Learn how to make fruit cake, a delightful cake recipe for Christmas by Anushruti.
Cake plays a vital role in Christmas celebration and if you are looking for a good fruit cake , you must give this cake a try. It will be sure to delight, please and appeal to all of your being! So watch the video and learn how to make Fruit cake only on Rajshri Food.
Ingredients:
- 500 gm (3 3/4 cups) plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 250 ml +30 ml (1 cup + 2 tbsp) hot water, divided
- 250 gm (1 cup + 2tbsp) granulated white sugar
- 250 gm (1 cup + 2tbsp) granulated brown sugar
- 250 ml (1 cup) oil (preferably rice bran)
- 250 ml cup medium consistency slightly sour yogurt (Indian curd) or sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¾ tsp nutmeg powder
- 1 ¼ cup of dried fruit (apricot, fig, cranberries, raisins, dates, glace cherries)
- ¾ cup nuts (cashews, almonds and walnuts)
Method:
- Lightly grease the base of a bundt pan and dust it with plain flour and tap to remove excess. Alternatively use two 8” or 9” round pan.
- In a large bowl, assemble the dry ingredients- the flour, baking powder and baking soda and sieve together to make the mixture uniform and prevent lumps in the flour mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
- In another bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, put in the hot water and sugar and blend until the sugar partly melts. Quickly stir in the oil and the yogurt and mix well.
-Stir in the the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, add the vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg powder and mix well until you get a smooth batter, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in the dried fruits and nuts and mix again.Bake in the middle rack of an oven. After 15 minutes lower the heat to 150C/300F and bake for 60 to 65 minutes more or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan and then transfer it onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.
Makes one large bundt cake or two 8” or 9” round cakes.
Vanilla Glaze
Ingredients:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar/icing sugar/powdered sugar
2 tbsp soft butter
2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Method:
Mix all the ingredients together and spoon over the cake. Decorate with dried fruits over the glaze.
