New Japanese Fruitcake Recipe - Southern Queen of Vegan Cuisine 10/328
Today we will be making the New Japanese Fruitcake Recipe from Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible vegan. My thoughts, ingredients, measurements, and directions are available below.
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Day 10 Recipe 10 Southern Queen of Vegan Cuisine:
Cake?! My mortal enemy. Not because it falls, dries, crumbles, bitters, or sogs. But, because I
don't even love cake enough to go through this torture! I do this for the people. I have failed enough though that this came out good.
I have never heard of or tasted New/Japanese Fruitcakes. I do not like traditional fruitcake either. So I used my vegan vanilla cake recipe as a base to start off with, since it has been successful for me in the past. That is the key to cooking and baking. You have fails and you have to trouble shoot sometimes. Most of all, you do not have to start over from scratch each time you make something new. You take what you learned previously, and apply it to your next venture.
New Japanese Fruitcake Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole white wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups raw sugar
2 cups almond milk
1 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
20 ounces crushed pineapple
1 cup shredded coconut
pinch of salt
2/3 cup dried cranberries
1 cup powdered sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 3 cake pans with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together raw sugar, almond milk, canola oil, vanilla extract, and vinegar.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk together to combine.
Pour 1/3 of the batter into one cake pan and another 3rd of the batter into cake pan.
Stir in cinnamon, ginger and cloves to the remainder of the batter in the bowl. Pour it into the last cake pan.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes. When a toothpick can be inserted into the center of the cake and removed with few to no crumbs, they are done.
In a saucepan, whisk together cornstarch and water. Completely dissolve the cornstarch.
Stir the crushed pineapple, shredded coconut, salt and cranberries into the pot.
Bring to a boil and then simmer until syrupy. Allow to cool.
In a small plastic bag, massage together powdered sugar and lemon juice to make icing.
Layer the cake and fruit filling. One plain layer of cake, fruit, one spice layer of cake, fruit, another plain layer of cake, and then top with icing.
About The Southern Queen of Vegan Cuisine Project: Inspired by the Julie and Julia Project, the Southern Queen of Vegan Cuisine will take on the Paula Deen Southern Cooking Bible. Vegan-izing 328 butter-laden, pork-filled recipes in 328 days.
About The Sweetest Vegan: I'm just a little lady getting dirty in the kitchen; teaching you how to cook healthier meals without sacrificing taste, texture, culture, or cupcakes. Vegan Culinary & Pastry Artist. Southern Belle. Master of Public Health. YouTube Next Chef.