Eggless Christmas fruit cake / Instant no soaking shortcut recipe
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS:
All purpose flour - 200 gms
Cocoa powder - 5 gm(1 tbsp)
Condensed milk - 120 gms
Butter(unsalted) - 90 gms
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Baking powder - 3/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Sugar(granulated) - 50 gms
Water(hot) - 240 ml/1 cup
Soda water - 120 ml /1/2 cup
Mixed fruits and nuts(cashew,badam,
kismis,blackgrapes,tuttifrutti) - 260-270 gms/ 11/2 cups
Instructions
- Chop nuts of your choice with some fruits (Mixed fruits and nuts(cashew,badam,kismis,blackgrapes,tuttifrutti) keep ready.2.Prepare a 6” pan with butter & line with parchment as shown.3.Take a pan & spread sugar switch on the stove it will start to melt and caramelize add hot water at intervals and let it boil.4.Now add the nut-fruit mixture let it cook for 5 minutes switch off and cool.5.Take a mixing bowl add condensed milk and butter beat till creamy.6.Add in the cooled fruit-nut mix & mix.7.Now sieve in maida,cocoapowder,salt,bakingpowder and baking soda and mix.8.Add soda water at intervals and mix to a shown consistency.9.Inbetween preheat oven at 180 deg.10.Pour the mixture to the prepared pan garnish some nuts.11.Bake at 180 deg for 1 hr & 25 minutes.12.When skewer inserted come out clean take out cover with towel and cool.
Notes
- As always said please see that each oven differs in its cooking time so bake accordingly.
- If your top browns too quick cover with a piece of parchment or aluminium foil.
- You can use nuts of your choice.
- You can use any dry fruits like figs, dates even any berries.