Christmas Boiled Fruit Cake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Christmas Boiled Fruit Cake is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
- 1 cup dried cherries
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 3 tablespoon unsulfured molasses
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup drained Amarena cherries (in syrup)
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
- 1 Granny Smith apple—peeled, cored and shredded
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2 cups self-rising flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °. Butter and flour a 9-inch-round springform pan.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the butter with the cherries, raisins, cranberries, brown sugar, rum, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and cardamom and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderately high heat for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Stir in the cream and return to a boil. Remove from the heat and let stand for 45 minutes.
- Scrape the boiled fruit mixture into a large bowl. Stir in the Amarena cherries, pecans, almonds, shredded apple and eggs. Fold in the flour and baking soda until incorporated. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake in the center of the oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- Unmold the cake and transfer to a serving platter. Cut into wedges and serve.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Researche...
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Yes, this Christmas Boiled Fruit Cake recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Dessert. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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