3 Ingredient Christmas Cake
Festive fruit cake made with just 3 ingredients!
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Ingredients
- 1 kg mixed unsweetened dried fruit
- 700 ml iced coffee
- 2 cups self raising flour
Instructions
The Day Before Baking:
- Place mixed dried fruit in a large bowl.
- Pour in iced coffee.
- Make sure the fruits are fully submerged in the liquid.
- Cover and allow to soak in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight.
Prepare The Cake Batter:
- Preheat oven to 180 C or 350 F before preparing the batter. Grease and line the base and sides of a 23 cm deep cake tin. Set aside.
- Add flour to the soaked fruit mixture.
- Fold in gently. Make sure all the ingredients are evenly incorporated. The batter will be thick.
Bake:
- Transfer batter to the cake tin.
- Use a spatula to smooth batter into an even layer.
- Place the cake tin on the oven rack placed in the center of the oven.
- Bake for about 1 hour or until the batter is set, the top is golden brown, and a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. If the top browns too quickly, cover with an aluminum foil and continue baking.
- Once the cake has cooled, carefully remove the cake from the cake tin before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Notes
- Dried fruit - You can use a crunchy combo of dried fruits and chopped nuts like almonds, walnuts and cashews.
- Iced coffee - This gives the cake coffee flavor, but feel free to substitute with orange or apple juice, chocolate milk, or even baileys.
- Flour - You can easily substitute self raising flour with all purpose (plain) flour and baking powder.
- Gluten free cake - For a gluten free version of this cake, substitute regular self raising flour with gluten free self raising flour.
- Cake or muffins - This fruit cake can also be prepared in muffin tins to make mini Christmas fruit muffins.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 83g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 322mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 51g