Christmas Fruit Cake

Christmas Fruit Cake

   Ingredients:

·                   All purpose flour (Maida)- 1 1/2 cup

·                  Sugar -1/3 cup

·                  Butter – ¼ cup

·                   Baking powder – 1 tsp

·                   Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

·                   Cinnamom powder – 1 tsp

·                   Nutmeg powder – ½ tsp

·                  Grated orange & lemon peel – 1 tsp

·                  Egg – 2

·                   Honey – 3 tbsp

·                  Water  - 1 cup

·                  Dry fruits & Nuts :

        1.      Golden raisins – 25 gms                                                                   

         2.      Black raisins – 25 gms

         3.      Apricots  - 25 gms

         4.      Cranberries – 25 gms

         5.      Dates – 25 gms

         6.      Almonds – 25 gms

         7.      Pista – 25 gms

         8.      Walnut – 25 gms

                                                                 

Method:

==> Take pan add dry fruits, sugar, butter, honey and water boil in medium flame for 5 to 10 minutes. once the fruit come out soft and cooked. Then switch off the flame and set aside until it cool down.

==> Take another bowl beaten a egg keep aside. And take another bowl mix the flour and baking powder and keep aside.

==> Now take fruit mixture , add grated orange and lemon peel, vanilla extract, beaten eggs and mix it well.

==> Now slowly add flour mixture and mix it well. Preheat 350 degree F( 180 degree C) for 30 minutes. 

==> Place the batter to the already prepared pan and spread it. Now bake it for another 45 - 60 minutes or until a long skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

==> After that remove the cake from oven and place on the wire rack and let it cool completely for an hour. Cool it completely overnight for atleast 5- 6 hours before cutting the cake.

Notes :

* I used unsalted butter in this recipe. so i added salt in this recipe. If you use salted butter avoid salt otherwise it is not necessary.

* You can add dry fruits for your choice to the cake.

* I have used white sugar. But if you want half the amount brown sugar. It will be come dark brown color cake.