Name: Spiced Nut Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup sugar; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg; 1 pinch ground ginger; 1/2 cup orange juice; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; 4 tablespoons water; 1 egg, beaten; 1/2 cup cranberries; 1/2 cup hazelnuts, chopped; 1 tablespoon icing sugar

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Recipe by Derf2440

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Spiced Nut Cake created by CulinaryQueen

The hazelnuts can be replaced with chopped almonds or walnuts and multi-coloured glace cherries and mixed peel instead of cranberries. We prefer the cranberries and hazelnuts. Freezes well and is nice to have available over the holiday season.

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ingredients

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 pinch salt
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
1 pinch ground ginger
¹⁄₂ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 tablespoons water
1 egg, beaten
¹⁄₂ cup cranberries
¹⁄₂ cup hazelnuts, chopped
1 tablespoon icing sugar

directions

Sift together the dry ingredients and make a hole in the centre.
Stir in the orange juice, butter, water and egg.
Beat together until all the flour is incorporated.
Stir in the cranberries and nuts.
Grease and line a 9 x 5 loaf tin.
Spoon in the mixture and bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Remove from tin, peel off the paper and dust with icing sugar.
Slice and serve warm or cold with butter or cream cheese.

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"The hazelnuts can be replaced with chopped almonds or walnuts and multi-coloured glace cherries and mixed peel instead of cranberries. We prefer the cranberries and hazelnuts. Freezes well and is nice to have available over the holiday season."

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photo by CulinaryQueen

11/15/2006

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review by CulinaryQueen

10/31/2006

Batter seemed thin. Didn't have cranberries or hazelnuts, so I used currants and walnuts instead. Unfortunately, the currants sank to the bottom. Regardless, this is very tasty. I like the crispy toffee-like edging. This is a keeper and will make again. Goes great with a cuppa! Thanks Derf!

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photo by Karen..

10/28/2006

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review by melting pot

2/8/2006

Tasty, addictive, more-ish...subbed 1/2 white flour with 1/2 wholemeal flour, used mixed fruit and walnut, lovely texture, very easy to make. Also reduced half the sugar and it was still plenty for me, as well as subbing butter with 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Next time I'll add abit more spice. Sorry to make so many substitutions, but then you could say this was a great inspiration! Thanks!

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tweak by melting pot

2/8/2006

Tasty, addictive, more-ish...subbed 1/2 white flour with 1/2 wholemeal flour, used mixed fruit and walnut, lovely texture, very easy to make. Also reduced half the sugar and it was still plenty for me, as well as subbing butter with 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Next time I'll add abit more spice. Sorry to make so many substitutions, but then you could say this was a great inspiration! Thanks!

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