December 14, 2015

Desserts/Sweets

Sugar-Free Fruit Cake – Indian Spiced Fruit Cake

Name: Sugar-Free Fruit Cake - Indian Spiced Fruit Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 Cup Pecans; 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chip; 4 Dried Figs - chopped; 5 Tbsp Dried Cranberries; 2 Tbsp Fresh Orange Rind - optional; 1 Tsp Cinnamon Powder; 2 Pinch Nutmeg Powder; Pinch of Ginger Powder - optional; 1.5 Cups All-Purpose Flour; 2 Large Eggs - Room Temperature; 1/2 cup SPLENDA® Sugar Blend (this product contains sugar); 1/2 Cup Coffee - Light to Medium flavor or Instant coffee; 1/2 Cup Olive Oil - Any light Oil will do; 1 Tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda; 1/2 Tsp Vinegar; 1 Pinch Salt; 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

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Sugar-Free Fruit Cake – Indian Spiced Fruit Cake: filled with walnut/pecans, dried berries, dried plums, chocolate bits, juice, coffee and leaves you craving for more. Added fresh orange rind to just pop the flavors and making it more divine.

While I have ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year’ playing at the background, here I’m sharing with you’ll Sugar-Free Fruit Cake – Indian Spiced Fruit Cake my absolutely favorite ‘Holiday Dessert‘ without which holidays are incomplete.

It’s very popular in India and is called by many names like Spiced Dry Fruit Cake / Fruit-Nut Cake / Plum Cake / X’mas Cake or simply Tutti-Frutti Cake.

Visit any Indian bakery and you’ll see these cakes decorated with cute holiday trinkets and showcased on the front aisle in numerous shapes and sizes.

Sugar-Free Fruit Cake Ingredients

1.5 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Large Eggs – Room Temperature
1/2 cup SPLENDA® Sugar Blend (this product contains sugar)
1/2 Cup Coffee – Light to Medium flavor or Instant coffee
1/2 Cup Olive Oil – Any light Oil will do
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp Vinegar
1 Pinch Salt
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

Dry Fruits + Spices:

1/2 Cup Pecans
1/2 Cup Chocolate Chip
4 Dried Figs – chopped
5 Tbsp Dried Cranberries
2 Tbsp Fresh Orange Rind – optional
1 Tsp Cinnamon Powder
2 Pinch Nutmeg Powder
Pinch of Ginger Powder – optional

My very first memories of the holiday season is a huge tall tree and this beautiful cake.

I still remember the first bite of this super delicious cake which was nutty and chocolatey in every bite and I guess it was LOVE in first site too 😉

So every holiday, it became a tradition to either make the cake at home or get it from the best bakery in town and till date.

It continues….with just a slight difference that instead of getting it from outside, I bake it at home and officially start our holiday season.

This recipe is my most tried n trusted recipe for many, many and many years. It’s the one for which I get asked the most and once served, it’s finished within minutes.

The recipe I’m sharing today is my ‘basic fruitcake recipe’ however you can add or reduce any of the fruit/nuts combinations as per your choice – The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!

Actually, during my last visit to Walmart , I came across these SPLENDA® Sugar Blend (there were others too like SPLENDA® Granulated No Calorie Sweetener & SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend)

I instantly grabbed them for baking this year holiday treats – Don’t you love them, even more, when you can have that 1,2 or even 3 extra helpings ;).

Seriously, by swapping one cup of sugar with one cup of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, you can save more than 600 calories –

It’s like ‘Enjoy a sweet life without all the calories from added sugar’ – Wohooo!

The Sugar-Free Fruit Cake recipe is very easy and takes about 35-40 minutes to bake at 180C …. while the cake was baking.

I visited the SWEET SWAPS™ Initiative, the SPLENDA® Brand is dishing out creative ways to swap full sugar for SPLENDA® Sweetener Products in order to save calories.

Definitely, visit the page as it has some amazing recipes.

Now, once the cake is baked, you can serve it as is but since it’s a holiday cake, why not create some ‘snow like feel’ by sprinkling with powdered sugar

(I just pulsed the SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for 2 minutes to create powdered sugar consistency – isn’t’ that amazing)

and decorating it with some fresh cranberries, cinnamon sticks, orange rind and some Christmas decorations – after all its The Holiday Cake.

Here are some pictures of the cake process and where you can find it at Walmart.

Do give this cake a try this holiday season and I guarantee, you would love it !

Tried Our Recipe – AWESOME!!!

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Yield: 8