Christmas Fruit Cake Bites Recipe

These fruit cake bites are my take on a traditional fruit cake, and have become one of my favourite holiday recipes. Not only are these delicious and easy to make, they are full of whole food ingredients that leave you feeling good and that can easily be modified to suit a range to dietary needs.

Recipe Ingredients: 

Fruit Cake:

• 1 ½ cups Almond meal 
• 1 ½ cups of gluten free self raising flour 
• 1 tbsp psyllium husk 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ cup coconut sugar, or brown sugar, or ¼ cup of stevia 
• ½ cup coconut oil, or melted butter 
• 3 eggs 
• ¼ cup rice malt syrup 
• 2 tsp of vanilla essence 
• 1 cup of milk of your choice, I use almond or soy 
•  1 cup dried cranberries 
• 1 cup chopped dates 
• 1 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 tsp ground ginger 
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 6 tbsp Rum, or orange juice for a non-alcoholic version

Toppings:

• 160grams of melted chocolate, I used dark 
• Toppings of your choice, I used cranberries and cherries 

How To

Fruit Cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 180oc. Grease and line a round cake tin.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the almond meal, gluten free flour, psyllium husk, salt and baking powder and mix until completely combined. 
3. Mix the fruit into the flour mixture. 
4. In a separate bowl, combine the coconut sugar, coconut oil, eggs, rice malt syrup, vanilla and milk and whisk until smooth. 
5. Add the wet mixture into the flour and fruit mix and fold until it is all combined and there are not flour clumps. 
6. Pour into the baking pan and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until all cooked through. 

Fruit Cake Bites: 

1. In a large bowl, Crumble the fruit cake into small pieces. 
2. Add the rum and mix until the mixture sticks enough to roll into balls.
3. Roll the mixture into balls. Spoon the melted chocolate over the top and add toppings.
4. Leave in the fridge to set the chocolate.

Recipe created by:- Tabi May Life ©