DIET FRUIT CAKE
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Thank you for stopping by and if you are wondering what a DIET FRUIT CAKE is, its a tasty all natural fruit mixture and beautiful spices to make this a cake you will never forget. So if that interests you make yourself a cup of tea and sit back and enjoy our short video tutorial.
Thank you to my Sister-In-Law for sharing her family recipe for DEIT FRUIT CAKE with us to share with you, this is a healthier cake choice for diabetic's or a low sugar diet.
You need one large or medium navel orange cut into small pieces and all its juice and pulp, sit aside until you get all your fruit ingredients ready to put in a saucepan to boil.
Spices needed is Allspice, Nutmeg, and Cinnamon then toss them in a medium saucepan with raisins, dates, chopped navel orange, see recipe below for amounts and how long.
Boil for 5 minutes in a saucepan, raisins, dates, water, oil, spices and chopped navel orange.
After sift in the two types of flour and then your baking powder and soda, fold it in and your cake batter is ready...
We hope you are still interested in our diet fruit cake recipe today, please continue on to our video tutorial and recipe posted below. This is a link to our cookbooks if you wish to check them out before you continue on to more photos and info to make your cake today!
https://www.bonitaskitchen.com/cookbook
Ingredients
- Raisins - 2 cups or less
- Chopped pitted dates - 1/2 to 1 cup
- Navel Orange - 1 large, chopped
- Water - 2 cups
- Oil - 1 cup, of choice
- Ground Nutmeg - 1 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp, extra for top of cake
- Ground allspice - 1 tsp
- Mixed Nuts - 1 cup, chopped
- Vanilla - 2 tsp
- Egg - 2 large
- Whole wheat flour - 2 cups, all-purpose and sifted
- White flour - 1 cup, all-purpose and sifted
- Baking powder - 2 tsp
- Baking soda - 1 tsp
Instructions
In a large boiler add raisins, dates, water, orange & rind, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and oil boil for 5 minutes on a medium heat.
Remove from heat, let cool.
Transfer into a large bowl and add vanilla, eggs, sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda and chopped nut of choice. Fold all ingredients together after scoop into a pre-grease bunt pan or pan of choice.
Pre-heat your oven to 350ºF and bake your cake for 1 hour or until knife clean depending on your oven. Remove from heat let set for 5 minutes then release to a cooling rack, serve or wait until its totally cool before wrapping.
Bonita’s Tip:
You can add a few red or green cherries if desired, or add extra mixed nuts to top of batter before baking with extra cinnamon.
Allergens
Egg, Nuts, Wheat, White Flour
We also got another delicious Traditional Newfoundland Dark Rum Fruit Cake
If you are looking for a tasty fruit cake for Christmas or a special occasion you are in the right place.
Fold in dry ingredients and nuts in to mixture to make this tasty diet fruit cake.
Top with whole walnuts and sprinkle of cinnamon before baking.
So tasty and your house will smell like a spice explosion!
Mmmmm!!!!!
Dust with a sprinkle of confectionary sugar or serve as is. Enjoy to the fullest!
A special day baking with our NEW friend Pam Pardy from The Newfoundland Herald, thank you for stopping by and making this day special and for helping make our sister-in-laws family recipe. Congratulations on the 75th Anniversary of The Newfoundland Herald and many more years of amazing stories and TV guide.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and enjoyed our DIET FRUIT CAKE recipe and video today…..On behalf of myself Bonita, RMHussey Productions and Team. Stay safe and God Bless!
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I like that this cake is bursting with flavour and not sugar.