Eggless Traditional Christmas Fruit And Nut Cake

Name: Eggless Traditional Christmas Fruit And Nut Cake
Total time: 4200 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup chopped raisins; 1/4 cup chopped sultanas; 1/4 cup chopped dates; 200 ml wine; 1/4 cup dried chopped figs; 2 tablespoons orange zest; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1/4 cup almond meal; 11/2 cups butter(room temperature); 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp clove powder; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp ginger powder; 1/4 cup chopped almonds; 1/4 cups chopped cashew nuts; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 tbsp flax seeds; 12 tbsp chilled water; 2 fistful Pecans

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

Trichy (Tamilnadu)

#Eggless ..Eggless Traditional Christmas Fruit And Nut Cake can be made in many ways. This cake is made traditionally by soaking dry fruits in wine for 30 day's. Soaking of dry fruits enhance the taste of this cake. Feeding of soaked leftover wine keeps the cake moist and fresh.

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

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Ingredients

70 minutes

12 servings

1/4 cupchopped raisins
1/4 cupchopped sultanas
1/4 cupchopped dates
200 mlwine
1/4 cupdried chopped figs
2 tablespoonsorange zest
2 cupsall purpose flour
1/4 cupalmond meal
11/2 cupsbutter(room temperature)
3/4 cupbrown sugar
1 tspcinnamon powder
1/2 tspclove powder
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspginger powder
1/4 cupchopped almonds
1/4 cupschopped cashew nuts
1/4 cupchopped pecans
1/4 cupchopped macadamia nuts
1 tspvanilla extract
4 tbspflax seeds
12 tbspchilled water
2fistful Pecans

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Steps

70 minutes

1

Soak all the chopped dry fruits in wine for 30 days.
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Chop nuts into small equal size. Strain the dry fruits and keep separately. Dust nuts and fruits with all purpose flour. It helps to spread evenly in the batter and do not sink to the bottom of the cake pan.
3

Powder flax seeds and mix with 12 tbsp of chilled water and let it rest for 15 minutes.This process of resting helps the flax mixture develop a gelatinous consistency similar to eggs.
4

Grease the Bundt Pan with butter and dust with all purpose flour. Preheat the oven to 170 degree Celsius.
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Sift flour, baking powder and spices together twice and keep it aside.
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In a large bowl whisk butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add in flax meal mixture gradually.
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Add in the flour mixture slowly until it is well combined.
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Add in the dusted Fruit and Nut mixture, almond meal with vanilla extract. Gently fold the mixture.
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The cake batter will be thick. To it add leftover wine and fold until the cake batter is well combined. Do not over fold the mixture.
10

In a greased Bundt Pan arrange pecans as shown. Spoon the cake batter in the pan and level the surface with the back of a spoon.
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Bake for 70 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
12

Once baked remove from the oven and let it cool completely in the pan.
13

Store the Eggless Traditional Christmas Fruit And Nut Cake in an airtight container wrapped in aluminium foil for two to three months. Once or twice a week feed the cake with leftover wine. It helps the cake to stay moist,fresh and enhance the taste.