HAZELNUT FRUITCAKE

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Enjoy this 'glut and nut' cake, made with excess courgettes and apples, with a cup of tea

Provided by Jane Hornby

Time 1h40m

Yield Cuts into 10 slices

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

225g soft, unsalted butter , plus a little extra for the tin
100g bag blanched hazelnuts , half very roughly chopped
225g light muscovado sugar
225g self-raising flour
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp mixed spice or ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
175g courgettes , coarsely grated
1 eating apple , grated (about 85g/3oz flesh)
250g mixed dried fruit

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a deep, 20cm round cake tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Put the whole hazelnuts, plus 1 tbsp each of the sugar and flour, into a food processor and whizz until the hazelnuts are as fine as you can get them.
Add the butter, remaining sugar and eggs to the processor, then tip in the vanilla, spice, ¼ tsp salt, remaining flour and baking powder. Whizz until smooth. Remove the blade, then stir in the grated courgettes, apple and dried fruit.
Spoon the mix into the tin, smooth the top, then scatter with the chopped hazelnuts, pressing them into the batter a little. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins (see tip, below), covering the top loosely with foil after 45 mins, until the cake is risen and golden. Cool in the tin for 20 mins, then remove and cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 501 calories, Fat 28 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 59 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 42 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.87 milligram of sodium