Recipes · Scottish · Cakes
Dundee Cake
One serving has 503 kcal and 7 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of riboflavin (30%), copper (26%), manganese (26%), selenium (26%), phosphorus (25%) and thiamin (24%). Ready in 85 minutes.
- Preparation: 25 min
- Cooking: 60 min
- Makes: 1 serving (133 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten, nut
Ingredients
- 20 g Butter, unsalted
- 18 g Sugar, brown
- 15 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 25 g Flour, all-purpose
- 15 g Raisins
- 12 g Currants, dried
- 8 g Candied fruit
- 8 g Marmalade
- 8 g Almonds
- 0.5 g Baking powder
- 3 g Spirits
Method
- Makes 1 slice; multiply every amount by 12 for a whole cake.
- Cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg.
- Fold in the flour and baking powder, followed by the raisins, currants and candied peel.
- Warm the marmalade slightly and stir it through the batter along with the whisky.
- Spread into a lined tin and arrange the whole almonds in neat rings over the top, as is traditional.
- Bake at 150 °C (300 °F) for 55-65 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean; cover loosely with foil if the top browns too quickly.
- Cool completely in the tin before turning out.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 503 kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 71.8 g | |
| Water | 28.7 mL | |
| Fiber | 3.1 g | 10% |
| Protein | 7.3 g | 15% |
| Tryptophan | 0.08 g | |
| Threonine | 0.21 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.26 g | |
| Leucine | 0.48 g | |
| Lysine | 0.25 g | |
| Methionine | 0.12 g | |
| Cystine | 0.11 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.33 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.2 g | |
| Valine | 0.31 g | |
| Histidine | 0.15 g | |
| Fat | 22 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 7.8 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.7 g | |
| Saturated | 10.9 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.01 g | |
| Cholesterol | 98.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 115 mg | 11% |
| Copper | 0.23 mg | 26% |
| Iron | 2.4 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 41.3 mg | 13% |
| Manganese | 0.46 mg | 26% |
| Phosphorus | 178 mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 347 mg | 7% |
| Selenium | 14.1 µg | 26% |
| Sodium | 90 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.75 mg | 9% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.26 mg | 24% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.33 mg | 30% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 2.1 mg | 15% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.42 mg | 8% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.12 mg | 9% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 59.8 µg | 15% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.17 µg | 7% |
| Choline | 55.8 mg | 13% |
| Vitamin A | 162 µg | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 1.3 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 12.3 IU | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 2.8 mg | 18% |
| Vitamin K | 2.5 µg | 3% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
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