Fruit & nut cake
Eggless spiced fruit cake with nuts and cherries. Serves 12
A simple, eggless fruit cake made with condensed milk, packed with mixed nuts, dried fruit and cherries and warmed with ginger and cinnamon. The book says it can be used as a wedding cake.
- Total time
- 80 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 12
Ingredients
Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 350°F (325°F fan). Grease a 23 cm round cake tin and line it with baking paper.
Step 2: Toss the 5 ½ oz mixed nuts, 3 ½ oz mixed dried fruit and 1 ¾ oz glacé cherries in a spoonful of the flour so they don't sink.
Step 3: Mix the 9 oz self-raising flour, 13 ½ oz sweetened condensed milk, 3 ½ oz butter, 1 tsp ground ginger, ¾ cup warm water, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp vanilla essence, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and 2 tsp baking powder to a soft dropping consistency, then fold in the fruit and nuts.
Step 4: Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hour. A fruit cake is done when a toothpick comes out clean and there is no sizzling sound when you hold it close to your ear.
60 minStep 5: Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Store in a tin, wrapped in foil.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 345 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does fruit & nut cake take?
- About 80 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 60 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 12 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of self-raising flour?
- Plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder per 150g (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of sweetened condensed milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
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