Best Low Fat Fruit And Ginger Cake Recipes

GINGERED RICH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1. Lightly oil a 71⁄2cm deep, 25cm round cake tin, and line it with a double layer of baking parchment.
• Mix the dried fruits, ginger and syrup, Cointreau, spices and lemon zest. Put the olive oil, sugar and eggs in a bowl, whisk together until light and fluffy. Sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture and tip in the fruit. Fold and stir together well.
• Spoon the mixture into the cake tin. Bake in the centre of the oven for 2-21⁄2 hrs, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cover with foil if the cake begins to over-brown. Take from the oven and leave to cool in the tin. Remove, leaving the baking parchment in place until you decorate.
• For the topping: warm the jam and Cointreau together until the jam is liquid, allow to cool. Arrange the fruit on the cake and brush with the jam.

LOW FAT FRUIT AND GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Put apricots,sultanas and prunes in a bowl.
• with brewed tea.
• Leave to soak for 2 hours.
• Heat oven gas 4.
• Lightly grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin.
• Put flour,baking powder,ginger,sugar, and egg in a food blender.
• Blend for 2mins.
• Add fruit and blend to mix.
• Turn into tin and level with knife.
• Bake for 11/4 hours.
• Cool before serving.

FRESH GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and heat to 350 degrees. Line a 9-inch round cake pan with 3-inch sides, or a 9-inch springform pan, with a circle of parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the molasses, sugar and oil. In separate medium bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.
• In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup water to a boil. Stir in baking soda, then mix hot water into molasses mixture. Stir in ginger.
• Gradually whisk the dry ingredients into batter. Add eggs, and continue mixing until everything is thoroughly combined. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, and bake for about 1 hour, until the top of cake springs back lightly when pressed or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If the top of cake browns too quickly before cake is done, drape a piece of foil over it and continue baking.
• Cool cake for at least 30 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of cake to loosen it from pan. Invert cake onto a cooling rack, and remove parchment paper.

LOW FAT/ LOW SUGAR FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
• Mix sultanas, raisins, cherries, brandy, water and soak overnight.
• Mix pumpkin, eggs, applice juice, and milk in a bowl.
• Add soaked fruit, nuts, rinds and spices, then flours and bicarbonate of soda.
• Mix well with a wooden spoon as you add the flours.
• Spoon into a lightly greased tin.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 200 degrees C, then turn down to 180 degrees C and cook until baked through (approximately 1 hour).
• Cool on a cake wire.
• Store in the refrigerator.