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Christmas Fruit Cake

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.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 45 minutes
Servings8 pieces
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup maida / all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup demerara sugar
  • 1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon + 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon spice mixture 1 clove 1 small piece cinnamon & a small piece of nutmeg
  • 1/2 tablespoon date syrup / honey
  • 3 tablespoon curd / yogurt
  • 1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon 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 teaspoon 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 teaspoon 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 teaspoon 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 teaspoon of orange zest / peels along with the dry fruits.
Nutrition Facts
Christmas Fruit Cake
Amount Per Serving (50 g)
Calories 326 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Trans Fat 0.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 31mg10%
Sodium 219mg10%
Potassium 263mg8%
Carbohydrates 42g14%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 486IU10%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 40mg4%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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