Merry Christmas to my readers!
Here's the Eggless Fruit Cake that I made for this year's Christmas. It's a delicious mix of dry fruits, nuts soaked in Orange and Mosambi Juice for over 24 hours. I used brown sugar and the cake was moist and sweet enough to make it as a Tea Cake as well.
With two days off, I was lazy around and could bake only one cake. Will be back with another one soon.
Recipe
Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake
Ingredients
For Fruit Soak
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1/2 cup Mosambi Juice / Sweet Lime juice
- 2 tbsp Orange Marmalade
- 3/4 cup Dried Fruits (Raisins, Currants, Walnuts, Cashew nuts, Almonds, Dates, Pista)
For the Cake
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/4 cup Wheat flour
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- A pinch Cinnamon Powder
- Almonds Blanched, to decorate
- 2 tsp Caramelized Sugar Syrup
Instructions
For Fruit Soak
- Make a juice of both Mosambi and Orange together, sieve the fibre and keep the juice alone aside.
- Chop all the fruit fruits and nuts. Take it in a bowl, add honey and the juice. Mix well and let it stand for 12 hrs outside. Then refrigerate for another 12 hours.
For the Cake
- Soak 15 almonds in water and peel the skin. Keep it aside.
- Take 2 tbsp brown sugar in a pan on flame, stir with a spoon, sprinkle few drops of water. Simmer till the sugar melts and caramelises. Keep it aside.
- In a bowl, take the brown sugar, butter, cream well. Then add the soaked fruits. Mix well. Then add the orange marmalade. Blend well.
- Add cinnamon powder, baking powder, baking soda and mix well. Let it rest it for 10 mins.
- Add all purpose flour, wheat flour and mix gently. Add the caramel. Combine slowly.
- Preheat the oven at 170C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Transfer the batter to the baking tray, pat it down. Garnish with blanched almonds.
- Bake at 170 C for 45 mins. Let it rest for 10 mins before slicing down.
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Check out the Christmas Cakes baked over the years
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Sharmila -The Happie friends Potpourri Corner says
Happy Christmas Srivalli.. They look awesome!!
Priya Suresh says
Such a beautiful cake for the festive season, looks absolutely fantabulous.
Amara says
That's a lovely cake. I love Christmas fruit cakes that doesn't need months of soaking.
usha says
Blanched almonds on the cake looks stunning. Beautiful and yummy cake.
Pavani says
That's a beautiful fruit cake Valli. It sounds very very tasty too.
Priya Srinivasan says
Beautiful cake valli, love that studded topping