Name: Alcholfree christmas Fruit Cake.. recipe by Nilanjana Bhattacharjee Mitra at BetterButter
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Date - 1/4 cup; Golden Raisin - 1/4 cup; Black Raisin - 1/4 cup; Tutti fruti - 1/4 cup; Cherries- 1/4 cup; Almond- 2 tbsp; Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp; Walnut - 2 tbsp; Caramel syrup- 1 cup; Orange juice - 3/4 cup; Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp; Nutmeg powder- pinch off; All spice - 1/4 tsp; Refine flour or Maida- 1 1/2 cup; Baking powder - 1 tsp; Baking soda - 1/4 tsp; Soft butter - 6 tbsp; Powder sugar - 1 cup; Egg - 2

ABOUT Alcholfree christmas Fruit Cake.. RECIPE

Bake this festive Alchol free Christmas fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with my sugarless black tea ..Mix dry fruits,nuts with caramel syrup and orange juice ..I have here soaked my all fruits to caramel syrup and orange juice to make my christmas cake alchol free..

Ingredients Serving: 5

Date - 1/4 cup
Golden Raisin - 1/4 cup
Black Raisin - 1/4 cup
Tutti fruti - 1/4 cup
Cherries- 1/4 cup
Almond- 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp
Walnut - 2 tbsp
Caramel syrup- 1 cup
Orange juice - 3/4 cup
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
Nutmeg powder- pinch off
All spice - 1/4 tsp
Refine flour or Maida- 1 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Soft butter - 6 tbsp
Powder sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 2

Instructions

Heat a sauce pan with 1/2 cup sugar .stir continuously till sugar transfer to caramel..now turn down flame and carefully pour 1/2 cup hot water and stir continuously to make caramel syrup..
Boil caramel syrup for 2 minutes. Then add all dry fruits and mix well with caramel syrup..
Let it cool for 2 hrs .then add orange juice and mix well .
Soak dry fruits in caramel syrup and orange juice for 7 -8 hrs or overnight..
Then strain fruits and reserve caramel syrup and orange juice mixture
Coat all nuts with little flour..keep aside.
Now preheat oven on 180c for 12 minutes..
Arrange cake tin with parchment paper or butter paper and brush little oil or butter..
Now take a bowl add soft butter and powder sugar. Whisk till fluffy
Then add eggs one by one and whisk till creamy
Then add flour , baking powder ,baking soda , spice powder (pass through the sieve )
Now mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients with spatula..
Now add soaked fruits along with reserve caramel syrup and orange juice..
Mix well to make semi thick batter
Now add flour coated chopped nuts and mix well..
Now pour the cake batter into the cake tin..tap twice gently on kitchen table to realease air bubbles..
And bake it for 55 minutes- 1 hr or till a toothpick or knife comes out clean
After 50 minutes (because every oven is different) insert a toothpick or knife into the cake if it comes out clean means its done or if not then bake it for few more minutes..

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