8 Sweet and Spongy Plant-Based Fruit Cakes – One Green Planet

Fruit desserts are historically served throughout Christmas and weddings, however this distinctive and scrumptious cake shouldn’t be relegated to showing for less than a few days annually. Though it has obtained its share of ridicule previously, fruit cake is a splendidly wealthy, moist, and stylish deal with. Historically, it’s soaked with alcohol and made with fruits, nuts, and spices. Nevertheless, as you’ll see beneath, there are many methods to make this pleasant dessert!

1. Uncooked Fruitcake

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This Uncooked Fruitcake by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler is addictive! We used solely entire meals plant-based elements to maintain the dietary worth excessive – filled with nutritional vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. It makes use of fairly a little bit of elements, however for an important day, it’s effectively value it.

2. Chai Fruit Cake

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Sit again and chill out with a cuppa and a slice of Chai Fruit Cake by Harriet Porterfield. Moist chai spiced cake studded with sultanas and dried apricots, topped with creamy vanilla cinnamon cashew icing. The simplest recipe and comes collectively in a single bowl!

3. Sugar-Free English Fruit Cake

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This vegan Sugar-Free English Fruit Cake by Sara Oliveira is flavorful and moist. It’s nice for holidays or dinner events. So good!

4. Christmas Fruit Cake

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This festive uncooked Christmas Fruit Cake by Heidi Turunen is fruity, nutty, and deliciously wealthy. It’s an ideal various to conventional baked Christmas desserts and really easy to make. It’s dense with dried fruit and nuts and has essentially the most superb chewy and crunchy texture.

5. Carrot and Zucchini Fruit Cake With Roasted Cashew Caramel

Supply: Carrot and Zucchini Fruit Cake With Roasted Cashew Caramel

This scrumptious and nourishing cake is filled with vegetables and fruit! The cake is stuffed with in-season zucchini and carrots and is then topped with a wealthy, decadent caramel frosting made out of dates, maple syrup, and coconut cream. This Carrot and Zucchini Fruit Cake With Roasted Cashew Caramel by Karen is the right dessert for candy tooths who’re on the hunt for nutritious candy choices.

6. Tropical Christmas Fruit Cake

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In some way, fruit cake has grow to be a dreaded Christmas dessert of types — however no person will shrink back from grabbing a slice of this fabulous Tropical Christmas Fruit Cake by Karen. Full of mangos, coconut, pineapple, and different dried fruit, this cake is made out of an almond meal, so it’s flourless. The beautiful cashew frosting on high makes it picture-perfect, however you might need bother snapping images earlier than your friends attempt to seize a slice.

7. Flourless Bishop’s Cake

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A bishop’s cake is a standard British Christmas recipe. It’s a fruit cake speckled with glacéed fruit, which is allegedly the place it will get its identify as a result of the colourful fruits make it appear like stained glass. Right here, sugary glacéed fruits are changed with huge chunks of colourful dried fruit that give it a festive look with out all of the refined sugar. Since this Flourless Bishop’s Cake by Karen is made out of coconut and cashew or almond flour, it’s additionally gluten-free! The flavour and texture are unbelievable — excellent for celebrating the vacations.

8. Uncooked Fruit and Coconut Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Crust

Supply: Uncooked Fruit and Coconut Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Crust

A recent, native, farmers’ market-inspired uncooked cake. The mix of frozen fruit, and coconut milk makes this seemingly fancy and indulgent dish really easy to make. Why select between fruity desserts, chocolatey desserts, and creamy desserts when you may have all THREE with this stunning Uncooked Fruit and Coconut Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Crust by Jenn Freedman?

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