Of dry fruits and cakes
November 26th, 2015
You can make delicious food items even more delicious and healthy with the addition of yummy little things called dried fruits! Perfect examples of food items that can be enriched with are desserts and juices. You name it and you can include one or the other kind of dry fruit in their recipes.
If you are considering cake delivery for a special someone or just because you are in a mood to pamper yourself, then why don’t you opt for one with a healthy dose of health in it! If you are not sure of what kinds of dry fruits you should look out for in your cakes, here are some of the popular examples for you:
- Dried apricots – These are available throughout the year and can be chopped and sprinkled on your favourite ice cream or added to the cake batter. Made by drying the delicious and juicy fruits, the dried version too retains some of that juiciness. This is also very rich in minerals such as fibre, antioxidants and potassium.
- Dates – Pitted dates are great with dry desserts, such as ice creams and cakes. If finely chopped, they can also be added to our milkshakes and smoothies. Favourites of the Sheikhs, dates can also be easily found in all other parts of the world, thanks to their great demand and ample supply from the Middle Eastern countries. Sweet and with similar mineral properties as of apricots, dates are very sweet and rubbery in texture when bitten.
- Raisins – Dried grapes are small and shrivelled to look at. They are available in different shades of brown, usually, and the quality of the raisins, of course, depends on the quality of the grapes that are dried. These are added aplenty to almost all forms of desserts and are also rich in minerals such as vitamins and fibre.
- Dried cranberries (whole) – One of the sweetest berries you will find on earth, cranberries are excellent fruits of which juices can be made. If you enjoy cranberries, either in its original form or as a juice, then you should love including them in your snack plan or in some of your desserts. And don’t just settle for the canned and dried halved cranberries when you can opt for the juicy and delicious whole dried variety! Some of the other berries that you may want to try out are Goji berries, blueberries, glazed and tart red cherries and bing cherries. These little globes of taste and juice are available almost throughout the year!
- Nuts – There are many types of nuts that you can indulge in to make the flavour richer and with more substance to it. Examples of nuts are cashew, almond and pista. Whole, chopped or powdered, these are excellent in their flavour in any form.
It is considered a good practice to include a small portion of dry fruits such as nuts and raisins in our daily meal. They don’t look like they pack a punch but believe it or not, they really do, nutrition-wise! And the best part is they don’t always have to be clubbed with boring food items such as cereals and health drinks.