Healthy Moist fruitcake with secret ingredient... Pumpkin!

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  • Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
500g mixed dried fruit.1 cup of apricot nectar.1 teaspoon honey.1 cup of cold mashed pumpkin. (cooked)1 3/4 cup od sifted selfraising flour with1 teaspoon of bi-carbonate soda and1 teaspoon of mixed spicewhole nuts to decorate, optional.
Directions
*Place dried fruit, nectar and honey in a large bowl, stir to combine. Cover and allow to stand for 1 hour. ( I stir it through every 20 min)

*Preheat oven to a moderate 180C
line the base and sides of a 20 cm round cake panwith baking paper.

*Stir pumpkin into the fruit and mix to combine.
Add sifted self-raising flour mixture and stir well.
Pour mixture into prepared pan and level the surface.
Decorate with whole nuts.

*Bake for 75 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean and the top is golden.Cover with foil if the cake becomes too dark. Wrap in a teatowel and allow to cool in the pan.
Store in an airtight container until required.

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DUTCHIEKIWI.

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 1,575.0
  • Total Fat: 3.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 500.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 351.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
  • Protein: 0.0 g

Member Reviews
  • LOOSEINGIT
    I love fruitcake..huge fan..going to try this one - 12/9/10
  • MAGGIE404
    Are we sure this recipe only serves 1 like it says. The calories are for almost 3 meals. - 11/12/10

    Reply from DUTCHIEKIWI (3/6/11)
    The calories per serving are really a lot lower, as you can imagine. The 1500 is for the whole cake lol ;0)

  • SUSANEL1
    Fantastic!!! - 11/25/09

    Reply from DUTCHIEKIWI (3/6/11)
    AWESOME!! :0)

  • LUCY419
    so moist and delish best fruit cake i ever had ! - 7/26/09

    Reply from DUTCHIEKIWI (11/24/09)
    Awesome to read!!! Cheers, Dutchie

  • 1HAPPYSPIRIT
    If you are a fan of fruitcake, this is a good recipe to prepare. - 12/1/20
  • ZRIE014
    tasty - 2/22/20
  • RAPUNZEL53
    Great - 2/21/20
  • PWILLOW1
    Great recipe. - 2/10/20
  • RO2BENT
    Interesting - 2/10/20
  • ROSSYFLOSSY
    Delicious dessert. - 2/1/20
  • SRIVERS1
    This was so good. The family really loved it. - 1/2/20
  • DMEYER4
    delicious - 1/31/19
  • PATRICIAANN46
    Very Good.............. - 1/4/18