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Gingered rich fruit cake
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Gingered rich fruit cake

17 ingredients 30 min Serves 10 - 12 openrecipes
Gingered rich fruit cake

This traditional cake has been jazzed up with lots of ginger - you'd never know it's gluten-free and dairy-free. Perfect for weddings and Christmas

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

897
Calories
22g
Protein
21g
Fat
160g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Fig 1 medium (50g) 37
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Prune not in our table 0
Syrup not in our table 0
Fruit not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • oil , for greasing
  • 100g each dried currants , sultanas and raisins
  • 225g each semi-dried figs and prunes, roughly chopped
  • 200g tub crystallised ginger
  • 100g stem ginger , from a jar, chopped
  • 2 tbsp stem ginger syrup
  • 4 tbsp Cointreau
  • 1 tsp each ground ginger and mixed spice
  • zest 2 lemons
  • 150ml olive oil
  • 175g light muscovado sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g gluten-free flour
  • 1 tsp gluten-free baking powder
  • 4 tbsp apricot jam
  • 1 tbsp Cointreau
  • 450g mixed fruit, including figs, prunes, dates and apricots

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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