No added sugar mini fruit cakes for babies and toddlers

Lovely fruity cakes without added sugar.  My son happily ate two after nursery.  This is made a little like one of my Mum's recipes from my youth by boiling the fruit with the liquid first.  Might sound crazy but it makes the fruit juicier.

No added sugar mini fruit cakes for babies and toddlers - makes 12

Ingredients

110g, 4oz Self Raising Flour
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
55g, 2oz Butter
110g, 4oz mixed dried fruit or sultanas (golden raisins)
100ml, 3.5 fl oz apple juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
A few gratings of nutmeg
1 egg
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method

Heat the apple juice, butter and fruit in a saucepan until the butter melts.  Preheat the oven to 180oC, 350F, Gas Mark 4.

Pour the fruit mixture into a bowl and allow to cool a bit.  Add in the egg, flour, vanilla, spices and bring it all together.  Spoon into cupcake cases and bake in the oven for approx 12 minutes or until cooked and springing back when pressed.

Keep for a day or so in an airtight tin but freezes well.

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