Yule slice

Name: Yule slice
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 200 grams walnut halves; 100 grams hazelnut; 50 grams blanched almond; 200 grams raisin; 100 grams pitted date, chopped; 200 grams dried apricot, chopped; 140 grams glacé cherry or pineapple; 100 grams plain flour; 2 teaspoons mixed spice; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 175 grams dark muscovado sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Yule slice is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 16. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This dairy free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 307 calories, 6g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. A mixture of spice, date, blanched almond, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas

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Oven

Line the base and sides of a 1.5-litre loaf tin (a long thin one is best) with baking parchment.

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Base

Mix the nuts and dried fruit thoroughly in a large bowl using your hands. Sift in the flour, spice and baking powder, then add the sugar and mix everything well. Beat the eggs with the vanilla, then add to the dry mix, turning everything together well until there is no dry mix visible.

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Baking Powder

Dried Fruit

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Nuts

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Bowl

Turn into the prepared tin and smooth the top.

Bake for 1-1 hrs, then cool in the tin for 15 mins. Turn out, peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack. Dust the top thickly with icing sugar, to serve.

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Powdered Sugar