Name: Vegan Fruit Cake
Yield: Serves 15 slices
Ingredients: zest of 1 orange, finely grated; ¼ tsp salt; 3 tbsp rum or brandy, plus 3 tbsp more to feed the cake; 150 ml sunflower oil, plus more for the tin; 300 g raisins (lexia or muscatel, if possible); 1 tbsp black treacle; 50 g blanched almonds; 350 g self-raising flour, sifted; 50 g walnuts; zest of 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated; 150 ml orange juice; 250 g sultanas; 75 g light muscovado sugar; 125 g currants; 1 tsp mixed spice

Preparation info

Serves
15 slices

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bake and Decorate

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

For all the vegans, those with allergies to dairy products or indeed anyone wanting a speedy, delicious fruit cake, this is for you. It contains neither eggs nor butter, has very little added sugar, is packed with moist fruit and roasted nuts, then laced with rum. The recipe was originally devised for Sir Paul McCartney at Christmas.