Christmas Fruit Cake

 

🎄💐MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL🎄💐
No Christmas is complete without the Christmas cake. Usually these cakes are made of dry fruits and nuts w(raisins, cashew nuts, almonds , pistachios,prunes, apricots,candied Orange and lemon peels, tutti frutti, lemon and Orange zests etc) in alcoholic drinks months or even a year ahead of Christmas. But my family being teetotalers, I soak them in orange or mixed fruit juice a couple of days in advance in the fridge.  I remember helping my mother soaking up the chopped dry fruits and nuts when I was a kid 😂.
           I have used apples as an egg substitute to bake this cake. Here goes the recipe of my soft, spongy, egg-less, butter less(except for greasing the cake dish), teetotaler Christmas fruit cake

DRY INGREDIENTS
  • Refined flour - 2 cups
  • Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Baking powder - 1.5 tsp
  • Baking soda - 3/4 tsp
  • Caramelized sugar - 1 tbsp (For the method to caramelize sugar see my recipe Eggless caramel custard powder & oats bread pudding)
  • Cinnamon powder - pinch
  • Dry fruits like chopped almonds, Pistachios, cashews, walnuts, prunes, raisins and some orange zest
  • Whole Spices -  a stick of cinnamon, few cloves and a pinch of nutmeg powder
         
WET INGREDIENTS
(Blend these together until light and fluffy. Keep aside) 
  • Apple - 1
  • Fruit juice -  Soak the dry fruits and whole spices in 1 cup fruit just a day prior to baking the cake.

PREPARATION STEPS:
  1. In a large bowl, sieve together refined flour, baking powder and baking soda. In this add the remaining dry ingredients and hand mix it well.
  2. In the blended wet ingredients, add sugar and mix it well.
  3. Now fold in the dry ingredients lightly into the wet ingredients.
  4. Add the caramelized sugar n mix well.
  5. Add the soaked nuts and dry fruits (Reserve some for garnishing) .
  6. Add more juice if needed to form a smooth batter.
  7. Pour the batter into greased n lined cake dish.
  8. Sprinkle the reserved dry fruits and nuts on top.
  9. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes till done.
  10. Once the cake is cool remove from the dish and enjoy!
Now it's ready to  celebrate the Holy Lord's birthday . 🎂 🎈 🎉
♫ Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing.........♫

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