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Muesli Cake with Fruit Glaze

A healthy muesli cake made for the calorie conscious.

  • Serves: 4
  • Preparation Time: 45 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: medium

Recipe Ingredients for Muesli Cake::

  • 1 cup muesli
  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • 1 cup nachni chips
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¾ cup caster sugar
  • 8 walnut halves
  • 2 eggs

Ingredients for Crème Fraiche

  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons buttermilk

Ingredients for Fruit Glaze

  • 1 cup assorted fruits
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon finely chopped ginger
  • ¼ tsp clove powder
  • 1 cup Crème Fraiche

Recipe Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas 4. Line and grease a 7 inch cake tin.
  2. In a large bowl, tip in the muesli, oats, nachni, raisins and apple juice and mix well to combines and leave to soak for 30 minutes.
  3. Sift in the flour and baking powder and stir thoroughly until well mixed together.
  4. In a bowl combine eggs & sugar. Combine the eggs & flour mixture.
  5. Turn the cake mixture into the cake tin, smooth over the surface and decorate with the walnut halves. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 mins at 180C. A skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean when the cake is cooked.
  6. Let the cake cool slightly before removing from the tin and placing on a wire rack to cool completely.

Method:

  1. Combine 1 cup whipping cream and 2 tablespoons buttermilk in a glass container.
  2. Cover and let stand at room temperature (about 70°F) from 8 to 24 hours, or until very thick.
  3. Stir well before covering and refrigerate up to 10 days.

Method:

Prepare the glaze by whisking together the ingredients and toss the fruits.

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