{"id":17298,"date":"2014-12-04T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=17298"},"modified":"2025-01-02T13:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:32:38","slug":"gluten-free-caramel-fruit-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/gluten-free-caramel-fruit-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Caramel Fruit Cake is a Grain Free Holiday Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Caramel Fruit Cake is a family favorite Christmas treat with a rich caramel base studded with brightly colored fruit and nuts. And it is so easy to make, just mix up a few ingredients and bake. <\/p>\n\n\n

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In my family this is called Eleanor Stone's Fruit Cake<\/em>. Eleanor Stone was a friend of my grandparents whom I'm sure I met, but really don't remember. In case you were curious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think Caramel Fruit Cake is a bit more SEO friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technically, \"Fruit Cake\" is kind of a misnomer. There are no traditional cake ingredients such as egg, flour, butter (or oil), or leavening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is more of a candy that looks a bit like cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caramel Fruit Cake Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As I said above there aren't any typical cake ingredients in this recipe. So, what are the actual ingredients?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sweetened condensed milk<\/strong> - This is the glue that holds the other ingredients together and gives it the beautiful caramel color and flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shredded coconut<\/strong> - sweetened or unsweetened doesn't make much of a difference with all of the sugar in the other ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nuts<\/strong> - use your favorite, or combination of favorites: pecans, almonds, walnuts, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

glace cherries and pineapple<\/strong> - not maraschino cherries and canned pineapple, those have too much liquid. You want the candied cherries and pineapple<\/a> used in fruit cake. If you want a little lemon flavor, you can use fruit cake mix that also includes candied citrus peel.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Recipe<\/h2>

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