Helen's Light Fruitcake Recipe

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Helen's Light Fruitcake
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
4327
Calories
Total time
180
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 lb glace pineapple
  • 2 lbs sultanas
  • 1 lb almonds
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 lb butter
  • 2 cups sugar (1 lb)
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 tsp rose extract

Directions:

  1. Clean sultanas, slice pineapple thinly, halve cherries.
  2. Mix and sift flour,.
  3. Baking powder and spice and add half to prepared fruit. In a large bowl, cream butter and gradually beat in sugar.
  4. Add well beaten eggs and beat well.
  5. Fold other half of flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with juices and beat well.
  6. Add fruit to to creamed mixture. Combine mixture til thoroughly blended.
  7. Split almonds and add to mixture, saving some whole for top.
  8. Add flavourings.
  9. Pour mixture into cake pans which have been lined with 3 thicknesses of newspaper , with top layer of greased wax paper.
  10. Bake cake at 275°F.
  11. For approximately 3 hours or til firm and until cake mixture is firm when pressed.
  12. Cool on cake rack until thoroughly cold.
  13. Wrap in foil and store in cake tins.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4326.64 Kcal (18115 kJ)
Calories from fat 1813.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 201.47g 310%
Cholesterol 652.96mg 218%
Sodium 4375.35mg 182%
Potassium 1501.65mg 32%
Total Carbs 573.19g 191%
Sugars 358.32g 1433%
Dietary Fiber 41.15g 165%
Protein 70.19g 140%
Vitamin C 25.1mg 42%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 17.7mg 98%
Calcium 982.1mg 98%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 380.27 Kcal (1592 kJ)
Calories from fat 159.37 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.71g 310%
Cholesterol 57.39mg 218%
Sodium 384.55mg 182%
Potassium 131.98mg 32%
Total Carbs 50.38g 191%
Sugars 31.49g 1433%
Dietary Fiber 3.62g 165%
Protein 6.17g 140%
Vitamin C 2.2mg 42%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 38%
Iron 1.6mg 98%
Calcium 86.3mg 98%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 102.5
    Points
  • 117
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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