Leftover vegetable & fruit peeling cake

Name: Leftover vegetable & fruit peeling cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 260g vegetable peelings; 150g coconut oil (plus extra to grease the loaf tin); 225g light brown muscovado sugar; 4 medium eggs; 225g self-raising flour; 1tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1tsp mixed spice; 1tsp ground cinnamon; 1tsp ground ginger; 75g sultanas; 75g currents; 75g mixed peel; 50g glace cherries; 100g walnuts chopped; Finely grated zest of 1 orange

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Prep:15minCook:40min

Call me nuts, but this fruit & nut cake made out of leftover vegetable peelings is delicious! The secret to this fruit cake is vegetable peelings. Using veggie peelings will keep your cake beautifully moist and it’s also a great way to avoid wasting any food! Even peelings! Peelings that work particularly well in this fruit cake include: carrot, parsnip, apple, pear, broccoli stalks (but I make sure to peel the fibrous outside of the stalks off), finely sliced cabbage and, believe it or not, even brussels sprouts! Note: Try to avoid potato peelings because they don’t work so well. Just keep your peelings in in the freezer and when you’ve got 260g you’re ready to go!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:02:52 GMT