Vegan Christmas Cake

Ingredients

475 gr candied pineapple
1/2 citron
1/4 candied citron
45 gr candied orange
1/4 candied cherries
475 gr raisins
110 gr currants
120 ml grapefruit juice
95 gr mixed nuts without
250 gr flour
3 gr salt
2 gr baking soda
3 gr cinnamon
140 gr shortening
200 gr sugar
220 gr brown sugar
40 gr cornstarch
3 gr almond extract
90 ml grapefruit juice

Instructions

Combine pineapple, citrons, peels, cherries, raisins & currants in a large bowl. Add half c grapefruit juice, mix very well. Cover & let stand overnight. The next day, add the nuts & half c of the flour to the fruit mixture & mix well. Combine the rest of the flour with the baking soda, salt & cinnamon in a separate bowl, & mix well. In a third bowl, beat the shortening for 30 seconds. Gradually add the sugars, creaming well as you add them. Stir in the cornstarch. Add the beaten shortening & sugars to the fruit. Gradually stir in the flour mixture. Add the almond extract & the rest of the grapefruit juice, stirring well until the mixture is well combined. Preheat oven to 140ÂșC . Grease a 25 cm square cake tin. Line with brown paper & grease the paper. Transfer the cake mixture to the cake tin. Press down gently. Bake for 3 hours. Check after two hours. If the top is browning too quickly, cover with some waxed paper. After it is cooked, remove from the oven & place on a wire rack to cool for 30 minutes. Gently remove cake from the tin & peel away the paper. Let cool on wire racks till completely cooled. Wrap in waxed paper & keep in a cool place. If icing the cake, layer with marzipan & then decorate as desired.