Fruit cake

Name: Fruit cake
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 th cup Raisins or golden kismis; 1/4 th cup Sultanas or black raisins; 1/4 th cup chopped dates; 1/4 th cup dry dates/ dry plums or khubani; 1/4 th cup Orange marmalade; 1/2 cup Orange juice or grape juice; 1 tsp Orange zest; 1/2 cup assorted chopped nuts; 1 +1/2 cup All purpose flour; 1 cup soft unsalted butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 3 eggs; 1 +1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp mix spice(nutmeg, cinnamon & dry ginger); 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 pinch salt

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Festive_recipe
Fruit cake or plum cake is a very rich, flavorful spicy cake which is a traditional, very popular cake enjoyed particularly in Christmas. There are a lot of different varieties of fruit cakes . Traditionally fruit cakes are made with dry fruits that are soaked in alcohol for 3 -4 months. But I made it with some dry fruits that are soaked in fruit juice. And this version is equally delicious, but you can't store this cake for long as in alcohol based cake.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

1/4th cup Raisins or golden kismis
1/4th cup Sultanas or black raisins
1/4th cup chopped dates
1/4th cup dry dates/ dry plums or khubani
1/4th cup Orange marmalade
1/2 cupOrange juice or grape juice
1 tspOrange zest
1/2 cupassorted chopped nuts
1+1/2 cup All purpose flour
1 cupsoft unsalted butter
1 cupbrown sugar
3eggs
1+1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tspmix spice(nutmeg, cinnamon & dry ginger)
1 tspvanilla essence
1 pinchsalt

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Steps

1

Take a glass. Add all the dry fruits, orange marmalade, orange zest and fruit juice.
2

Mix, cover and keep aside for 4-5 hours in room temperature.
3

After 4-5 hours, keep the glass in the refrigerator for 2-3 days so that dry fruits soak the juice completely.
4

The day you want to bake the cake, take out the glass from the refrigerator, at least 4-5 hours before baking.
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Now start making the cake.
6

Cream butter and sugar in a food processor or with a hand mixer. The mixture should be fluffy and creamy.
7

Sieve together flour and baking powder.
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Pre heat oven at 180 degree Centigrade for 10 minutes.
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Now add eggs one by one to the butter mixture and whisk well for about 1-2 minutes. Don't over beat.
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Add vanilla essence, spice powder, salt and assorted chopped nuts. Mix with a spatula. Keep some nuts separately to garnish.
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Add the flour, baking powder mixture and fold gently with cut and fold method.
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Now add the soaked dry frits and fold gently. If any juice left un soaked, discard that.
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Pour this batter in a greased and lined rounded(9 inch diameter) baking dish. The batter should be little thick in consistency.
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Tap the dish 2-3 times and garnish the top with the remaining assorted nuts.
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Bake it for about 40-45 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the cake.