Christmas Fruit Cake is a delicious celebration cake made by baking a dough made with dry fruits, nuts, butter and flour. Christmas Fruit Cake is a popular cake and can be baked at home effortlessly and quickly.
Christmas is around the corner and this year I made up my mind to bake the christmas fruit cake. I first wanted to try a eggless version and I zeroed in this recipe. It is a instant version with no prior soaking needed – doesnt that sound interesting?! and yes its eggless too. So no more excuses, get onto your aprons and get start to bake.
Last week I baked this cake and we loved the aroma and texture of this cake.After hubby tasted a piece, he said I dont miss the eggs here and it is just perfect. Thats it…my mission accomplished.
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📖 Recipe
Christmas Fruit Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup maida / all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup demerara sugar
- 1/2 + 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp + 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp spice mixture 1 clove 1 small piece cinnamon & a small piece of nutmeg
- 1/2 tbsp date syrup / honey
- 3 tbsp curd / yogurt
- 1/2 + 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup potato mashed
- 1/2 cup water
DRY FRUITS & NUTS:
- 50 grams raisins
- 50 grams dry figs
- 25 grams dates
- 25 grams almonds
- 25 grams pista
- 25 grams cashews
- 50 grams tutti frutti
Instructions
- Get all your dry fruits and nuts ready….Chop them finely, keep aside (Show below in the pic is just half of the ingredient measure incase if you are doubtful :)).
- In a non stick pan add the dry fruits, – butter, honey, brown sugar , water – Keep in low flame until sugar and butter dissolves then in high flame let it come to a boil.
- Then lower the flame and let it boil for a good 20 mins. By then the dry fruits must have softened and cooked.
- After 20mins, switch off and add 1/8 tsp baking soda the mixture will become frothy and will bubble up. Set aside and let it cool down.
- Meanwhile in a mixing bowl add curd, vanilla essence, spice mixture then add the dry fruits mixture.
- Then add boiled and mashed potato followed by nuts.
- Sieve maida, 1/2 tsp baking soda, baking powder twice and make it ready.
- Make sure the dry fruits mixture and mashed potato is cooled down before you add.
- Add the sieved flour and mix well. The mixture will be thick.
- Preheat oven at180 deg C.
- Meanwhile lay butter paper inside the tin(only for the bottom)…Grease the tin with butter and maida.
- Then spoon the cake batter into the greased tin. Smooth the top with the hep of a spatula. You can decorate it with deskinned almonds on top if you wish to.
- Bake the cake at 180 deg C for 1 hour 15 mins. Mine was done exactly in 1 hour…check if the top has browned and if a tooth inserted in center comes out clean. Check after 1 hour then proceed baking. Immediately transfer and place the cake tin on a wet cloth for easy un moulding.
- Allow it to cool for 15 mins, then invert and carefully peel of the butter paper.
- Then allow it to cool for at least an hour before slicing.
- You can brush the cake with little sugar syrup while serving to avoid drying. Else you can sprinkle icing sugar on top too.
- Enjoy Christmas Fruit Cake!
Notes
- The batter will be thick enough to spoon. If it too dry to mix, add 2-3 tsp of water to form a batter.
- The cake doesn't rise much so you can fill up to 3/4th of the tin too. Also my cake was done in 1 hour as it was small. The timing purely depends on the size and the oven type too, so keep an eye after 1 hour when
- I halved the recipe and got a 4 inch round cake.
- This cake is a bit crumbly because of of the dry fruits and nuts so make sure to slice only when completely cooled. Cooling time of 4-5 hours is highly recommended.
- Make sure to chop the nuts and dry fruits as small as possible so that it easily blends with the cake.
- The dry fruits and nuts combination is your choice.
- The potato starch acts as a egg replacer here and you can find its presence at all in the cake.
- You can even use 2 tsp of orange zest / peels along with the dry fruits.
Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe Step by Step
1.Get all your dry fruits and nuts ready….Chop them finely, keep aside(Show below in the pic is just half of the ingredient measure incase if you are doubtful :)). In a non stick pan add the dry fruits, – butter, honey, brown sugar , water – Keep in low flame until sugar and butter dissolves then in high flame let it come to a boil.Then lower the flame and let it boil for a good 20 mins. By then the dry fruits must have softened and cooked.
3.Then add boiled and mashed potato followed by nuts. Sieve maida, 1/2 tsp baking soda, baking powder twice and make it ready.Make sure the dryfruits mixture and mashed potato is cooled down before you add.
4.Add the sieved flour and mix well.The mixture will be thick.Preheat oven at180 deg C.Meanwhile lay butter paper inside the tin(only for the bottom)…Grease the tin with butter and maida. Then spoon the cake batter into the greased tin.Smooth the top with the hep of a spatula.You can decorate it with deskinned almonds on top if you wish to.
5.Bake the cake at 180 deg C for 1 hour 15 mins. Mine was done exactly in 1 hour…check if the top has browned and if a tooth inserted in center comes out clean.Check after 1 hour then proceed baking.Immediately transfer and place the cake tin on a wet cloth for easy unmoulding. Allow it to cool for 15 mins, then invert and carefully peel of the butter paper. Then allow it to cool for atleast an hour before slicing.
You can brush the cake with little sugar syrup while serving to avoid drying. Else you can sprinkle icing sugar on top too.
Expert Tips
- The batter will be thick enough to spoon. If it too dry to mix, add 2-3 tsp of water to form a batter.
- The cake doesnt rise much so you can fill upto 3/4th of the tin too.Also my cake was done in 1 hr as it was small. The timing purely depends on the size and the oven type too, so keep an eye after 1 hour when
- I halved the recipe and got a 4 inch round cake.
- This cake is a bit crumbly because of of the dryfruits and nuts so make sure to slice only when completely cooled. Cooling time of 4-5 hrs is highly recommended.
- Make sure to chop the nuts and dry fruits as small as possible so that it easily blends with the cake.
- The dryfruits and nuts combination is your choice.
- The potato starch acts as a egg replacer here and you can find its presence at all in the cake.
- You can even use 2 tsp of orange zest / peels along with the dryfruits.
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manjooo
that looks so appealing…loved it 🙂
Vimitha Anand
Cake looks so yummy… Loving the texture
Lavi Raj
Yum plum cake with loads of dry fruits and nuts! pass me a slice..
Sharanya
i ll definitely try dis
divya
wow… fabulous looking cake…
DeepthiDigvijay
looks awesome!
Maha Gadde
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Nalini's Kitchen
cake looks yummy and loved the eggless version..
Aparna Maheshkartick
Wow.was lukig for a eggless version n got it from u.thank.wl try n let u know.
Geetha
The cake looks yum. I will try this.
Krithi Karthi
Looks like a keeper recipe Sharmi… Thanks for sharing.. and the tips too..
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Love your recipes and this one is no exception.. One question is – for the potato starch details in your notes, can you find its presence or cannot find its presence?
Sowmya
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Arthy Suman
Wow adding mashed potato is definitely something new to me…looking gorgeous…
Gauri
Looks great.. a generous slice with some ice cream or hot chocolate is just something I would like now 🙂
Chitra
I too tried from divine taste and posted in my blog..Looks very nice sharmi 🙂
Lorraine Joy Alegria-Vizcarra
The cake looks wonderful.
Archy
Wow.. Eggless plum cake, looks so yummy!! Will try for sure !!
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
its good that u didnt add the rum ! i do not prefer the rum version ! this is lovely !
Apu
Looks so festive! Loving it!!
Sangeetha Priya
wow wow perfectly done…gr8 festive treat!!!
kausers kitchen
Wow cake looks great…luvly clicks.
RAKS KITCHEN
I love this cake, looks tempting and the pics bright, colourful and sharp
Leena
Cake looking very festive…use of mashed potatoes is very unique.thnks for sharing…
Sangeetha
Plum cake with mashed potato sounds interesting n delicious…perfectly done, ur pics r too good, sharp n bright…love it!!
Joe Lewis
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Victoria Grant
looks moist & delicious,love your cake
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pragathi
Attracting snaps.. yummy
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Kirthi Alevoor
came very good.Thanks for the recipee!
Muthukaruppi Meyyappan
Hi sharmi..
Thanks for this recipe…I wanted to try this for a very long time, but all those plum cakes i saw in you tube had alcohol in it….I luv the way it looks…tell me onething..What is dermerara sugar? is that brown sugar?
SHARMILEE J
Yes it is brown in color…
Teesha
Hi Sharmi,
I tied this cake over the weekend and trust me, it came as one of the best cake that I have ever made.
Thanks a ton for such a great assistance.
je
Hi Sharmi, Can you post Plum cake with egg version for this christmas.
SHARMILEE J
Sure planning to try it soon
sri
thanks for so yummy recipie…searching for easy cake recipe n got it in my fav blog 🙂
can i replace damerara sugar or brown sugar with white sugar?
can u please try baking cake in pressure cooker for this xmas…:) 🙂
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can replace it with white sugar
I have a plan to try that but lets see if time has other plans for me 🙂
Sachu
I made this more than once and it comes out really well. Thanks a lot.
Rohan Kirve
Nice recipe. I will try this xmas cake on by mom birthday and give her surprise.
suja
Can you post some eggless,butter less,wheat cake recipes.looking for healthy recipes!!
SHARMILEE J
Yeah sure will do!
Sowndarya Lakshmi
HI Sharmi
Will the taste of mashed potato be felt in the cake? Please confirm.
SHARMILEE J
No it will not be felt in the cake
subhaoh
Looks so fabulous. I've been eyeing a good egg-less plum cake recipe to try and urs looks so tempting.
tell me onething, Can we try this in the pressure cooker?
and how does the steamed plum cake sound? will this recipe work for both the method.
SHARMILEE J
I am not sure, you can try and see
Princess
Hii sharmilee,is the butter salted or unsalted? can u tell me amount of butter in grams? And can I replace butter with oil?
SHARMILEE J
It is unsalted butter, I didnt measure so cudnt give the gm measure.No the taste will differ if you add oil
Mary A
I tried this recipe during Christmas and it really worked out well for me. Mine Cake was super delicious. Thanks Sharmi
Indian Bakers
Looking forward to bake this for Christmas. Thanks for the recipe. The Christmas cake looks perfect
Rini
Can I replace mashed potatoes with eggs?
How many eggs I can use?
Sharmilee J
I am really not sure of the replacement sorry
Lakshmi
It came out really well..thank you so much for your detailed recipe..I did in pressure cooker n got baked accurately in your time limit..