Recipe Number:078

Prep Time | 1day+20 minutes |
Cook Time | 45 to 50 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
FOR SOAKING:
- 1 cup Dry fruits
- 1/4 cup Cashew nut
- 1/4 cup almond and walnut
- 1 cup Orange juice
FOR CARAMEL SYRUP:
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup +2tbsp Boiling water
FOR BATTER:
- 125 gram All purpose flour (maida)
- 125 grams Butter @ room temperature
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3 nos Egg @ room temperature
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 2 pinch Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Orange zest
- 1/8 tsp Nutmeg powder
- 1/8 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/8 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp Powdered cloves
- 2 pinch dry ginger powder
- 2 pinch Caraway seeds (cake jeerakam)
Ingredients
FOR SOAKING:
FOR CARAMEL SYRUP:
FOR BATTER:
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Instructions
- Chop all the dry fruits and nuts, place them in an airtight container then pour orange juice to it. Cover and keep it in refrigerator for 24 hours.(make sure that all the fruits are soaked well in juice).
- Grease cake pan with butter and cover the bottom and sides with parchment paper, keep aside.
- Sift together all the dry ingredients like flour, baking powder, salt and all spice powders and keep aside.
- In a sauce pan add 1/4 cup of sugar and 2 tbsp water then heat it on medium low flame until it gets nice brown color(Do not touch the pan or stir the sugar).
- Once it gets brown color add 1/2 cup of boiling water to it then stir well and cook for 3to4 minutes.Then transfer into a bowl and allow to cool.(be careful while adding water to the caramel, it will splash out).
- Separate soaked fruits and juice with a colander.Add 2 tbsp of flour to the soaked fruits and nuts and toss well, this step helps prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake while baking.
- Powder the sugar and keep aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Now add the eggs one by one while beating. Then add vanilla extract, spices,1/4 cup of orange juice, orange zest and caramelized sugar syrup, mix gently.
- Add flour little by little to the batter, combine well with spatula. Finally add fruits and nuts and just fold it, don't over mix the batter.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius for 10 minutes.
- Pour prepared batter into the greased cake tin and bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Take out the cake from the oven and let it completely cool.Delicious fruit cake is ready.Slice and serve Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
- Refer pics for instruction clarity.
Recipe Notes
TIPS:
You can use apple or grape juice istead of orange juice.
Enjoy baking!!
Zainu.
Amina
Nice
admin
thank you
Naj
Yummy..
Najma
Yummy..
Najma
Yummyy
admin
Thank you