Fat Free Fruit Cake
This fat free fruit cake is made using applesauce to ensure that the cake remains moist and delicious. There's no butter or oil in the recipe. There's also plenty of natural sweetness from the dried fruit, so there's no added sugar. It almost sounds too good to be true, but honestly, it's so delicious that it's hard to believe how healthy it is!
Ingredients
- 375 g mixed dried fruit
- 100 ml orange juice or juice of 1 orange made up to 100 ml
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 medium eggs
- 100 ml unsweetened applesauce
- 150 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Add the dried fruit to a pan along with the fruit juice and spices. Bring to the boil, then turn off the heat, cover and leave to cool slightly.375 g mixed dried fruit, 100 ml orange juice, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ⅛ tsp ground allspice, ⅛ tsp grated nutmeg
- Prepare the cake tin by lightly greasing it, and adding a piece of baking paper to the base of the tin. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees (140 fan).
- Whisk the eggs until frothy. Add the applesauce and continue to whisk for a couple of minutes. You can whisk the mixture by hand, or with an electric whisk.2 medium eggs, 100 ml unsweetened applesauce
- Add the flour and baking powder and mix until thoroughly blended. Add the dried fruit along with any remaining juices and mix well.150 g plain flour, 1 tsp baking powder
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Level the mixture out.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. The baked cake will be firm to the touch, and nut brown.
- As soon as the cake is cool enough to touch, remove from the tin and leave to finish cooling on a wire rack
Notes
- There are a few options to soak the fruit. Either squeeze the juice from a fresh orange (or tangerine) and make up to 100 ml with water. Or you could use a ready squeezed juice such as orange or apple. Or if you prefer, you could use tea - either regular black tea, or rooibos. You could also replace half of the soaking liquid with alcohol.
- Use mixed spice instead of individual spices if you prefer.
- If you don't want to use ready mixed dried fruit, make your own mix with fruits such as sultanas, prunes, figs or apricots. Cut any larger fruits into small pieces. Add about 50 g of chopped nuts too if you'd like.
- If you want a gluten free fruit cake, use a regular gluten free blend of plain flour. Remember to check that your baking powder is gluten free too.
Nutrition
Calories: 245kcalCarbohydrates: 52.7gProtein: 4.6gFat: 1.3gSaturated Fat: 0.4gFiber: 1.8gSugar: 13.5g
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