Fruit Butter Spice Cake

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 221.3
  • Total Fat: 10.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 26.6 mg
  • Sodium: 73.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 28.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
  • Protein: 3.5 g

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Introduction

Any thick puree of fruit (or fruit and vegetables!) works for this snacking cake - I love using my Honeyed Carrot Cake Butter, but apple, peach or pear work just as well. Any thick puree of fruit (or fruit and vegetables!) works for this snacking cake - I love using my Honeyed Carrot Cake Butter, but apple, peach or pear work just as well.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    ¼ cup canola oil
    ¼ cup melted butter
    ¼ cup xylitol
    6 packets Truvia
    ¼ cup sugar
    1 egg
    1 cup buttermilk
    1 cup unsweetened apple (or any-fruit) butter - see Tips for my Honeyed Carrot Cake Butter link
    1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
    1 tsp baking soda
    ½ tsp salt
    1 tsp cinnamon
    ½ tsp cardamom
    ¼ tsp cloves
    ¼ tsp black pepper
    ¼ tsp white pepper
    Zest of 2 oranges
    2 sheets graham crackers, coarsely crushed, for crumble topping

Tips

Honeyed Carrot Cake Butter: http://www.yummysmells.ca/2014/03/honeyed-carrot-cake-butter.html

Adapted from http://pastrystudio.blogspot.ca/2014/01/applesauce-spice-cake.html


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9” square pan and line the bottom with parchment.
In a bowl, beat together the oil, melted butter, xylitol, Truvia and sugar until blended.
Add the egg, buttermilk and fruit butter, mixing well.
Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, black and white pepper and the orange zest.
Mix until no streaks of flour remain.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and top with graham cracker pieces.
Bake 40 minutes, until tests done. Cool completely in the pan.

Serving Size: Makes one 9" cake, 12 slices

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.