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Holiday Cherry Fruit Cake
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Vegan Cherry Fruit Cake

Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine baking, holiday
Keyword cake, Cherry, fruit, fruitcake, holiday
Prep Time 10 minutes
Author Happy as a Yam Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 3 cups hot water
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil 
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 tsp agar powder
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice (approx 1/2 lemon) 
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 cup gluten-free flour blend 
  • 1 cup almonds flour
  • 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp gluten-free baking soda

Instructions

  • Combine the cherries and sherry, brandy or Amaretto in a bowl, and let soak for 24 hrs in the fridge. Alternatively, you can pour hot water on the cherries to rehydrate them for 15-20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350F. In a large mixing bowl, add sifted flour, ground almonds, baking powder, and baking soda and mix until well combined.
  • Place the coconut oil in a separate medium-sized microwavable bowl and place it in the microwave until melted (mine took about 45 sec).
  • Add the agar-agar (prepared according to packaging instructions) with the lemon juice, almond extract, salt combine in the same bowl as the coconut oil.
  • Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ones, then add the cherries mixture and enough of the remaining juices so that your batter is moist enough to make a homogenous mixture.
    Cherry Fruit Cake
  • Transfer mixture into a greased 9.5 in x 5.5 in tin lined with parchment paper
  • Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until skewer come out clean
  • Let cool for 15 minutes then serve.