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Apricot & almond fruitcake
Photo: David Holifield

Apricot & almond fruitcake

14 ingredients 30 min Serves 12 openrecipes
Apricot & almond fruitcake

This bake is lighter than the traditional rich fruitcake and is a blank canvas to ice and decorate as you wish

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

819
Calories
22g
Protein
19g
Fat
132g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7

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

  • 140g golden sultanas
  • 4 tbsp sherry
  • 250g pack butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 250g light soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs , beaten
  • 200g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 50g toasted flaked almonds
  • 140g dried apricots , chopped
  • 140g mixed peel
  • zest and juice 1 lemon
  • zest and juice 1 orange

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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