Eggless Fruit and Nut Cake Sweetened with Splenda

Ingredients:

1 cup(125 gms) all purpose flour

1/4 cup(50gms) + 2 table spoons Splenda Brown sugar blend (Any other low calorie sweetners which is perfect for baking can be used; I used this because of its colour as no caramelisation is necessary)

7 tbl spns(100gms) butter

1 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp cloves powder

1 tsp cardamom powder

1 tea spn vanilla extract

1/2 tea spn baking powder

1 tea spn baking soda

3/4 cup Fresh Orange juice

2 tbl spns orange marmalade or any mixed fruit jam (I used ED smith's Triple berry jam)

2 table spoons icing sugar for decoration.

Dry fruits -
1/3 cup raisins, 1/4 cup Dried Cranberries, 3-4 chopped prunes,1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup chopped cashews, 1/4 cup chopped Almonds, 1/4 cup tutti frutti (Any other dried nuts or fruits also can be used)

Method:

Preheat the oven at 350F for about 10mins.Take all the dry fruits in a bowl. Melt the butter and add it to the fruits. Mix.

Heat 1/4 cup sugar with 1tbl spn water in a thick bottomed pan till it dissolves a bit and it starts to sizzle.

Add this to the fruits and mix. When it is cooled a bit, add orange marmalade, orange juice, 2 table spoons sugar, spice mixture and the vanilla extract.

Sieve together flour, baking powder and soda. Add this to the fruit mixture a little at a time, mixing with a spoon.

Grease a baking dish and pour the batter into it. Bake it at 350F for about 25-30mins or till a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Dust the cake with icing sugar.

Cool it completely before cutting into pieces.