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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
2 1/2 cup 100% whole wheat flour
1 tsp mixed spice
1/4 lb vegan margarine, plus:
4 tbsp vegan margarine
1 cup real barbados sugar
1 1/2 cup mixed dried fruit
1/4 cup mixed candied peel
1/4 cup glac‚ cherries rinsed and halved
1 orange, rind grated
2 tbsp ground almonds
1/4 cup blanched almonds, chopped
1/2 cup soy milk or water
2 tbsp vinegar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 extra vegan margarine for greasing
Directions
Preheat the oven to 300 F. Grease an 8-inch layer cake pan and line
with a double layer of greased wax paper
Sift the flour with the mixed spice into a mixing bowl. Rub the
margarine into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture looks
like fine breadcrumbs, then stir in the sugar, dried fruit, mixed
peel, cherries, orange rind, ground and blanched almonds.
Warm half the soy milk or water in a small saucepan and add the
vinegar. Dissolve the baking soda in the rest of the soy milk or
water, then combine the two mixtures.
Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring well so that
everything is combined. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake for 2 to 2-1/2 hours, or until a skewer inserted into the center
of the cake comes out clean.
Leave the cake in the pan to cool, then remove and strip off the wax
paper. Transfer to a wire rack and allow the cake to cool completely.
Source: The Complete Vegetarian Cuisine - by Rose Elliot ISBN:
0-394-57123-1 Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
Servings: 8
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