Christmas Fruit Cake
Serves: 12
Ingredients
To make Christmas Fruit Cake, you'll need:
- 2 cup Wholewheat flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/3 cup Low-fat margarine
- 1 cup Mixed dark and light raisins
- 1/2 cup Almonds chopped
- 1/2 cup Hazelnuts chopped Rind of
- 1 orange fine grated
- 1
- 3/4 cup Grated carrots
- 1/2 tsp Mixed baking spices (allsp?)
- 1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Granulated sweetener
- 2 Eggs beaten
- 3 tbsp Orange juice
- 2 tbsp Brandy or rum (optional)
Method
- Heat oven to 350F
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt together and
rub in the margarine until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Add fruit, nuts, orange rind, carrots and spices and mix well
- Mix the sweetener into the eggs and beat into the dry ingredients
- Add
enough orange juice to make a soft dough
- Put the mixture into 8" round or 7x7" nonstick cakepan and bake for 45-60 min
- (or use larger pan and reduce cooking time) When ready,
the cake should be firm to the touch and a toothpick should come out
clean
- Cool in the cake pan
- Turn out upside down, make a few toothpick holes in the bottom and
spoon in any leftover orange juice and alcohol if using
- Store in an
airtight container.
Nutritional Facts (Per Serving)
No nutritional facts available.
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