Dried Fruit and Nut Cake

Name: Dried Fruit and Nut Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 servings baking powder; 10 servings baking soda; 10 servings dark brown sugar; 10 servings dates; 10 servings dried apricots; 10 servings eggs; 10 servings flour; 10 servings salt; 10 servings vanilla extract; 10 servings walnut

Dried Fruit and Nut Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This dairy free and vegetarian recipe has 451 calories, 13g of protein, and 24g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours. If you have baking powder, baking soda, apricots, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 300F. Spray the loaf pans with vegetable oil spray or line the bottom and sides with parchment paper.

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Vegetable Oil

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Baking Paper

Loaf Pan

Oven

In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the baking soda, baking powder, and salt to combine.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the brown sugar, all the dried fruit, and the nuts and mix thoroughly with your fingers. Set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Dried Fruit

Nuts

In a small bowl, beat the eggs with the vanilla until light.

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Vanilla

Egg

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Bowl

Pour the egg mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon or your hands until all the fruits and nuts are coated with batter.

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Fruit

Nuts

Egg

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Wooden Spoon

Scrape into the prepared pan(s).

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Frying Pan

Bake until the top is deep golden brown and the batter clinging to the fruit seems set, about 1 hour for smaller loaves, 10 to 15 minutes longer for a large loaf. Tent loosely with foil if the cake appears to be browning too much. Cool completely in the pan(s) on a rack.

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Fruit

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

When completely cool, remove the cake from the pan(s). The cake keeps, wrapped airtight in foil or plastic wrap, for several weeks at room temperature or at least 3 months in the refrigerator. It can also be frozen for at least 6 months.

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