Learn how to make fruit cake, a delightful cake recipe for Christmas by Anushruti. Cake plays a vital role in Christmas celebration and if you are looking for a good fruit cake , you must give this cake a try. It will be sure to delight, please and appeal to all of your being! So watch the video and learn how to make Fruit Cake only on Rajshri Food.
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Ingredients
– 500 gm (3 3/4 cups) plain flour
– 2 tsp baking powder
– 1 tsp baking soda
– 250 ml +30 ml (1 cup + 2 tbsp) hot water, divided
– 250 gm (1 cup + 2tbsp) granulated white sugar
– 250 gm (1 cup + 2tbsp) granulated brown sugar
– 250 ml (1 cup) oil (preferably rice bran)
– 250 ml cup medium consistency slightly sour yogurt (Indian curd) or sour cream
– 1 tsp vanilla extract
– ¾ tsp cinnamon powder
– ¾ tsp nutmeg powder
– 1 ¼ cup of dried fruit (apricot, fig, cranberries, raisins, dates, glace cherries)
– ¾ cup nuts (cashews, almonds and walnuts)
Vanilla Glaze:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar/icing sugar/powdered sugar,
2 tbsp soft butter,
2 tbsp milk,
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Method
– Lightly grease the base of a bundt pan and dust it with plain flour and tap to remove excess. Alternatively use two 8” or 9” round pan.
– In a large bowl, assemble the dry ingredients
– the flour, baking powder and baking soda and sieve together to make the mixture uniform and prevent lumps in the flour mixture.
– Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
– In another bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, put in the hot water and sugar and blend until the sugar partly melts. Quickly stir in the oil and the yogurt and mix well.
-Stir in the the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, add the vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg powder and mix well until you get a smooth batter, about 3 to 4 minutes.
– Stir in the dried fruits and nuts and mix again.Bake in the middle rack of an oven. After 15 minutes lower the heat to 150C/300F and bake for 60 to 65 minutes more or until a skewer comes out clean. – Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan and then transfer it onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.
– Makes one large bundt cake or two 8” or 9” round cakes.
Vanilla Glaze:
Mix all the ingredients together and spoon over the cake. Decorate with dried fruits over the glaze.
Host: Anushruti RK ( http://www.divinetaste.com )
Director: Vaibhav Dhandha
Camera: Kavaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Katariya, Akshay Durgule
Editing: Kishor Rai
Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy
Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya
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