SUGAR FREE FRUITCAKE
Make and share this Sugar Free Fruitcake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by bigbadbrenda
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Grease and line with parchment paper an 8 inch cake pan.
- Sift the flour,baking powder and apple pie mix into a bowl.
- Rub the butter with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs.
- Carefully stir in the chopped apricots, dates, and candies cherries and raisins with the milk, beaten eggs ,grated rind and orange juice.
- Stir in the honey and mix everything together to a soft dropping conistency.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and level the surface.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350oF for 1 hour until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Let the pan cool before turning out.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 426.9, Fat 13.9, SaturatedFat 8.1, Cholesterol 85.5, Sodium 201.6, Carbohydrate 70.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 28.4, Protein 8.2
FREE RANGE FRUITCAKE
Steps:
- Combine dried fruits, candied ginger and both zests. Add rum and macerate overnight, or microwave for 5 minutes to re-hydrate fruit.
- Place fruit and liquid in a non-reactive pot with the sugar, butter, apple juice and spices. Bring mixture to a boil stirring often, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for at least 15 minutes. (Batter can be completed up to this point, then covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days. Bring to room temperature before completing cake.)
- Heat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine dry ingredients and sift into fruit mixture. Quickly bring batter together with a large wooden spoon, then stir in eggs one at a time until completely integrated, then fold in nuts. Spoon into a 10-inch non-stick loaf pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting toothpick into the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, it's done. If not, bake another 10 minutes, and check again.
- Remove cake from oven and place on cooling rack or trivet. Baste or spritz top with brandy and allow to cool completely before turning out from pan.
- When cake is completely cooled, seal in a tight sealing, food safe container. Every 2 to 3 days, feel the cake and if dry, spritz with brandy. The cake's flavor will enhance considerably over the next two weeks. If you decide to give the cake as a gift, be sure to tell the recipient that they are very lucky indeed.
DIABETIC FRUIT CAKE
This is a very good cake, without sugar and eggs, suitable for diabetics or those watching their weight.
Provided by ritagior
Time 50m
Yield Makes Pieces
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Mix the mixed vine fruits in the cognac or whiskey.
- Melt the chopped dates in the 4 tbsps. water very slowly mixing all the time, over low heat. Mix with the vine fruits. Let the mixture stand in a cool place for 3 to 6 hours.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and the mixed spice, add the rinds and the chopped nuts.
- Mix the flour mixture with the fruit mixture well and put the cake mixture in a greased loaf tin measuring approximately 12cms. x 22cms.
- Bake in a preheated oven, gas mark 4 or 195 degrees celius for about 50 mins. Check with a skewer. If it comes out clean, then the cake will be ready.
- Let cool for about 1 hour.
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