A cake, yummy. A healthy cake??! Not too sure about that! I didn't realise when I set out to make this that it was fat free, but it is and also contains loads of dried fruit so it's positively like eating healthy food, even though it's cake.
Adapted from Rose Elliott's Vegetarian Express cos I didn't have any prunes to make into a puree, only apricots.
You need:
About 10 dried apricots
Couple of tbsp of water
200g soft brown sugar
50g stem ginger in syrup
2 tsp ground ginger
grated rind of 1 lemon
2 eggs
150g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
125g mixed dried fruit (I love Waitrose mixed vine fruit, very succulent and no manky currants, just big juicy sultanas, raisins and cherries)
3 tbsp boiling water
Begin by putting the apricots into a pan with a couple of tbsp water and heat gently. Leave simmering for about 15 mins, then blitz to a puree with a stick blender.
Mix everything else into the apricot puree, slob into a lined loaf tin and then bake at 160 degrees for 30-45 mins.
Scoff but feel healthy cos it's fat free and full of fruit innit :)
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