Noshu | Recipe - lower sugar Christmas fruit cake

Ingredients

• Digital kitchen scales
• 1 x 15cm (7-inch) round cake tin
• Electric mixer
• 1 x Noshu 98% Sugar Free Vanilla Velvet Cake Mix
• 280 g Noshu 98% Sugar Free Vanilla Velvet Cake Mix
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 tbsp brandy or spiced rum (replace with more orange juice for a non-alcoholic version)
• 50 g sultanas
• 30 g mixed peel
• 50 g currants
• 40 g dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 70 g almond meal
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ginger powder
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 40 g butter, melted
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 x large egg
• 40 g macadamia nuts
• 40 g flaked almonds
• Zest of half an orange
• Blanched almonds (optional)
• Glace cherries (optional)
• 1 x sachet Noshu Vanilla Frosting Mix
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 tsp brandy or spiced rum