Fruit Cake Slice With Lemon Icing
Created by Tisme on December 30, 2015
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #22304
Ingredients
- 125 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup apricot jam
- 3 cups crumbled fruitcake
- 3/4 cup self-rising flour
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
- 1/2 cup milk
- Extra mixed spice, to decorate
- FOR LEMON ICING INGREDIENTS
- 100 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar (icing)
How to Make
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Step 1: Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base of pan with baking paper.
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Step 2: Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in apricot jam. Transfer mixture to a large bowl.
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Step 3: Stir cake crumbs into egg mixture until combined, stir in flour, coconut, mixed spice and milk, in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pan.
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Step 4: Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 30 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
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Step 5: Lemon Icing ~
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Step 6: Beat butter and lemon rind until pale in colour. Gradually beat in icing sugar mixture, and beat until smooth.
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Step 7: Spread lemon icing over cold slice. Sprinkle with extra mixed spice before cutting into squares.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (86.8 g)
- Calories 323.8
- Total Fat - 18 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.8 g
- Cholesterol - 76.8 mg
- Sodium - 42 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 40.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
- Sugars - 30.5 g
- Protein - 3.1 g
- Calcium - 34 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg