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Gluten Free Black Bun Fruit Cake
time
120 min
Packed full of deliciously fruity flavour, this Scottish fruit cake uses Christmas ginger and cinnamon spices to give a warm and rich taste.
Packed full of deliciously fruity flavour, this Scottish fruit cake uses Christmas ginger and cinnamon spices to give a warm and rich taste.
Black bun is a moist and spicy Scottish fruit cake that is traditionally eaten at Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve to non-Scots). The insides are filled with lemon, orange peel, almonds and wrapped in a rich gluten free pastry. You don’t get much heartier than that! And this gluten free Caledonian fruit cake recipe includes a healthy measure of whisky for extra kick. Make a few weeks ahead of time and keep in an airtight container so that the flavours have time to mingle and mature.
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Preparation
in 60 minutes
Cooking
in 60 minutes
Temperature
180 °C
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (top and bottom heat setting) and grease a round cake tin (with a width of 26 cm) and dust your worktop with flour.
- Mix your butter, icing sugar, egg yolk, egg, sifted flour and water together to form a dough.
- Cover and leave to rest in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- In another bowl, mix the dried fruits, candied fruits, almonds, buttermilk, spices and whisky together and leave to steep for another 20 minutes.
- Sieve flour, baking soda and cream of tartar over the mixture of fruits.
- Stir in the whisked egg and egg yolk to the fruit mixture .
- Roll out two thirds of the dough.
- Line the base and sides of the cake tin with the rolled out dough (leave approx. 2 cm over the edge of the tin).
- Pour the mixture into the cake tin, and smooth the surface.
- Roll the remaining dough over the top of the cake.
- Brush with lightly whisked egg white.
- Sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake for approx. 1 hour.
Ingredients
For the dough:
400
g
180
g
butter
30
g
icing sugar
1
whole eggs
1
egg white
60
ml
water
For the filling:
375
g
chopped sultanas
300
g
currants
40
g
candied citron peel
40
g
candied orange peel
100
g
ground almonds
150
g
sugar
1/2
allspice
1/2
tsp
ginger powder
1/2
tsp
cinnamon powder
40
ml
Scotch whisky
100
g
1/4
tsp
cream of tartar
1/4
tsp
baking soda
125
ml
buttermilk
1
egg
1
egg yolk
egg white for brushing
coarse sugar for dusting
Nutritional & Dietary
Gluten-free
No oat added
No sesame added
No soya added
No yeast added
Palm oil free
Wheat free
Vegetarian
Nutrition
Per 100g
Energy
1.412 kj
336 kcal
Carbs
56 g
Fat
11 g
Protein
3 g
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