LEE HOLMES' SUPERCHARGED HEALTHY CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE
This cake can be made simply and easily with a minimum of fuss. Keep it handy for when friends drop in or wrap it for a party. You can add in whatever dried fruit combination you prefer. The fruit adds an element of natural sweetness so there's no need to add any refined sugars or sugar substitutes.
Provided by Bren in LR
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 1 8 inch cake
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and line an 8 inch cake tin or springform pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl combine almond meal, chopped walnuts, dried fruit, spices, baking powder, soda, vanilla, salt and lemon zest.
- In a separate bowl, place lemon juice, coconut milk, oil and eggs and whisk together. Add the dry ingredients to wet and fold through with a wooden spoon. Spoon the mixture into prepared tin then press the mixture down into the tin using your hands so that it is compact and tightly packed.
- Bake for 1 hour on the middle shelf of the oven.
- Open oven and placed blanched almonds on top in a decorative pattern and return to oven for 30 minutes.
- Check cake with a skewer and remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool then carefully remove from tin or pan. Store in sealed container in fridge.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3070.7, Fat 181, SaturatedFat 28.9, Cholesterol 558, Sodium 1894.6, Carbohydrate 343.2, Fiber 58.9, Sugar 10.8, Protein 73.3
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