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Xmas Cake
Sapana Behl
A classic Indian style Christmas cake loaded with dried fruits soaked in fruit juice.
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Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
30
minutes
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Total Time
50
minutes
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Course
Cakes
Cuisine
Indian
Servings
6
People
Ingredients
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1 1/2
all purpose flour
1/2
cup
raisins
1/2
cup
currants
1/2
cup
sultanas
1/2
cup
candied fruit peel
1
teaspoon
baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
salt
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1
teaspoon
allspice
1
teaspoon
ground ginger
1/2
teaspoon
ground cloves
1/4
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
1/2
cup
oil
1
cup
brown sugar
1
cup
orange juice
1
teaspoon
orange zest
1
teaspoon
lemon zest
1
cup
water
Icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
Soak the raisins, sultanas, currants and candied peels in orange juice overnight.
Preheat oven to 325 °F and line a 8" cake pan with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves.
In another bowl add sugar and oil and whisk together for 2 minutes. Stir in orange and lemon zest.
Add hot water to the sugar-oil mixture and stir in soaked fruits, mix well.
Add the flours into the wet mixture and gently fold in all the ingredients.
Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the oven comes out clean.
Cover the cake with aluminium foil at the end of baking.
Remove the cake from the oven and cool it on a wire rack.
Dust with icing sugar, slice and serve.
Notes
The cake would taste more flavorful if the fruits were soaked a few days before making the cake.
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