Diabetic Fruit/Christmas Cake.

Can anyone share a good recipe.Would be appreciated.Thanks very much.

I found this by putting in a search for "Diabetic fruit cake."

245sam wrote:

This one! from Trademecooks.

"3 Ingredient Fruit Cake
has no butter. 800gms mixed fruit, pour over 2 cups orange juice and soak for 2-3 hours.or more, then add 2 cups S.R.Flour, mix well and bake 1 1/2 hours in 140o oven. 20cm tin. Keeps well and is a lovely fruit cake. posted by worrit" :-))


This is the same one, I think, with coffee instead of orange juice.

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elliehen (3939 )5:08 pm, Wed 16 May

This is the one I baked today.I seems farly solid.

Special Fruit Cake

It contains no butter, added sugar or salt - a great way for everyone to celebrate Christmas! The fruit content of this cake does affect blood glucose levels – cut into the number of pieces outlined in the recipe and limit to one serving per meal or snack.
•1 kg mixed dried fruit
•1/2 cup boiling water
•1/2 cup orange juice
•1 cup nuts
•2 cups wholemeal flour
•2 tablespoons gluten flour or extra flour
•3 teaspoons baking powder
•3 eggs
•1/4 cup slivered almonds
•2 tablespoons sherry

For the mixed dried fruit use any combination of the following dried fruits: dried fruit mixture, sultanas, raisins, prunes, currants, dried apricots, peaches, nectarines, dried apples, dried mango etc.

Chop or cut (with scissors) large pieces of fruit into pieces the size of sultanas. Put them in a tough, heatproof plastic bag and pour the boiling water and then the orange juice over them.

Close the bag, leaving an opening of about 2cm unsealed, lie fairly flat in the microwave and cook on High (100% power) in 1 minute bursts, until the fruit is hot. Turn the bag over after the first minute, making sure the liquid can't escape.

When the fruit is hot, take the bag out of the microwave and lie it on a cold surface to cool to room temperature. Leave overnight or for at least 2 hours, to cool and soak up the liquid.

Turn the oven on to 160 ° C or 150 ° C fan-bake with the rack below the middle.

Line the bottom and sides of a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper.

When you are ready to mix the cake, chop the nuts finely and put them in a large container with the wholemeal flour, gluten flour (if available) and the baking powder. Mix thoroughly.

In a mixing bowl large enough to hold everything, beat the eggs until thick and fluffy with a rotary beater. Add the cold fruit mixture and the dry mixture. Mix with a clean hand until everything is thoroughly combined. If about a cupful of mixture seems to be too dry to drop from your hand, add 2-3 tablespoons extra water or sherry.

Put the mixture into the cake tin by hand, pushing it evenly into the corners. Level off the top with a damp hand. Sprinkle evenly with the slivered almonds. Bake, starting testing the cake after 1 1/4 hours. It usually takes about 1 1/2 hours until a skewer pushed into the centre of the cake comes out clean, showing the cake is ready.

Stand the hot, cooked cake on rack. Sprinkle or brush the surface of the cake with 2 tablespoons of sherry for extra flavour.

When cold, wrap the cake in greaseproof paper and a tea towel, and store in the fridge for a least several days before cutting or freeze strips (see below) in airtight plastic bags, up to 3 months.

To cut the cake into 1cm x 4cm slices, use a sharp serrated knife. Cut the cake into five strips of equal width, then cut each of these crossways into about twenty 1cm slices.

Approx nutritional analysis per slice
KJ: 213

Cals: 51

Fat: 1g

Carbohydrate: 8g

Source: The New Zealand Diabetes Cookbook: Easy Everyday Recipes for the Whole Family - Simon & Alison Holst

Thanks very much calista.

Thanks very much calista. Must try and get that book. A & S Holst are great.

Butter has no effect on sugar levels.
Sugar, flour and fruit do.

my1is 1 kgmixedfruit2 cupsorangejuicewithnosugar2cupsselfraisingflour
soakfruitinjuiceovernightthenmixinflour
canadd1egg
thisisin theruralwomenscookbook

Butter is a fat and they do affect blood sugar levels.

i make golf cake as a christmas cake all the time, it has juice srf cinnamon and 1kg fruit mix,.if you are interested i will c&p it from my h/d later