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3 ingredient Slow Cooker Healthy Fruit Cake

This is a simple recipe with basic ingredients that will give you a scrumptiously moist fruit cake, with plump sweet juicy sultanas WHAT YOU WILL NEED Slow cooker Mixing bowl Grease poof paper to line your slow cooker bowl A clean tea towel  A standard size drinking mug INGREDIENTS 2 mugs self raising flour 1 mug of sultanas 1 1/2 mugs of stewed black tea 1 tsp baking powder (optional) METHOD 1. Place your sultanas into your mixing bowl and pour in just 1 mug of your stewed black tea,(keep the other half one side as you may need it later) let soak for a approx 2-3 hours 2. Sieve your flour and baking powder (if using) into your wet mixture and stir well until all is combined, if you find your mixture is to dry add the rest of your tea that you kept to one side 3. Pour you fruit mixture into your prepared slow cooker, place tea towel over the top of the slow cooker and then place the lid on top. 4. Set your slow cooker on high...

Low calorie, fat, sugar & egg free! Light fluffy healthy 2 ingredient muffins

These muffins are so easy to make and take no time at all. Remember they will not taste sweet unless you add sugar, I prefer to cut my muffin in half and spread a little peanut butter or jam on rather than add sugar to the recipe, or you wanted to you could add some honey to the hot tea or coffee so it dissolves while cooling and it least that's a natural sweetener INGREDIENTS  1 mug of cold black tea or coffee (sugar is optional) 2 mugs of self-raising flour YOU CAN USE ANY SIZE MUG BUT YOU MUST USE THE SAME ONE FOR BOTH THE LIQUID & FLOUR, THE BIGGER THE MUG THE MORE MUFFINS YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE ALSO WORKS WITH MILK BASED DRINKS, FOR EXAMPLE CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE WOULD MAKE CHOCOLATEY MUFFINS, BUT REMEMBER IT WON'T BE FAT-FREE OR SUGAR-FREE. METHOD Pre heat oven to 180c  Using frylight spray a muffin tin ready (you may need more than one depending on size of mug) In a mixing bowl add the tea or coffee and sieve the flour in...

Healthy Tea Loaf - Fat free, sugar free & egg free! Only 4 simple ingredients!

What you will need – A mug, any size – the bigger the mug the bigger the cake Loaf tin Grease-proof paper to line the tin Mixing bowl   Ingredients – 2 mugs of  s elf raising flour – either white or wholemeal (  I  do half and half) 1 mug of sultanas 1½ mug s  of stewed black tea   1 TSP of baking powder (optional, but  I  find  that the  cake turns out better with it)   Oven temperature 160 fan/180, middle shelf Method – Place a mug of sultanas into a mixing bowl and pour in 1½ mugs of freshly brewed tea, leave to soak for approx 2-3 hours   Measure out two mugs of flour along with the baking powder (if using) and then mix into the wet mixture. If you find the mixture to o  dry just add a little extra liquid. (It is trial and error)   Place mixture into  a  loaf tin and bake for approx 40-50 minutes or until skewer/knife comes out reasonably clean    Top Tips ...