EASY FRUITCAKE

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This easy fruit cake by one of our younger readers, Bree Hamilton, is simple, uses storecupboard ingredients and is perfect for a quick winter pick-me-up

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 12

175ml flavourless oil, plus extra for greasing
100g light brown muscovado sugar
2 eggs, beaten
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
½ orange, juiced
½ lemon, juiced
200g mixed dried fruit
200g apricot jam
icing sugar, for dusting

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3. Grease and line the base of two 20cm springform cake tins with baking parchment.
  • Stir together the oil and sugar, add the eggs, flour, baking powder, spices and juices, and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon until pourable and reasonably runny. Gently fold in the fruit, then divide the batter evenly between the tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, then leave to cool.
  • When cool, remove from the tins and sandwich the cakes together with jam. Sieve some icing sugar on top to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 505 calories, Fat 23 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 67 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 45 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium

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