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Orange Marmalade Fruit Cake
Magdalena Marsden
Easy orange marmalade fruit loaf cake recipe. All in one method baking. Much lighter and less sweet than traditional fruit cake, perfect for afternoon tea or snack.
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Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
40
minutes
mins
Course
Cake
Servings
1
loaf
Calories
2667
kcal
Equipment
2 pound cake loaf tin
or similar size square or round (or two 1 pound loaf cake or bread tins)
Ingredients
Metric
US Customary
1x
2x
3x
230
grams
plain flour
3
level teaspoons baking powder
110
grams
light brown or caster sugar
110
grams
unsalted butter
2
eggs
pinch
of salt
1/2
teaspoon
cinnamon
100
grams
sultanas seedless or golden sultanas
150
ml
milk
2-3
tablespoons
of Seville orange marmalade plus more marmalade as a graze
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 170 C / Gas mark 3 or 240 Farenheight
Grease and line a 2 pound loaf cake tin with baking parchment.
In a bowl, beat together the sugar and the unsalted butter until pale and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs and mix until creamy.
Fold in the flour with baking powder.
Add the remainder of the ingredients and mix well.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf cake tin and smooth the top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 35 -40 min, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Remove from the oven, place on the cooling rack and allow to cool in the tin.
Optional - warm up another 2 tablespoons of orange marmalade and spoon it over the hot cake. This will add zesty orange flavour to your loaf cake.
Once cooled, remove from the tin and enjoy.
Notes
Nutritional value is per the whole batch (cake)
Nutrition
Calories:
2667
kcal
Carbohydrates:
400
g
Protein:
44
g
Fat:
106
g
Saturated Fat:
63
g
Polyunsaturated Fat:
6
g
Monounsaturated Fat:
28
g
Trans Fat:
4
g
Cholesterol:
582
mg
Sodium:
570
mg
Potassium:
1473
mg
Fiber:
14
g
Sugar:
142
g
Vitamin A:
3502
IU
Vitamin C:
7
mg
Calcium:
531
mg
Iron:
15
mg
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