Description
Christmas cake made with nuts, raisins and all kinds of dried fruits. | Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Softened butter |
| 2 cup | Powdered sugar |
| 3 cup | Maida flour/ all purpose flour |
| 4 nos | Eggs |
| 2 tsp | Baking powder |
| 2 tsp | Vanilla essence |
| Pinch of salt | |
| ½ cup | Sugar for caramelizing |
| 10 no | Dates (chopped) |
| 1 cup | Raisins |
| ½ cup | Dried pineapple chunks(chopped) |
| ½ cup | Dried papaya chunks(chopped) |
| ½ cup | Dried cherry |
| 1 cup | Chopped nuts(silvered almonds, cashews) |
Instructions
Step 1:
Preheat the oven:
Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
Step 2:
Preparing dry ingredients:
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and keep it aside.
Step 3:
Mixing wet ingredients:
Separate egg yolks and whites separately. Beat egg whites separately for 5 minutes with an electric mixer. Then add the softened butter to it and continuously mix it with the mixer for 5 more minutes. Now add the egg yolks to it and mix it. Now is the time to add the powdered sugar and vanilla essence. Mix it all together for 2 more minutes.
Step 4:
Mixing dry and wet ingredients:
Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients little by little till you get all ingredients mixed together.
Step 5:
Mixing dry fruits:
Using the spatula fold in the chopped raisins, chopped nuts, chopped pineapple chunks.
Hint:
To get brown color cake, take 1 cup of sugar and saute it in a pan 0.5 cup water for few minutes. When it turns to brown color just add it with the cake mixture and stir it with a spatula after adding all the dry fruits.
Step 6:
Bake:
Prepare the baking pan by buttering it nicely just to avoid sticking. Then pour the mixture into the baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes. Same old technique to check whether the cake is baked. Just insert a tooth pick in the middle. If it comes out clean its done. Allow it to cool for 5 to 7 minutes.. Before serving dust it with some powdered sugar.
This cake can be baked in small loaf pans for Christmas giving. Can make 2 cakes if baking in 8" round pan.
Note:
Please note that the baking time varies for different types of material. When using aluminum pans, non stick pans bake it at 325 F. When using glass pans bake it at 350 F .
Comments
16 responses to “Christmas cake”
So, you celebrated this Xmas with this cake. Right, viji? You gave a suggetion to soak the dry ones in fruit juice..can it be any juice?
Sugan any juice is fine.. People used to soak fruits in RUM for best results. But i don't use that.. Just apple juice is also fine..VIJI
Hi vijitha,
baking powder u meant is baking soda what we use in India.
Hi Visitor, You can get baking powder also in Indian store. Better to use baking powder for cakes. VIJI
hai viji i never thought of making cakes in home,but once i saw ur recipe i thought v can give a try and it came out very well,and my kid really enjoyed ur cake, ,u r doin a great job
Hi Nisha, Good to hear from you. Now you can become expert by mix matching the ingrdients by making colourful cakes.VIJI
Vijitha, unga cake ellam romba nalla irrukku, thanks for sharing. Seems like cake vaaramm…
Mullai,
Next week, unga Biscotti try panna poren. Will let u know. ama…Christmas week is cake week illa..Happy holidays
VIJI
hi viji,
U r giving very nice christmas cake recipes. Good work.
deepu
Deepu,
Thanks. Happy holidays.
VIJI
hai vijitha,
u deserve the name “cake queen’. i didnt know baking cakes is such an easy process.asathiteenga……….will try n get back 2 u.
Ramya..yes, baking is easiest in cooking. Because of holiday season, cake recipes at this time..more recipes for everyday dishes to follow..Happy holidays
VIJI
We can award you as cake rani vijitha… kalakurenga ponga… aunt is just figurin out how to use the gas oven… if the normal cake bakes well tmw, we are gonna bug her to make the strawberry cake…. will let u kno how it turns… we sri lankans have different x mas cake btw… its so new… we are gonna try this too…
Manoo,
Hope it turns out well for you. Let me know. Happy holidays.
VIJI
Hi Viji,
Looks yummioooooov. You are attacking us with cake repices. Thanks.
kavi.
Kavi..you are welcome.
VIJI