Mini Christmas Cake Bites

Name: Mini Christmas Cake Bites
Yield: Makes 16
Ingredients: 50 g (2 oz) raisins; glacé (candied) cherries, chopped; rosemary sprigs; 50 g (2 oz) candied peel; 50 g (2 oz) glacé (candied) cherries; 1 tablespoon orange marmalade; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 2 tablespoons whisky; 40 g (1½ oz/¾ cup) ground almonds (almond meal); 40 g (1½ oz) rolled oats; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 100 g (3½ oz/¾ cup) icing (confectioner’s) sugar; 60 g (2 oz) pitted dates; 200 g (7 oz) blanched almonds; 1 tablespoon water

Preparation info

Makes
16

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

Making Christmas cake is such a time-consuming process. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas cake, but I enjoy my time with family even more. This is a great recipe to make with loved ones or given as a gift.

Ingredients

For the Cake Bites

40 g (1½ oz/¾ cup) ground almonds (almond meal)
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Cake
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Add the ground almonds and oats to a food processor or blender and pulse to make a flour. Add the flour to a large bowl.

Put the dates, almonds, candied peel, glacé cherries, raisins, marmalade, cinnamon, mixed spice and whisky in a food processor or blender and mix until nicely incorporated.

Add the fruity mixture to the bowl of almond/oat flour and mix until well combined and