Gluten-free Christmas cake

The day sooner than you desire to need to bake the cake, mix the raisins, sultanas, currants, blended candied peel, glacé cherries, orange juice and 100ml brandy in a enormous bowl. Shroud and trudge away to soak overnight.

Butter a deep 20cm round cake tin, and line the deplorable and side with baking parchment. Beat the margarine, sugar, treacle and orange zest together in a enormous bowl the utilization of an electrical inch till tender and fluffy. Gradually inch within the milk and vinegar (the mix will split at this point, nonetheless will near lend a hand together when the dry factors are added, so don’t wretchedness). Mix the flour, xanthan gum, bicarbonate of soda, blended spice and cinnamon together in a 2nd enormous bowl. Gradually mix the wet factors into the dry till tender. Heat the oven to 150C/130C fan/gasoline 2.

Fold the soaked fruit into the cake mixture till blended, then spoon into the tin and level the top with the lend a hand of a spoon. Bake for forty five mins, then decrease the heat to 140C/120C fan/gasoline 1 and bake for an additional 2-3 hrs till the cake is deeply golden and agency to the contact (duvet the top of the cake with foil if it starts to darken too great). The cake is ready when a skewer inserted into the heart comes out pretty.

Dart holes in every single place the top of the good and comfortable cake the utilization of a skewer, then spoon over 4 tbsp brandy and trudge away to cold within the tin for 1 hr. Switch to a wire rack, elevate away the parchment and trudge away to cold entirely. When the cake is chilly, wrap in a layer of baking parchment, then a layer of foil sooner than storing. Will relief in a dry, cold cupboard for as much as three months, or within the freezer for as much as six months.