Amazing Cake?

Penelope_Penguin

On our way to our summer holiday, we stopped off at Waddesden Manor. We treated ourselves to afternnon tea, and one of the items on the menu was Amazing Cake. It looked like a fruit cake and claimed to be egg, sugar and fat free

Anyone have any idea what sort of recipe could produce such a cake? Needless to say, I had scones and cream

Penny. x

Swan_2

could it be this one? it's a Rose Elliot recipe


Amazing Eggless Fatless Sugarless Fruit Cake.

Makes one 2lb. loaf size cake.

8oz. cooking dates.
10. fl. oz. water (275ml I believe).
1 lb. mixed dried fruit.
6oz. plain wholewheat flour.
1 Tablespoon carob powder (optional).
3 tspns. baking powder (soda).
1 tspn mixed spice.
The grated rind of one orange or one lemon.
1oz. ground almonds.
4 Tablespooons orange juice.
flaked almonds for the topping.

Set oven to 160 deg. C (325F, Gas mark 3). Grease a 2lb. loaf tin and
line it with greaseproof paper. Put dates and water into a saucepan
and heat gently till dates are soft, then remove from heat and mash to
break up the dates. Add all the other ingredients (except the flaked
almonds for the topping, of course). Spoon into the loaf tin, and
level off the top. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds, and bake for 1hr
30mins, till a skewer comes out clean. Let it stand for 5 minutes at
room temperature before turning it out to cool on a wire rack.


EDIT ... it just dawned on me, you probably won't be able to tell unless you make the cake/s (you're bound to get lots of recipes posted) ... is a marathon baking session looming?

thriftlady_2

Sounds impossible to me Penny.

I've seen a few wartime recipes for sugarless cakes that use a tin of condensed milk or jam -so not really sugar free.

I've seen plenty of fat-free sponges and as you know I've made egg-free cakes, but no sugar, fat or eggs?

Ooh! I've had a thought -you can replace fat and sugar with apple sauce or prune puree. I think you can buy a commercial version of the prune puree. Maybe that was the cake's secret? It would be a pretty dense and moist cake;)

BTW I haven't received your pm. Maybe I should contact the techie folks?

Penelope_Penguin

Swan wrote: »

could it be this one? it's a Rose Elliot recipe


Amazing Eggless Fatless Sugarless Fruit Cake.

Thank you :A It looks like it might be the one, and amazingly the only ingredient I don't recognise (or, indeed, have in my pantry ) is carob powder. Isn't that some sort of chocolate substitute

It is a bit of a cheat, though, as there will be plenty of sugar in the dried fruit Don't know if it will be acceptable for my friends with diabetes?

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

Sounds like Swan has found it;) Well done Swan:T

thriftlady_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Thank you :A It looks like it might be the one, and amazingly the only ingredient I don't recognise (or, indeed, have in my pantry ) is carob powder. Isn't that some sort of chocolate substitute

Penny. x

OH bought me a carob Easter egg by mistake once, and I can tell you it is no substitute for chocolate. There is no substitute for chocolate;) Luckily it is optional in that recipe.

AudreyHepburn_2

Another one

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Nearly-Fat-free-Fruit-Cake-L1134.html

tinkerbellsmum_2

has anyone tried this is it ok?

i thought weetabix cake sound horriable but its lovely but have tried some horriable low fat recipes

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

BTW I haven't received your pm. Maybe I should contact the techie folks?

Have you got it now

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

There is no substitute for chocolate;) Luckily it is optional in that recipe.

That was why I used the caveat "some sort" of substitute Rest assured, I was wrinking my nose as I wrote it :rotfl: There is no substitute for chocolate - when I'm fed up with my latin, that may be a good sig :T

Penny. x

Swan_2

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=LZP&q=eggless+fatless+fruit+cake+diabetic&btnG=Search&meta=

thriftlady wrote: »

Sounds like Swan has found it;) Well done Swan:T

I found the idea interesting & just looked around :whistle:

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Thank you :A It looks like it might be the one, and amazingly the only ingredient I don't recognise (or, indeed, have in my pantry ) is carob powder. Isn't that some sort of chocolate substitute

It is a bit of a cheat, though, as there will be plenty of sugar in the dried fruit Don't know if it will be acceptable for my friends with diabetes?

Penny. x

there were quite a few diabetic recipes came up in the search, I'll try to remember the terms I used & post the result so you can check them out


EDIT ... I added diabetic to the parameters & THIS is the result, you might find something suitable there