Reduced-Sugar Ginger-Apricot Fruit Cake With Hard Sauce Icing Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Reduced-Sugar Ginger-Apricot Fruit Cake With Hard Sauce Icing Recipe). Whether you make it the day of or months ahead, this fruitcake studded with ginger, apricot, and macadamia nuts is a simple, reasonably sweet holiday dessert.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 1hr

Additional: 1hr30 mins

Total: 2hrs45 mins

Servings: 10

Yield: 1 9×5-inch loaf

Reduced-Sugar Ginger-Apricot Fruit Cake With Hard Sauce Icing Recipe

Ingredients

Cooking spray

2 cups all-purpose flour

divided

½ cup roughly chopped toasted macadamia nuts

½ cup roughly chopped dried apricots

½ cup roughly chopped candied ginger

½ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon fine sea salt

6 tablespoons butter

softened

½ cup Sugar In The Raw®

½ cup Stevia In The Raw®

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 large eggs

½ cup spiced rum

½ cup butter

softened

½ cup Stevia In The Raw®

1 tablespoon spiced rum

Tips

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment so it extends over the 2 long sides of the pan.

Step 2

In a medium bowl toss 1/4 cup of the flour with macadamia nuts apricots and ginger.

Step 3

In another medium bowl whisk to combine remaining 1 3/4 cups flour baking powder and salt.

Step 4

In a large bowl or a stand mixer with the paddle beat butter sugar and stevia until fluffy about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla then beat in eggs one at a time just until combined. Gently mix in flour then fold in fruit and nut mixture.

Step 5

Scrape batter into prepared pan smoothing the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan for 20 minutes then poke cake all over with a skewer. Very slowly pour rum all over cake and let sit 10 minutes before transferring cake to a rack to cool completely at least 1 hour.

Step 6

Beat butter and stevia in a medium bowl or a stand mixer until smooth. Beat in rum. To serve spread top of cake with icing then slice.

Nutritional Information

Reduced-Sugar Ginger-Apricot Fruit Cake With Hard Sauce Icing Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:10

Calories: 411.3

% Daily Value *

Protein: 5.4g 11%

Carbohydrates: 43.4g 14%

Dietary Fiber: 1.7g 7%

Sugars: 17g

Fat: 23g 35%

Saturated Fat: 11.5g 58%

Cholesterol: 98.5mg 33%

Vitamin A Iu: 803.9IU 16%

Niacin Equivalents: 2.9mg 22%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 4%

Vitamin C: 1.9mg 3%

Folate: 54.8mcg 14%

Calcium: 49.6mg 5%

Iron: 3.4mg 19%

Magnesium: 19.3mg 7%

Potassium: 271.4mg 8%

Sodium: 208.2mg 8%

Thiamin: 0.3mg 29%

Calories From Fat: 207

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.