Vegan Christmas Pudding Cake

A real classic dessert to eat after Christmas dinner is a Christmas Pudding. The original Christmas Pudding can be made months earlier and then stored in a dark cupboard until Christmas. Our Christmas Pudding Cake version is far easier to make and you can eat it immediately after baking. The next day the cake is even better. So feel free to make this recipe the day before. Christmas Pudding is normally flambéed with Brandy during serving, super delicious but we have chosen to decorate it with some icing sugar for a Christmas feeling. We are happy to share our simple vegan Christmas Pudding Cake version with you. Everything is made in one pan. Enjoy it! If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments below.

Prep time: 25 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

175 g prunes (without stone)
100 g raisins
40 g currants
60 ml Baileys (vegan)
60 ml agave syrup
½ tsp allspice, ground
90 g vegan butter
Zest of 1 orange
3 tbsp (45 ml) orange juice
80 g coconut sugar

1 ½ tbsp chia seeds, ground
3 tbsp (45 ml) water
40 g almond flour
75 g flour
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder

Garnish with:
Icing sugar, as a decoration (optional)

Method

1. Coarsely chop the prunes and add to a pan along with the raisins, currants, Baileys, agave syrup, ground allspice, vegan butter, orange zest, orange juice and coconut sugar. Put the lid on the pan and heat on a low heat for about 15 minutes. Then remove from the heat and stir to combine.
2. Add the ground chia seeds, water, almond flour, flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir well. You will notice that while stirring, the mixture starts to foam a little and a batter is formed.
3. Pour everything into a baking tin (we use a 20 x 20 cm baking tin) covered with baking paper. Bake the Christmas Pudding Cake for about 40 minutes in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius. If necessary, check with a wooden skewer in the center of the cake if it’s fully cooked through. If it comes out clean, the cake is done. Let the cake cool completely and then cut into pieces. Decorate with some icing sugar for a snow effect!