Fruit, Nut, and Spice Cake (Paleo version)
Shared by: erin
Source: Erin at Plan to Eat
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Use coconut oil to grease a tube pan with a removable bottom; coat it well!
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, soda, salt, and all of the spices. Set aside.
In a food processor or blender, blend the molasses, honey, eggs, vanilla, and orange zest until combined. Add in the coconut oil and the palm shortening and process thoroughly. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the minced ginger, the apple, dried fruits, and nuts; combine well.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tube pan and smooth the top. You can place fruit or nuts decoratively across the top before baking, if desired. Bake at 325 until a knife comes out clean when inserted into the center, about an hour. Let it cool completely, then gently loosen the sides and remove the bottom piece from the pan. Run an offset spatula between the cake and the pan and gently turn out onto a platter (extra hands are useful).
Ice the top with Cinnamon Vanilla Icing, or serve as is.