How to Make Perfect ๐๐โโ๏ธChristmas Cake (Fruit Cake)โ๏ธโ๐๐
by James Ramsey
Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ๐๐โโ๏ธchristmas cake (fruit cake)โ๏ธโ๐๐. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
The soaking of dried fruits for the Christmas cake is a bit of an event in Calcutta. With the month-long festivities of the Pujo season behind them. Hummingbird cakes are different than traditional fruit cakes, but they do have bananas and pineapple. See more ideas about fruit cake, cake recipes, fruit cake christmas. ยท Soaking dry fruits for all your Christmas and Holiday bakes is an easy thing to do.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ๐๐โโ๏ธchristmas cake (fruit cake)โ๏ธโ๐๐ using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make ๐๐โโ๏ธChristmas Cake (Fruit Cake)โ๏ธโ๐๐:
Get 228 g (1& 3/4 cups) plain flour (loosely packed)
Take 1/2 tsp salt 3 Eggs (medium) 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Make ready 100 g (1/2 cup) Soft dark or light brown sugar
Make ready 3 tblsp mollasses
Make ready 226 g (1 cup) or 2 sticks) unsalted butter
Take 600-700 g Dried mixed fruit
Get Dried fruits I used in this recipe
Get 175-200 g raisins 175-200g cranberries
Prepare 175-200 g prunes or dry plumes
Prepare 75-100 g dates 50-75g pecans
Prepare Zest of 1 Lemon Zest of 1orange 180ml (3/4cup) water
Make ready All Spicesโ I have used is powdered
Get nutmeg cardamom, cloves dry ginger
But now gramma requests this one. Most fruit cake recipes call for soaking the dried fruits in alcohol for several days to weeks. But the recipe shared here is an instant one which doesn't require To make this eggless fruit cake, you can use any of your favorite dried fruits likes raisins, dried dates, figs, apricots, berries and glace cherries. Being vegan or dairy-free doesn't mean missing out on a rich, fruity Christmas cake.
Steps to make ๐๐โโ๏ธChristmas Cake (Fruit Cake)โ๏ธโ๐๐:
#Getting_everything_ready: - - Lightly grease a 7 inch or 8 inch cake tin with some butter/oil and neatly line with greaseproof paper (double thickness).The pan I used in this recipe is 8" inch pan. - - Chop the nuts and dried fruits into a large clean bowl.
You can use a prepared dried fruit mixture available in most supermarkets, or blend your own to create an individual cake, balance the mixture to your preferences (I love more raisins, cranberries,prunes and less chopped dates in mine). - Grate the rind of lemon and orange and keep it aside.
Sift the flour,baking powder, mix spices, zest of orange and lemon and salt into another bowl. - Pre-heat oven to 320 F 160ยฐC. - - How to make moist fruit cake - We can make moist fruit cake in 3 simple steps.
#Step 1. - Boil the dry fruits - In a medium saucepan, combine the butter with the raisins, cranberries, brown sugar,molasses and water and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderately high heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and let stand for 45 minutes or until it is cool.
#Step 2. - Add all the rest of ingredients - Add the eggs (lightly beaten) and vanilla extract (optional) and the nuts. - - Add in the flour mix which is Flour+Baking powder+Salt+Ground spices+Zest of orange and lemon.
I didnโt add the spices and the zest of lemon and orange into the boil mix because we need to preserve the fresh smell of those spices and that of lemon and orange. - - The taste of a fruit cake is mostly the aroma of that cake ๐ - - Mix everything together, just until everything is well incorporated.
#Step 3. - Bake the fruit cake - Transfer the batter into the prepared pan.7 inch pan / 8 inch pan will work. Bake in the center of the oven 320F for about 75-90 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. - - Large baking tray (8 inch) will take slightly less baking time.
Let the cake cool completely. - - Unmold the cake and transfer to a serving platter. This fruit cake is best to serve the next day.The flavor and texture of cake improves a lot with that time.The cake may seem buttery and crumbly and less flavorful if we cut it immediately it is cooled.
#Tips: - - if you donโt have molasses you can use dark brown sugar. - - you can use dry fruits of your choice and can choose candied peels or glazed cherries or nuts according to your preference. - - Recipe by - #Bincy_Chris
But the recipe shared here is an instant one which doesn't require To make this eggless fruit cake, you can use any of your favorite dried fruits likes raisins, dried dates, figs, apricots, berries and glace cherries. Being vegan or dairy-free doesn't mean missing out on a rich, fruity Christmas cake. Even if you don't follow a dairy-free diet, this moist and delicious cake is worth trying. Kerala Christmas Fruit Cake / Kerala Plum Cake. Coming to think of it, I was always a hard core tea cake fan and used to wonder how can somebody like plum cake/fruit cake.
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