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Recipe for Fat-Free and Dairy-Free Spiced Fruity Tea Cake

The food I miss the most is cake so I thought I’d let you in on my secret fat and dairy free cake recipe (not so secret now):

Spiced Fruity Tea Cake

250ml Freshly made tea

1tsp Mixed Spice

1tsp Cinnamon

½ tsp Nutmeg

215g Grated apple and sultanas

250g Plain flour

200g Caster sugar

1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
  1. Mix the spices and fruit into the tea and leave to stand for at least 15mins.
  1. Sift the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl.
  1. Add the tea and fruit mixture to the bowl and mix well.
  1. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour until brown on top and a skewer comes out clean.

 

If you are sensitive to gluten but less sensitive to fat then try nut flour or ground almonds instead of plain flour. The added fruit is entirely up to you but be careful, I’ve found adding too much bulky fruit makes the cake soggy. Please feel free to experiment with this recipe and let me know what combinations are your favourite 🙂