Flourless fruit cake

Name: Flourless fruit cake
Ingredients: 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 225 g/8 oz/8–10 cups cornflakes, crushed; 5 ml/1 tsp mixed (apple pie) spice; 400 g/14 oz can evaporated milk; glacé (candied) fruits, chopped, to decorate; 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder; butter, for greasing; 350 g/12 oz/2 cups dried mixed fruit; 450 g/1 lb/1¼ cups mincemeat; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup ready-to-eat dried figs, chopped; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup walnut pieces; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup glacé (candied) cherries, halved

Preparation info

Serves
12–15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Here’s a really easy recipe that everyone will enjoy making. Instead of flour, the mixture contains cornflakes, so children can have fun crushing them and stirring the ingredients together. It is packed with fruity flavours too, from mincemeat to soft ready-to-eat figs.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
450 g/1 lb/1¼ cups mincemeat<

Cake
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas 2. Grease and line the base and sides of a 25cm/10in round cake tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl and beat together well. Spoon into the prepared tin and smooth the top level.