Vegan Fruit Cake
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Monday, December 7, 2009 - 9:11am

Ingredients




1 cup water or beer
2 cups raisins
1 cup packed brown sugar
 cup butter, non-hydrogenated margarine or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped dried fruits or apples
1 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar
1/4 cup lemon, orange or lime
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Heat oven to 325 degrees. Boil first 8 ingredients together for 3 minutes. Allow to cool. Sift cake flour before measuring; re-sift with baking powder and soda. Stir flour mixture gradually into other mixture. Add chopped nuts and fruit. Bake in greased tube pan for 1 hour. When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar or ice with a citrus glaze. 2 Mix above ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cake.