Nigella Flourless Fruit Cake

And there s also my christmas spiced chocolate cake think chocolate cloud cake but with a seasonal twist.

Nigella flourless fruit cake.

It delivers as promised a cake of apricot pear and ginger goldenness and goodness so squidgy and fresh tasting which comes perhaps not only from the amount of fruit in it but also the lack of flour. Preheat the oven to 180 c 160 c fan gas mark 4 350 f line the base of a 23cm 9inch springform cake tin with baking parchment and butter the sides. This is a wonderfully damp dense and aromatic flourless cake. It includes espresso powder chopped pistachios and edible rose petals and it s quite an impressive looking cake even though it s pretty simple to make.

It s incredibly simple only 7 ingredients and it all comes together in a blender. If you insert a cake tester into the centre of the cake it will still be a little gooey in the middle. Place in the oven and bake for 1 2 hours by which time the top of the cake should be firm but will have a shiny and sticky look. Put the cake on a cooling rack.

Beat the butter caster sugar and vanilla. Leave to cool completely or eat while still warm with some ice cream as a pudding. Pour the fruit cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. Nigella lawson s flourless moist clementine cake8 10 servings approximately 375g clementines or other oranges see note preferably organic 2 1 4 cup 250g finely ground almonds 6 eggs 3 4 cup cane sugar 3 4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder wash the oranges and place them in a bowl cover with cold water and bring to boil.

And it s such an accommodating kind of cake too. This is the fruity blonde sister to that brunette temptress my chocolate fruit cake from nigella christmas. This is a gluten free treat for the greedy. It tastes like one of those sponges you drench while cooling with syrup only you don t have to.

Dried fruit and spices make for a exquisitely squidgy and festive gorgeously golden fruit cake a fresh gluten free alternative to the traditional christmas cake. Coconut and passionfruit slab cake is a guest recipe by monday morning cooking club so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe preheat the oven to 170 c 340 f gas 3. And it is perfect either as a pudding with creme fraiche or as a sustaining slice with a mug of tea at any time of the day. Though this cake is most definitely for life not just for christmas.

There s no creaming no mixing wet ingredients in one bowl and dry in the next. It keeps well indeed it gets better after a few days. Fruit cake with the emphasis firmly on. Let it cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack still in its tin and then ease the sides of the cake with a small metal spatula and spring it out of the tin.

Her dark and sumptuous chocolate cake from simply nigella is made with coconut oil in the cake and coconut butter for the icing although she writes that you could use vegetable oil and vegan margarine instead if you preferred.