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Diet coke Christmas cake recipe

Diet coke Christmas cake recipe

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Festive flavours of sour cherries, cranberries, mixed spice and cinnamon, plus the honey, result in an exciting update to a classic Christmas cake. The addition of diet coke to the cake makes it extra moist. See method

  • Serves 10 slices
  • 10 mins to prepare and 1 hr 15 mins to cook
  • 263 calories / serving
  • Freezable
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 300ml diet Coke
  • 225g dried pitted dates, roughly chopped
  • 5ml (1tsp) bicarbonate of soda
  • 50g dried sour cherries
  • 50g dried cranberries
  • 60ml (4tbsp) honey
  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 10ml (2tsp) ground mixed spice
  • 5ml (1tsp) ground cinnamon
  • 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
  • 75g pecans or walnuts, chopped
No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1115kj
    263kcal     13%

  • Fat

    7g 10%

  • Saturates

    1g 5%

  • Sugars

    27g 30%

  • Salt

    0.5g 8%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 47.9g Protein 5.1g Fibre 4.1g

Method

  1. Grease and base line a 900g loaf tin and preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4.
  2. Heat the Diet Coke in a medium pan until boiling. Remove from heat and stir in dates, bicarbonate of soda, then stir in the cherries, cranberries and honey. Mix well and allow to cool.
  3. Sift the flour with the spices, then add to the cooled date mixture. Stir in the eggs and nuts. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 1-1¼ hours, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean, covering with foil if the cake becomes too brown.
  4. Leave to cool in the tin. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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