days, and freezes really well. But trust me, it won’t last that long. If you have any left over on the first day, just heat it up a little, and your gluten free fruit loaf will come to life again. We are sharing this quick gluten free fruit cake recipe all over town and happy snouts are reporting back with glee!
Quick Allergy Free Gluten Free Fruit Cake
- 2 cups organic dried mixed fruit (raisins, currants, apricots, citrus peels, pineapple, apple)
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 cup white rice flour
- 1/2 cup potato flour
- 1/2 tsp gluten free baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp xanthan
- Soak fruit in fruit juice over night.
- Put mixture in your mixer and gradually sift in all dry ingredients.
- Cook in a medium greased loaf tin (25cm by 8 cm or 10 inches by 3 inches) for 50-60 minutes at about 180C/350F.
- Spread with butter or vegan spread and enjoy with a beautiful cup of tea.
Piggy Cooking Tips
Rotating a cake or loaf during baking
Cakes, loaves and breads need to be rotated half-way during baking to ensure even browning. But bulky oven mitts can smear the surface of your cake. To avoid this, use a large pair of tongs to grab the lip of the in and quickly turn it around.
So So easy. I think i impressed my sister who is now a vegan. She came over for an afternoon and she loved this cake. I loved it too! SImply too easy to resist.