Fruit cake - no added sugar, no fat recipe



Fruit cake - no added sugar, no fat recipe from MetteGransnet

dairy free egg free kids can help
Category Cakes and biscuits recipes
ServesNot stated
Prep time15 mins
Cook time45 mins

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Ease of finding ingredients 10
Ease of cooking10
Success with kids10
Success with adults10
Overall Mark10

Ingredients

250g stoned, chopped dates
300ml water
85g plain flour
85g wholemeal flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon mixed spice
500g mixed fruit (sultanas, raisins, cherries, prunes, apricots)
50g ground almonds
80ml orange (or any other fruit) juice

Handy Hint

You can use any mixture of fruit or crystallised fruit, so the cake is different every time. Try pineapple, papaya,crystallised ginger - anything you like

Method

Preheat oven to Gas 3 (170c) and line a 900g (2lb) loaf tin with baking parchment or similar

Put dates and water into a pan and bring to boil.

Sieve flours, baking powder and spice into a large bowl (and add the bits of wholemeal flour left after sieving)

Add the mixed fruit and ground almonds, stir to combine.
Stir in the date mix and juice and mix well.

Spoon into tin and level top.

Bake for approx 45 minutes until done.

gransnetter Reviews

From: Maker on Sat 21-Oct-23 16:13:53 Overall rating: 10.0
Excellent recipe just made it and had a piece with my coffee
From: MetteGransnet on Fri 27-Jan-17 11:01:23 Overall rating: 0.0
NB. Reposted recipe from yogagran.