A sugar-free take on ... 8in springform cake tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, almonds, raisins, walnuts, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.

Many sugar substitutes are expensive and cutting out sugar can ruin a bake. Happily there are some easy ways ... cakes dense. Stevia is 250-300 times sweeter than table sugar and almost calorie free.

Sugar also keeps bakes moist, so sugar-free versions may need to be wrapped before storage to prevent them drying out." ...