Healthy Blender Recipes

Easy Healthy Gluten Free Fruit Cake

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  • 500gms or 17.65 ounces mixed dried fruit
  • 1 425 gm / 15 ounce tin sliced mango in natural juice (not sugared syrup)
  • 2 organic eggs
  • 1/2 cup filtered water
  • 1/2 cup white rice flour
  • 1/2 cup brown rice flour
  • 1/2 cup potato flour
  • 1 tsp xanthan
  • 1 tsp gluten free baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • pinch of Celtic sea salt or Himalayan salt
  1. Preheat an oven to 160 C / 320 F
  2. Put fruit, water and contents of the whole tin of mangoes (including the natural juice) into a saucepan.
  3. Bring to the boil and simmer just for a minute.
  4. Sieve the flours, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan and salt together.
  5. Beat the eggs lightly in your mixer and gradually combine all the ingredients together.
  6. Place in a greased round tin lined with baking paper.
  7. Bake for about 45 minutes to an hour until a skewer comes out clean.

This cake is extremely moist.

This cake is delicious served on its own or slathered with some butter or vegan spread.

Try coating it with some raw nut or seed butter – scrumptious!

Piggy Cooking Tips

How to prevent sticking when chopping dried fruits

Chopping dried fruits such as dates, apricots and raisins can be a sticky mess. The fruit sticks to the knife, the board and your fingers. To get yourself out of a sticky situation just rub a tiny drop of cold pressed oil onto the blade of your knife. The fruit will slide right off after cutting.