Siena Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
3139
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. glace apricots
  • 2 oz. glace pineapple
  • 2 oz. mixed peel
  • 2/3 cup plain flour
  • 2 tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey

Directions:

  1. Spread almonds on oven tray, put into 350 oven 5 to 7 minutes, until lightly golden. Chop hazelnuts and almonds roughly, combine in bowl with chopped apricots, chopped pineapple, chopped mixed peel, sifted flour, sifted cocoa and cinnamon, mix well.
  2. Cut a strip of greaseproof paper 3 wider than depth of 8 round cake tin and long enough to go around tin. Fold over 1 of paper strip on long side, cut this folded piece into 1 diagonal pieces, to enable paper to fit around curve of tin. Cut a piece of greaseproof paper to fit in base of tin, grease before placing paper in tin, press firmly on base over the cut paper.
  3. Melt chocolate in top of double saucepan over simmering water. Put sugar and honey in separate saucepan, stir on low heat until sugar has dissolved, brushing down sides of saucepan with brush dipped in hot water to dissolve any sugar crystals. Bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer uncovered approximately 5 minutes or until syrup forms a soft ball when a few drops are dropped into a glass of cold water. Add syrup and melted chocolate to fruit and nut mixture, mix them well.
  4. Spread mixture quickly and evenly into prepared tin. Bake in 325 F oven for 35 minutes, remove from oven, cool in tin. Turn out, remove paper. Wrap in aluminium foil. Leave at least one day before cutting. Before serving, sift icing sugar thickly over top.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3138.85 Kcal (13142 kJ)
Calories from fat 1528.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 169.8g 261%
Cholesterol 4.54mg 2%
Sodium 2427.33mg 101%
Potassium 2427.89mg 52%
Total Carbs 381.97g 127%
Sugars 235.94g 944%
Dietary Fiber 39.17g 157%
Protein 58.52g 117%
Vitamin C 6.3mg 11%
Iron 19.3mg 107%
Calcium 811.3mg 81%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 459.35 Kcal (1923 kJ)
Calories from fat 223.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.85g 261%
Cholesterol 0.66mg 2%
Sodium 355.22mg 101%
Potassium 355.31mg 52%
Total Carbs 55.9g 127%
Sugars 34.53g 944%
Dietary Fiber 5.73g 157%
Protein 8.56g 117%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 11%
Iron 2.8mg 107%
Calcium 118.7mg 81%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 76.1
    Points
  • 87
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

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

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