Ezza's christmas fruitcake

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  • Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
2 Cups White Self raising flour2 Cups wholemeal Self Raising flour1/2 cup Low GI Sugar + 2 tablespoons2 Eggs 150gm unsalted butter1 tablespoon grated orange peel1/2 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit [juice] 1 cup freshly squeezed orange [juice] OR 1 cup brandy and 1/2 cup juice of your choice375gm mixed dried fruit [homebrand] 1/4 cup mixed fruit and nuts [dried apple, dates, sultanas, apricots, peaches, almonds1/2 cup glace cherries1/2 cup cranberries [craisins] icing sugar to dustcake tin greased with olive oil.
Directions
Add the four cups of *flour* together and mix. Add in the grated orange peel and melted butter. Mix with wooden spoon. Add the two eggs and mix with wooden spoon slowly. Add the mixed fruit and the mixed fruit and nuts to the bowl along with the brandy and juice/s. Add in the 1/2 cup of *Low GI sugar*. Mix batter with the wooden spoon gently. Lastly add the 1/2 cup of glace cherries and the 1/2 cup of cranberries and mix batter together.

Pour cake batter into a round cake tin greased with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and bake at 150 degrees for at least 40mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Cool cake for 2 hours and dust with icing sugar.

Serving Size: Makes about 12 slices

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EZZABELLE.

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 3,630.8
  • Total Fat: 151.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 654.1 mg
  • Sodium: 158.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 518.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 39.5 g
  • Protein: 70.9 g

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