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Low Calorie Christmas Cake Recipe

November 17, 2008

I love eating Christmas Cake, but do worry about piling on the pounds over Christmas. Worry no more here is a Christmas Cake recipe that is lower in calories. Meaning you will enjoy every mouthful.
Low Calorie Christmas Cake
Serves 18

Cooking Time 2 - 2½hrs

Nutritional Information (Per Serving)
188.6 calories
6.9g fat
2.6g protein
29.4g carb
0.8g fibre
0.2g alcohol

Ingredients

5ml Sunflower Oil
120g Black Treacle
120g Margarine
3 Free Range Medium Eggs
150g Plain Flour
5g Five Spice Powder
Pinch Of Salt
120g Sultanas
120g Seedless Raisins
120g Currants
120g Glace Cherries
2tbsp/30ml Medium Sherry
1 Zest and Juice of 1 Orange

Method

1.Preheat your oen to Gas Mark 2/ 150′C

2. Grease an 18cm/7″ cake tin with the sunflower oil. The line the tin with baking parchment.

3. In a bowl add the treacle and margarine and beat together. Gradually add the eggs,pinch of salt,mixed spice.

4. Sift the flour and add to the bowl also.

5 Fold into the mixture the dried fruits, cherries, sherry and zest and juice of one orange.

6. Place the mixture into your tin and level off the surface. Make a slight dip in the centre.

7. Bake in the oven for approximately 2/2.5 hours. If the top becomes too brown, place a piece of greaseproof paper over the top if it.

8. When cooked allow to cool. When cool wrap in foil or greaseproof paper and store in an airtight container.

If you are fed up of worrying about putting on weight. Then read My Proactol Diary and see my own account of how I lost weight.

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