Easy Fruit Cake - Slimming Friendly
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A moist fruit cake studded with dried fruit and brandy, spiced with cinnamon and ginger. A traditional Christmas cake that improves with age and is rich enough to slice thin.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 20- 450 g (1 lb) mixed dried fruit (raisins, currants, dried cranberries etc)
- 240 ml (1 cup) strong tea (black tea or herbal tea such as cinnamon)
- 2 tbsp brandy or spiced rum ((optional))
- 250 g (2 ⅙ cups) pumpkin purée (see notes about homemade)
- 4 tbsp Sukrin Gold ( or brown sugar)
- 2 large eggs (, lightly beaten)
- Zest of 1 orange
- 100 g (¾ cups) wholemeal flour
- 100 g (¾ cups) plain flour ((all purpose))
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda ((baking soda))
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- ½ ground cinnamon
- ½ ground ginger
- Pinch cloves
- 4 tbsp powdered Sukrin
- A little water
- Rosemary sprigs
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 195M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 15m
- Cook
- 1h
- Sodium
- 76mg
- Total sugar
- 15g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 54mg
- Calcium
- 26mg
- Iron
- 0.92mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 15M
- SODIUM
- 76MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.