Eggless Fruit Cake is a light delicious cake loaded with dry fruits and nuts perfect to enjoy for the holiday season. This Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake is very easy to make, no pre soaking needed, instantly made and eggless too. Learn to make the perfect Eggless Fruit Cake with step by step pictures and video.
This is a no fail and easy Christmas fruit cake which can be made even at the last minute as there is no presoaking needed for this recipe, Still it turns out so soft and incredibly delicious. Do try this easy Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake and enjoy!
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About Eggless Fruit Cake
This fruit cake is moist, soft and delicious without alcohol and eggless too. This is one of the simplest fruit cakes which calls for no soaking in alcohol like most of fruit cake recipes. This recipe is very easy to make, no complicated steps compared to the traditional fruit cakes.
There are so many fruit cake recipes around the globe but this one is easy and quick to make that even beginners can try. This cake can be made a week in advance and stored. If you are a first timer and want to try fruit cake then this cake is just perfect for you to try.
Generally traditional fruit cake is made by soaking dry fruits in alcohol few months in advance but this cake can be made made instantly. This is one delicious way to include dry fruits and nuts especially for kids.
This fruit cake is eggless and can be made easily just mix and bake kind of recipe. The only thing is to make caramel syrup other than that its quick and easy if you have the ingredients in hand.
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This eggless fruit cake is easy to bake with the following steps:
- Spices – To begin with, first make the spice powders ready. For this I have used cinnamon powder, dry ginger and nutmeg powder.
- Soaking – Soak dry fruits and nuts in fresh orange juice just before starting to make the cake and you are good to go.
- Flour mix -Subsequently, mix flour with baking powder, baking soda and spice powders. Sieve it well and use it.
- Caramel syrup – Caramel syrup not only adds color it also adds flavor.
- Bake – Finally bake in preheated oven for the mentioned time and your fruit cake is ready.
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Eggless Fruit Cake Ingredients
- Flour – All purpose flour or maida is used for this fruit cake.
- Sugar – Powdered sugar is used for mixing and granulated white sugar is used to make caramel syrup.
- Dry fruits – I have used a combination of dry golden grapes, black grapes, tutti frutti, candied cherries, dried apricots etc.
- Nuts – I have used cashews and almonds.
- Orange Juice – Freshly squeezed orange juice is best to use which adds a citrusy flavor to the cake.
- Leavening agents – Both baking powder and baking soda is used here.
- Flavoring – Cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder and ginger powder is used.
How to make Eggless Fruit Cake Step by Step
1.To a mixing bowl add 1/2 cup orange juice with 1 and 1/4 cups dry fruits, 1/4 cup nuts. Give a quick mix and soak it for 30 minutes minimum, set aside.
- Dry Fruits – dry golden grapes, black grapes, tutti frutti, cherries, apricots etc.
- Nuts – Almonds and cashews
2.Take a 6.5 inches round cake tin, line parchment and brush it with oil on all sides. Set aside.
3.To a pan add 1/4 cup sugar, let it start to melt.
4.Swirl the pan and cook until sugar melts and turns golden brown in color.
5.Add 1/4 cup water to it.
6.Mix it well and switch off and set aside to cool.
7.Preheat oven at 180 DEG C for 10 mins. To a mixing bowl – Add 1/3 cup oil, 1/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
8.Mix it well using a spatula.
9.Place a sieve on it – Add 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder.
10.Sieve it well.
11.Give a quick mix gently.
12.Add caramel syrup, dry fruits nuts mixture.
13.Fold in gently. The batter will be slightly runny.
14.Transfer the batter to the prepared cake tin. Top it with dry fruits and nuts.
15.Bake in preheated oven at 180 DEG C for 50-55 minutes. Each oven is different so keep an eye after 45 minutes.
16.Insert a tooth pick in the center if it comes out clean then cake is done. If it is sticky with batter then bake for few more minutes.
17.Cool the cake in the cake pan for 10-15 minutes then invert and demold. Remove the parchment paper.
18.Cool down the cake for at least 1 hour then cut and serve.
Enjoy fruit cake!
Expert Tips
- You can use dry fruits of your choice but do not miss tutti frutti and dry grapes.
- Cool down the cake in the tin for at least 10 minutes then scrape the sides using a knife then invert.
- Also cool down the cake completely minimum 1 hour then cut. I cut the cake without cooling down so first few pieces were not clean but the pieces I cut after an hour came out neat and clean.
- Instead of powdered sugar you can use regular granulated sugar too.
- In addition, you can use cranberries, citrus fruit peels, cherries etc.
- Orange juice can be replaced with apple juice.
Serving and Storage
Generally the fruit cake keeps well for about 2 days in room temperature and for about a week in fridge.
FAQS
1.Plum cake and Fruit cake are they the same?
Plum cake is more rich and intense flavored fruit cake. Plum cake has more quantity of dry fruits called as plums commonly soaked in alcohol like rum which gives it a more strong deep flavor. Fruit cake is a milder version of plum cake.
2.What can I replace with orange juice?
You can use apple juice instead of orange juice.
3.Can I skip caramel syrup?
Caramel syrup adds brown color to the cake also adds flavor so I would recommend adding it.
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Eggless Fruit Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
For soaking
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 and 1/4 cups dry fruits
- 1/4 cup nuts
For caramel syrup
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl add 1/2 cup orange juice with 1 and 1/4 cup dry fruits, 1/4 cup nuts. Give a quick mix and soak it for 30 minutes minimum, set aside.
- Dry Fruits – dry golden grapes, black frapes, tutti frutti, cherries, apricots etc.
- Nuts – Almonds and cashews
- Take a 6.5 inches round cake tin, line parchment and brush it with oil on all sides. Set aside.
- To a pan add 1/4 cup sugar, let it start to melt.
- Swirl the pan and cook until sugar melts and turns golden brown in color.
- Add 1/4 cup water to it.
- Mix it well and switch off and set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven at 180 DEG C for 10 minutes. To a mixing bowl – Add 1/3 cup oil, 1/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
- Mix it well using a spatula.
- Place a sieve on it – Add 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder.
- Sieve it well.
- Give a quick mix gently.
- Add caramel syrup, dry fruits nuts mixture.
- Fold in gently. The batter will be slightly runny.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared cake tin. Top it with dry fruits and nuts.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 DEG C for 50-55 minutes. Each oven is different so keep an eye after 45 minutes.
- Insert a tooth pick in the center if it comes out clean then cake is done. If it is sticky with batter then bake for few more minutes.
- Cool the cake in the cake pan for 10-15 minutes then invert and demold. Remove the parchment paper.
- Cool down the cake for at least 1 hour then cut and serve.
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Notes
- You can use dry fruits of your choice but do not miss tutti frutti and grapes.
- Cool down the cake in the tin for at least 10 minutes then scrape the sides using a knife then invert.
- Also cool down the cake completely minimum 1 hour then cut. I cut the cake without cooling down so first few pieces were not clean but the pieces I cut after an hour came out neat and clean.
- Instead of powdered sugar you can use regular granulated sugar too.
- In addition, you can use cranberries, citrus fruit peels, cherries etc.
- Furthermore, Orange juice can be replaced with apple juice.
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