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Last Minute Christmas Cake (Eggless)

Akum Raj Jamir
An easy to make fruit cake with mixed dry fruit, nuts and orange juice. This fruit cake is not a traditional christmas fruit cake but a rendition of traditional and authentic Christmas cake. It is a last minute Christmas cake recipe which requires no soaking and no alcohol.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Equipment

  • OTG
  • Mixing bowl
  • 240 ml measuring cup set
  • 6"×3" cake pan
  • sauce pan

Ingredients
  

For Drt Fruits Preparation:

  • 1 cup mixed dry fruits (dates, yellow raisins, black raisins, cherries, cranberries, blue berries)
  • ⅔ cup fresh orange juice (150 ml)

For Cake Batter:

  • 1 cup Whole wheat flour (128 grms)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder (5 geams)
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda (2.5 grams)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest
  • 4-5 drops ginger extract
  • ½ cup brown sugar (90 grams)
  • ⅓ cup butter melted (75 grams)
  • ½ cup Fresh orange juice (120 ml)
  • ½ cup tutti frutti
  • ¼ cup almonds (35 grams)
  • ¼ cup cashews (35 grams)
  • ¼ cup walnuts (35 grams)
  • 2 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice (10 ml)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (5 ml)

Instructions
 

  • In a saucepan, add in the orange juice. Add in the mixed dry fruits to the orange juice.
  • Cook till the mixture thickens and the dry fruits absorb all the juices. Set aside and allow to cool down.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 170° C. Grease a 6 inches round cake pan or line the pan with parchment paper. If you dont have parchment paper simply dist some flour onto the greased pan.
  • In a mixing bowl add in sugar, melted butter, vanilla essence, ginger extract and orange juice. Whisk together until well combined.
  • Place a sift add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon powder and sieve it.
  • Add in the orange zest. 
  • Now gently fold the ingredients and mix until everything is well combined without any lumps. Do not over mix at this stage. 
  • Add in the dry fruits reserving a small portion.
  • Add in the tutti frutti, almonds, cashews, walnuts and vinegar or lemon juice. 
  • Give a gentle and quick mix. Do not over mix them.
  • Pour the batter to the prepared cake pan. Tap the cake pan to release any air bubbles trapped inside.
  • Top up with the reserved dry fruits and nuts.
  • Place the cake pan at the middle rack. Bake at 170° C for 40-45 minutes with both filaments/rods on. A toothpick or skewer inserted in the center should  come out clean.
  • Allow the cake to stand for 5-10 minutes and demould it. Let the cake cool down completely. Cut and serve. Enjoy!

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Notes

  1. Use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour or 50-50 ratio of both.
  2. You can use more spice like clove and nutmeg powder. Recommend not to use whole spice. Use in powder form or ground finely. If you have all spice mix you can use 1 teaspoon of it.
  3. You can use ginger powder or finely grated fresh ginger instead of ginger extract. Use which ever is available.
  4. You can use white sugar or jaggery or cane sugar instead of brown sugar.
  5. You can use oil instead of butter or use 50-50 ratio of both.
  6. The most commonly uses juice is orange juice for .making non-alcoholic fruit cake. But the other juices mostly used are grape juice or either mixed fruit juice.
  7. The recipe uses fresh orange juice but you can use store bought orange juice. But highly recommend using fresh juice.
  8. Tutti frutti can be substituted with any other candied fruits or candied peels.
  9. Use any fry fruits and nuts available to you.
  10. You can use ¼ cup curd/yogurt instead of vinegar.
  11. To make this cake with egg, you can use 1 large egg or 2 if your egg is small. Opt out the vinegar and baking soda.
Keyword Christmas, Christmas cake, eggless, fruit cake, no soaking, Non-Alcoholic, plum cake