Raw Vegan Christmas Cake

• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 11/16 cup pecans
• 13/16 cup pistachios
• 7/8 cup raisins
• 2 1/2 cups dried cranberries naturally sweetened
• 5 tablespoons coconut sugar
• 4 tablespoons coconut oil
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1 tablespoon flax seed grind beforehand
• 1 cup carob powder
• 2 lemons unwaxed, if waxed, soak in
• hot water for 1 hour to remove wax
• 2 oranges medium
• 1/2 Orange half a cup
• 1 13/16 cups ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon turmeric use more to colour
• 7 tablespoons butter cacao, gently melted
• 5 tablespoons raw honey or maple syrup
• 2 1/2 cups coconut desiccated unsweetened
• 4 1/8 cups xylitol
• 5 tablespoons butter cacao, gently melted

1. The cakenhizz all dry ingredients in a food processor until fine and crumbly. Transfer into a bowl and add the zest, the juice and the coconut oil. Mix until you achieve a sticky mass. If you would like one big cake then spoon all the ingredients into a silicone mould approx 10 inches across. Press down firmly. If you would like smaller cakes, simply divide the mixture between the different moulds. Place into the freezer until firm.
2. Marzipan Layernn a large bowl, mix all ingredients thoroughly until you achieve a pliable marzipan dough. Take out the cake from the freezer and turn out of its mould. Cover the cake by hand with the marzipan and place back into the freezer. Process the ingredients in the food processor until you achieve a smooth an icing as possible.
3. Icing Layernake the cake out of the freezer and mould the icing around the cake. Decorate with pistachios, cranberries and ribbons or a sprig of holly. This cake requires no baking and actually tastes like Christmas Cake!

walnuts, pecans, pistachios, raisins, cranberries, coconut sugar, coconut oil, mixed spice, carob powder, lemons unwaxed, water, oranges, ground almonds, turmeric, butter cacao, honey, coconut, xylitol, butter cacao

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/RAW-VEGAN-CHRISTMAS-CAKE-1475220 (may not work)