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A traditional English Christmas Cake is made with rich, moist currants, sultanas (golden raisins) and raisins which have been soaked in rum. If a Christmas cake is covered in icing, it is quite common for it to be decorated – models of houses, of fir trees or of Father Christmas may be in the array of decorations.

In India, Christmas cakes are traditionally a fruit cake with many variants. Allahabadi cake is famous for its rich taste and texture. Many smaller and more traditional Christian bakeries add alcohol, usually rum, in the cake.

We are going to make cake with dried black grape juice. The fruits and nuts used in this cake is as follows : Black raisins 150g, Raisins 50g, tutti frutti 50g, almonds & cashew 50g, dates 50g, cherry 50g.

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Christmas fruits and nuts cake recipe

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 20

Cuisine Indian

Servings 10 people

Ingredients

For cake mixture

300g Maida
100ml Milk
150g Butter
3 Egg
200g Sugar / சர்க்கரை
50g caramel sugar
cinnamon 1 stick, cardamom 1, clove 3
2 tsp vannila essence
1 tbsp coco powder
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda

For fruits and nuts soaking

150g Black raisins
50g Raisins
50g tutti frutti
50g almonds & cashew
50g Dates
50g cherry

Instructions

100 g black raisins, wash and soak 1 hour to take juice.
After soaking for 1 hour let us grind in mixie jar to squeeze out juice
Grind well in mixie jar with little water at a time.
Strain the juice and discard the pulp. Grape juice is ready.
Grape juice, Black raisins 50g, Raisins 50g, tutti frutti 50g, almonds & cashew 50g, dates 50g, cherry 50g.
We are going to soak in this juice, Cherry, cashews and almonds chopped
In a mixing bowl add all the fruits and nuts. Mix well and add the prepared grape juice soak overnight or 8 hours. Refrigerate it
Let us make sugar caramel with 50 gms sugar
In a pan add 50 gm sugar little by little. Add 2 -3 tsp water and let it caramelize.
Sugar mixture turns brown like this immediately switch off and transfer to bowl otherwise it loses consistency.
In a mixie jar add cinnamon, cardamon, cloves and 200g sugar. Grind to fine powder. transfer and keep aside
In a mixing bowl add 3 eggs
Using a beater beat well / whisk. Add the caramelized sugar and then beat
Add 150 g butter (at room temperature) and beat.
Add vannila essence for extra flavor.
Add powdered sugar little by little and beat well.
Add baking powder 3 tsp, baking soda 1/2 tsp.
Add maida little by little with milk, Adjust milk accordingly.
Beat well till well combine.
Add cocoa powder 1 tbsp heaped and beat well.
Mix well and then we can add soaked dry fruits and nuts
Now let us add the soaked nuts and fruits.
Mix well till well combined
Grease a baking pan (0.5kg) with butter.
Dust with flour.
Keep a butter paper on it, Grease with butter on the paper.
Add the contents of the cake to the pan
Topup with cashews, almonds, cherry and grapes or nuts of your choice.
Pre heat oven140 d 10 mins. Bake for 140 degree, 1 hour/60 mins. Set time for 40 mins check and then also you can bake setting 10 - 15 mins.
Super moist and soft cake is ready. remove from the pan and Cool completely
Remove butter paper gently.
Serve in pieces.
Christmas cake is ready enjoy with family !!! Merry christmas !!!