Christmas is a time, when your kitchen is filled with lovely aromas. This year I REALLY wanted to bake a plum cake at home and wanted to do a non-alcoholic version of fruit cake. So here it is, Christmas cake without alcohol Did it turn out yum? Well, the guests in my party completely cleaned the plate 🙂
Ingredients:
- Light brown sugar – 1 cup
- Hot water – 1 cup
- Salted butter – 4 tbsps
- Ground cinnamon – 1/2 tsp
- Ground cloves – 1/4 tsp
- Nutmeg powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cardomom powder – 1/4 tsp
- Garam masala – 1 pinch
- Black Raisins – 1 cup
- Chopped nuts (cashew and almonds) – 1 cup
- Rind of 1 orange
- Normal sized Eggs – 3, lightly beaten
- All purpose flour – 1 + 1/2 cups
- Baking soda – 1 tsp
- Baking powder = 1 tsp
- Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
Method:
- Butter your cake tin with butter.
- Cut a piece of parchment/wax paper to fit the bottom of the cake tin and place it in the tin.
- Mix light brown sugar, water, butter,spices, raisins, nuts and rind in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil over medium heat.
- Let it boil for 5 minutes.
- Let the mixture cool down to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
- Add the beaten eggs and vanilla extract into the fruit mixture and mix until well combined.
- Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda in a seperate bowl.
- Add the fruit mixture to the flour mixture
- Pour this mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let it cool on a wire rack.
- When it cools down completely, wrap the cake using plastic wrap and let it rest on the counter for 2 days.
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