Sugar-free fruit cake

Name: Sugar-free fruit cake
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: finely grated rind of 1 small orange; 175 g/6 oz/1 generous cup dried stoned (pitted) dates, chopped; 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup softened butter, plus extra for greasing; 450 g/1 lb/2⅔ cups mixed dried fruit; 3 eggs, beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp mixed (apple pie) spice; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups self-raising wholemeal (self-rising whole-wheat) flour; 15 ml/1 tbsp clear honey, warmed, to glaze; 15 ml/1 tbsp clear honey, warmed, to glaze; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup ground almonds; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup flaked (sliced) almonds

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

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Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Although this cake tastes sweet, it contains no added sugar – the sweetness comes from date purée and dried fruit. The cake is lower in calories than the average fruit cake.

Ingredients

130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup softened butter, plus extra for greasing
175

Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 20cm/8in round deep cake tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Put the dates in a heavy pan with the orange rind and 150ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup water. Simmer gently for 3–4 minutes, or until the dates form a