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🍰 Cranberry Fruit Cake

201 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 70 g dried pears
• 70 g dried apricots
• 125 g cranberries
• 60 ml lukewarm milk (3.5% fat)
• 1 cube fresh yeast (42 g)
• 1 tsp honey
• 500 g whole wheat flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 100 g melted butter
• 3 tsp orange zest
• 100 g apple sauce (no added sugar)
• 1 tsp gingerbread spice
• 75 g chopped walnut kernels
• 100 g raisins
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp milk (3.5% fat)

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the dried fruits into small pieces.
2. 2. Cut the cranberries into small pieces.
3. 3. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk.
4. 4. Stir the honey into the milk-yeast mixture until smooth.
5. 5. Put the flour into a large mixing bowl.
6. 6. Add salt, butter, orange zest, apple puree, and gingerbread spice to the flour.
7. 7. Pour the yeast mixture over the other ingredients.
8. 8. Knead the ingredients into a smooth dough using the dough hook of the hand mixer.
9. 9. Fold the diced dried fruits into the dough.
10. 10. Fold the nuts into the dough.
11. 11. Fold the raisins into the dough.
12. 12. Cover the bowl with the dough.
13. 13. Let the dough rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
14. 14. Sprinkle some flour on a clean work surface.
15. 15. Knead the dough briefly on the floured surface.
16. 16. Shape the dough into a loaf.
17. 17. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
18. 18. Place the dough loaf on the prepared baking sheet.
19. 19. Cover the dough loaf.
20. 20. Let the dough loaf rise in a warm place for another 30 minutes.
21. 21. Whisk the egg yolk with a little milk in a small bowl.
22. 22. Brush the dough loaf with the egg yolk-milk mixture.
23. 23. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (160 °C with convection or gas level 2–3).
24. 24. Bake the cake in the oven for about 75 minutes.
25. 25. Remove the cake from the oven.
26. 26. Let the cake cool completely.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 201
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 27 g