Jo Zampieri’s Christmas Cake
Serves: 15-20
Prep time: 10 minutes (+24 hours soaking time)
Cook time: 60-90 minutes minutes
1 ½ serves per portion
Recipe courtesy of Jo Zampieri, Tewantin-Noosa Branch
Ingredients:
- 1kg mixed dried fruit
- 500-750mL orange juice, no added sugar
- 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon all spice
Method:
- SOAK fruit overnight in 500mL of orange juice in the fridge.
- PREHEAT oven to 160°C conventional/140°C fan-forced.
- ADD flours to the fruit and juice mixture and stir until combined.
- POUR in more orange juice if the mixture is too dry.
- SPRINKLE in allspice and place mixture into a lined 20cm baking tin.
- BAKE in oven for 1-1½ hours or until a skewer comes out clean.
What's Great About It:
This easy recipe shows that even Christmas cake can be health-a-sized! Making a few simple swaps such as half the flour for wholemeal flour, opting for a ‘no added sugar’ orange juice and removing the added sugars makes this cake the perfect treat this Christmas.
