Hey everyone, Welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, christmas cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Christmas Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Christmas Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas cake using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Cake:
- Orange juice/mixed fruit juice-1/4cup(here I used orange juice)(For soaking)
- Golden raisins-1tbsp(For soaking)
- Dates-2tbsp(For soaking)
- Tutti Frutti-4tbsp(For soaking)
- Milk-1/2cup(For Buttermilk)
- Vinegar-1tsp(For Buttermilk)
- Sugar-3tbsp(Caramel syrup)
- Water-1tbsp(Caramel syrup)
- Water-4tbsp(later used in Caramel syrup)
- Sugar-1/4 cup(Add to the caramel syrup+soaked dry fruits)
- All-purpose flour-1cup(Sieve this dry mixture)
- Baking powder-1tsp(Sieve this dry mixture)
- Baking Soda-1/2TSP(Sieve this dry mixture)
- Milk powder-2tbsp(Sieve this dry mixture)
- Mixed nuts-1/4cup(Add to the final mixture)
- Butter/oil-1/4cup(Add to the final mixture)
- vanilla essence-1tsp(Add to the final mixture)
Instructions to make Christmas Cake:
- Take orange juice/mixed fruit juice. Soak the raisins, dates & tutti fruitti in it for 1 hour.
- Mix the milk with vinegar and keep the prepared buttermilk aside.
- Put a pan on medium heat. Add sugar and water and cook this mixture till caramelized. once caramelized add the extra quantity of water to the caramelized syrup. Now the caramel syrup is ready. Keep it aside to cool down. Once cooled down, add this caramel syrup to the soaked dry fruits. To this add the sugar. Mix it well.
- On the above mixture sieve the dry ingredients flour, baking powder, baking soda & milk powder and mix it properly by cut and fold method. To this add the prepared buttermilk slowly to mix it properly. To this mixture add mixed nuts, butter/oil and vanilla essence and mix well.
- Then pour the mixture into a greased mould with the parchment paper and tap once and bake in a preheated oven of 180 degree Celsius for 45 to 55 mins or till the toothpick comes out clean. - Once done let it rest to get it completely cooled down. Then you can cut and serve it.
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