Sugar Free Fruit Cake
Tuti Fruti / Ruehrkuchen mit Fruchten
Recipe by Chitra Ahluwalia Pal of New York, US
This one I learned when I was in Germany. I was there during Wheinnacten / Christmas, when everyone was preparing such tasty cakes. I learned this from my friend Ella, this is her family recipe. Hope you also enjoy as I do.
Ingredients
vegetarian
10 servings
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped golden raisins
- 1 cup of green kishmish (raisins)
- ½ cup of cranberries
- 1 ½ cups of chopped walnuts
- ½ tsp of salt
- 1 cup unsweetened crushed pineapple jam
- ¼ cup grated orange and lemon peels
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 5-8 packets artificial sweetener (as per taste)
- 1 tsp baking soda
Directions
- Mix sugar substitute with orange juice. Pour over chopped cranberries. Soak 1 hour, mixing often.
- Mix raisins, nuts, lemon orange peel and pineapple jam mix it in the flour until well coated.
- Add the cranberries and orange juice mixture.
- Sprinkle baking soda over mixture, and mix.
- Fold in the mixture well don’t stir. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 40 minutes.
- Cool and serve with fresh strawberry or raspberry syrup or just plain with tea or coffee.
- For syrup you can crush the frozen raspberries or strawberries and boil them sugar and water. For every cup of berries add ½ cup of sugar and 2 glass of water. After the mixture is thickened or turned syrupy, strain it and cool down the syrup. You can use this over pancakes, bread, cakes or salads.