Eggless Christmas fruit cake
Christmas is a festival of colour and light all around the world. Every where in world people bake fruit cake for Christmas. They used to soak dry fruits for weeks in alcohol. Soak the fruits in alcohol is a ritual in itself.
This year I did this. I soaked dry fruits for 3 weeks but I soaked them in orange juice as I am non alcoholic. As per the demand of friends and family I baked eggless version of the cake. It is very moist and very flavourful.
Soaking Dry Fruits
Fresh Orange Juice- 2/3 Cup
Mixed Dry Fruits- 1/2 Cup
For mixed Dry fruits I have used cherry, date, tutti fruity, candied orange peel, golden raisins, black raisins, cashew and almond.
Take equal amount of each item. It should be half Cup.
In a mixing bowl add dry fruits and orange juice and mix.
Store this mixture in a glass jar. Keep this jar in fridge. It should be soaked for 4 weeks before baking
For Fruit Cake
Maida- 2/3cup
Corn flour- 1/3cup
Brown sugar- 1/2cup
Milk- 1/2cup
Oil- 1/2cup
Vinegar- 1tbsp
All spice- 2
Clove- 2
Green cardamom- 1
Cinnamon- 1/4inch piece
Baking powder- 1tsp
Baking soda- 1/2tsp
Soaked dry fruits- 1/2cup
Preheat the oven for 10 mins in 200 degree Celsius.
Grease a baking pan and line it with butter paper and keep aside.
Make a smooth powder of the above spices.
In a mixing bowl add maida, corn flour, baking powder and spices powder and shift twice.
To the maida mixture add sugar and mix.
After that add soaked dry fruits to it and mix up to well Incorporated.
Then add oil to it and mix again
In a bowl add milk ad vinegar and let it curdle. Then add baking soda to it and mix.
It will be foamy like agg.
The add this to the above mixture and mix properly. It will be a thick batter.
Then pour the mixture to the already lined pan and tap on the platform twice.
Then bake it for 35 mins in 180 degree Celsius.
It may take more or less time depending on the temperature of the oven.
Bake the cake up to tooth pick comes out clean.
Romove to a wire rack to cool down.
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