Vegan Christmas Cake

• 4 apples peeled, cored and chopped
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 500 grams flour
• 400 grams sugar
•  4 tbsp cocoa
• 4 tsp mixed spice
• 170 ml vegetable oil
• 1 kg dried mixed fruit
• 200 grams chopped brazil and/or hazel nuts

1. Combine apples, water and sugar in a pot and cook for 20 minutes until soft. Mash so they are like apple sauce.
2. Sieve dry ingredients into a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and apple sauce mixture. 
3. Stir well.
4. Place into paper lined baking tins and cook at 150 degrees Celsius for about 70 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.