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

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.