Lee Holmes' Supercharged Healthy Christmas Fruit Cake

• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 cups mixed dried fruit (currants, cranberries, blueberries, raisins, figs, apricots, sultanas, cherries, dates)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons coconut milk
• 3 tablespoons walnut oil (or light olive oil)
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup whole blanched almond (for decorating)

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line an 8 inch cake tin or springform pan with parchment paper.
2. In a mixing bowl combine almond meal, chopped walnuts, dried fruit, spices, baking powder, soda, vanilla, salt and lemon zest.
3. In a separate bowl, place lemon juice, coconut milk, oil and eggs and whisk together. Add the dry ingredients to wet and fold through with a wooden spoon. Spoon the mixture into prepared tin then press the mixture down into the tin using your hands so that it is compact and tightly packed.
4. Bake for 1 hour on the middle shelf of the oven.
5. Open oven and placed blanched almonds on top in a decorative pattern and return to oven for 30 minutes.
6. Check cake with a skewer and remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out clean.
7. Let cool then carefully remove from tin or pan. Store in sealed container in fridge.

almond meal, walnuts, mixed dried, ground cinnamon, allspice, ground ginger, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, salt, lemon zest, lemon juice, coconut milk, walnut oil, eggs, whole blanched almond

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lee-holmes-supercharged-healthy-christmas-fruit-cake-522420 (may not work)