What is Christmas without indulging in delicious food with the people we love?
This recipe is from our good friends at BePure and is a nuttier, more nutritious, natural-sugar version of the traditional Christmas cake we all know and love.
We hope you love it as much as we do!
Ingredients
200g of craisins200g of raisins
2 Tbsp honey
¼ cup goji berries
Zest and juice of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
½ apple, grated
1 tsp of mixed spice
½ tsp vanilla extract
100g of butter/coconut oil, softened
½ cup plain greek yoghurt/coconut yoghurt
½ cup coconut sugar
2 eggs
1 cup blanched almonds
¾ cup whole brazil nuts
¾ cup whole walnuts
150g whole apricots
150g dried figs
75g citrus peel
½ cup sunflower seeds
½ tsp baking powder
½ cup almond meal
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 150ºC degrees. Prepare a 20cm round bundt cake tin with baking paper.
- Combine the first 9 ingredients and let them sit for at least an hour.
- Beat the softened butter, yoghurt and coconut sugar. Then beat in the 2 eggs, one at a time. Add this mixture to the soaked fruit. Fold through the remaining ingredients.
- Pack the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 2 ¼ - 2 ½ hours until a skewer comes out clean. Cover the cake with foil and allow to cool in the tin.
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Merry Christmas x