Mini Christmas Cakes

  • 5MINS
  • 25MINS
  • Serves 12
  • 75KCAL

With Christmas on the way, we thought we'd make some slimming friendly Mini Christmas Cakes – perfect if you're calorie counting or following Weight Watchers 

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NutritionPer Serving

  • Calories75
  • Carbs8g
  • Protein2g
  • Fat2g
  • Saturates1g
  • Sugars8g

Nothing says Christmas like the winning combination of mixed spice, dried fruit and sherry. Luckily for you, we’ve incorporated all these festive flavours into our Mini Christmas Cakes recipe.

These Mini Christmas Cakes are a slimming friendly version of the traditional dense Christmas cakes, meaning they are perfect if you’re counting calories or following Weight Watchers.

These Mini Christmas Cakes are the perfect Christmas snack or dessert for those not looking to overindulge during the festive season.

If you don’t like sherry, you can replace it with another Christmas spirit, spiced rum would work well or even orange juice. However you make them just be prepared to eat more than one as they are incredibly moreish!

What diets is this Mini Christmas Cakes recipe suitable for?

This Mini Christmas Cakes recipe is suitable for vegetarian diets.

Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.

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You will need a silicone muffin tin which you can get from Amazon.

We used Sukrin Almond flour which you can get from Sainsbury’s and other online places, but you can get defatted almond flour from Amazon too! Just make sure you check the nutritional values of whichever brand you use

How many calories are in these Mini Christmas Cakes?

There are 75 calories per portion in this Mini Christmas Cakes recipe, which means it falls into our Everyday Light category.

This Mini Christmas Cakes recipe is perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.

As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 160°C. In a small bowl add the sherry and mixed fruit.

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl add the almond flour, eggs, black treacle, sweetener, mixed spice and baking powder and mix well until fully incorporated.

Step 3

Once the mixed fruit has plumped up, add it, and the remaining sherry from the bowl into the cake mix. Stir well.

Step 4

Spray a silicone muffin tin with low calorie cooking spray and spoon in the cake mixture, making sure to evenly distribute the fruit. Bake for 25 minutes.

Step 5

Remove from the oven, take out from the silicone cake tin carefully and place on a wire rack to cool.

Step 6

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix the icing sugar and water to form an icing. Once the cakes are completely cool, drizzle with icing and serve!

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How do you know when these Mini Christmas Cakes are cooked?

The sponge should be springy to the touch. You can use a skewer to check if the centre is cooked, simply insert the skewer through the top of the cake to until you hit the base. When you remove the skewer from the cake it should be clean.

How long can you keep Mini Christmas Cakes in the fridge?

There is no need to refrigerate these Mini Christmas Cakes. Store in an airtight container for approximately 3 days or so.

Can I freeze these Mini Christmas Cakes?

You can freeze these Mini Christmas Cakes, just ice them after they’ve fully defrosted!

  • Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough.
  • Use a container or bag that is suitable for freezing.

Don’t forget to add a label with what it is, and on what date you put it in the freezer!

How do I reheat these Mini Christmas Cakes?

Reheating is not required for this recipe.

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Mini Christmas Cakes

With Christmas on the way, we thought we’d make some slimming friendly Mini Christmas Cakes – perfect if you’re calorie counting or following Weight Watchers
  • Prep Time
    5 MINS
  • Cook Time
    25 MINS
  • KCals 75
  • Carbs 8G

Ingredients

For the cakes

  • 50 grams Defatted Almond Flour such as Sukrin Almond Flour
  • 50 grams Mixed Dried Fruit
  • 5 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 25 ml Sherry
  • 2 tbsp Black Treacle
  • 4 tbsp Granulated Sweetener
  • 2 tsp Mixed Spice
  • Low calorie cooking spray

For the Icing

  • 25 grams Icing Sugar
  • 2 tsp Water

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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. In a small bowl add the sherry and mixed fruit.
  2. In a large mixing bowl add the almond flour, eggs, black treacle, sweetener, mixed spice and baking powder and mix well until fully incorporated.
  3. Once the mixed fruit has plumped up, add it, and the remaining sherry from the bowl into the cake mix. Stir well.
  4. Spray a silicone muffin tin with low calorie cooking spray and spoon in the cake mixture, making sure to evenly distribute the fruit. Bake for 25 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven, take out from the silicone cake tin carefully and place on a wire rack to cool.
  6. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix the icing sugar and water to form an icing. Once the cakes are completely cool, drizzle with icing and serve!

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DonnaTuesday 12th December 2017

Hello. Would love to try and make these and went to Holland and Barrett to try and buy the Sukrin Almond Flour but they didn’t have it. Is it ok to use any almond flour please? Thank you.

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HelenTuesday 12th December 2017

Could anything be swooped for the Sherry? Don’t really want to buy a whole bottle for just this recipe, thanks

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angieSunday 10th December 2017

tried these today maybe went a little heavy handed with the treacle but OH likes them so that’s a winner trying allsorts and loving it

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AdrienneTuesday 14th November 2017

Thank you, I managed to get the almond flour today, looking forward to making these.

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CarolSaturday 11th November 2017

Is the mixture very runny? Made it today and filled it in 2 stages as it was liquid. Cooked ok and tastes ok!

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AdrienneFriday 10th November 2017

Is almond flour the same as ground almonds?

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patricia roweWednesday 8th November 2017

Can you cook it in a loaf tin then cut into 12 slices.

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LauraWednesday 8th November 2017

Can you use any alternative to almond flour?

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NicolaTuesday 7th November 2017

Could these be made with coconut flour? X

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Jill MannTuesday 7th November 2017

How do you store these? Will they keep in a tin or do you have to freeze them so that they can be eaten nearer Christmas?

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JessicaTuesday 7th November 2017

These look delish! Can’t wait to try them 🙂

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JanetTuesday 7th November 2017

These will be a perfect Christmas treat! Thank you.

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Sinead JonesTuesday 7th November 2017

They look amazing – perfect for my Christmas party table at work this year!

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