Traditional Christmas cakes are lighter,softer and with lot of fruits and nuts.This cake includes spice powder and fruit juice which gives nice aroma for the cake.Here i shared Egg less version.You can check my egg version here.
Ingredients:
120g Brown Sugar
120g Butter
1/4 tsp Salt
125g Plain Flour
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1 tbsp Vinegar
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp spice powder
1/3 cup Fruit Juice / 30 ml Brandy( i used apple juice)
120g Mixed Fruits(sultanas,raisins,cherries,prunes,dates,mixed peels),roughly chopped.
120g Mixed Nuts(macadamia nuts,cashew nuts,almonds),roughly chopped.
Method:
- Put the mixed fruits in a bowl and add the fruit juice/brandy,mix well.Leave to stand for overnight.
- In a small bowl,mix baking soda and vinegar and keep aside.
- Pre heat the oven.In a mixing bowl,beat butter till it becomes light and fluffy.
- Add brown sugar and mix well.
- Shift the baking powder and plain flour and then add shifted flour and salt in the mixing bowl, beat the mix just for 1 minute at low to medium speed.
- Add the soaked fruits along with the juice,nuts,baking soda+ vinegar mix and spice powder,blend well.
- Grease the 9 inch tin and transfer the mix to the tin.
- Bake it for 35-40 minutes,at 180 degree Celsius .When the cake is cooked, remove it from the oven and leave to cool.
- Here is our cake it ready.You can decorate it according to your own wish.
Here is a slice for you guys
woohoo……cake looks absolutely gorgeous n so is ur presentation…perfect christmas cake..
That looks so delicious…just like the ones available in stores.
I have been looking for an eggless version of the christmas cake for a long time now prema. Thanks so much for posting this.
Wow .. gorgeous. Neatly presented.
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Absolutely gorgeous n perfect looks better n good than store made ones..
Wow can u just pass it to me.Cant wait to taste it.
superb looking cake dear:)
Nice luking cake……..
nice recipe n eggless
Great cake recipe for Veggie lovers , thanks for sharing
Looks perfect prema, a must try from your blog! For this christmas,sure 🙂
Wow! Lovely and spongy cake! Must taste awesome!
perfect cake….looks very soft…adding fruits is really yum yum!!nice click!
Luks fabulous.Yumm,moist and spongy too.Perfectly done.Woowww!.
Very delicious cake worth the effort.
U have made it perfect
wow awesome cake recipe dear…love it!
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My my this looks so good Prema …more than perfect …just fab pics …am drooling …
Gorgeous.. and a perfect christmas cake!!!!!
Cake looks absolutely gorgeous and like to have it now….drooling here.
I am so making this, thanks for a wonderful recipe Prema! yOu rock!
Cant believe its eggless, super rich looking cake..
eggless cake looks absolutely delicious….
Gorgeous cake,beautifully presented..thanks for sharing
cake looks real yummm!!!
gud treat for christmas…..
Wow… Looks like a perfect christmas fruit cake from Nilgiris!!!
I am sure everybody will try for christmas.Very useful post at rite time 🙂
I bet it smells as wonderful as it tastes…gorgeous cake 🙂
OOh..that looks super yumm Prema.. Already in the festive mood. Lovely pics.
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Cake looks very delicious. Lovely presentation.
Cake looks very delicious. Lovely presentation.
another interesting cake recipe from you…looks super delicious and neatly presented..love it!!
cake look so delicious… fabulous presentation..
GORGEOUS cake Prema, picture perfect! You always rock with all your wonderful cake recipes 🙂
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That is an amazing fruit cake and I do remember them fondly from when we were growing up – looks awesome!
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perfect cake.. reminds me of plum cake…
Cake looks delicious!
Lovely presentation..cake looks soooo yumm !
Such a fabulous bake, loaded with fruits and nuts, totally loving it…
Cake is very rich and moist…yummy!!!
cake looks PERFECT ….great job dear
perfect cake. Looks so yummy.
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awesome cake..looks fabulous..
Oh,Gosh!!! Perfection..
Thanks a lot!!
This looks so dense and beautifully baked…was in look out for a fruit cake…this does sound very easy will try this out 🙂
Hey there!!! Thank you so much for stopping by. I love your spAce!!! Aha christmas cakes are already being baked. Kuwait being an arab nation we dont get to see much of chritmas celebrations. Eggless cakes!!! How interesting!!!
Beautiful Christmas cake… this cake makes me nostalgic.
Wow.. it looks so yummy. Its our fav 🙂
beautiful flavourful cake deliciously done
Soft, spongy, yummy and beautifully decorated cake.
beautiful prepared cake looking tasty and yummish:)
beautiful prepared cake looking tasty and yummish:)
Cake looks super delicious…:) Perfect for Christmas celebration..:) Yummy yum..
Reva
perfect baking christmas cake gr8recipe
i am not normally a fan of christmas cake..i have memories of store bought ones that were almost black and old fashioned wedding cakes but this looks really yummy! I might have to give your recipe a go! Thanks for sharing!
I love plain fruit & nut cake without any icing and yours look awesome. So is the manathakkali kuzhambu on the top. Don’t know which one to look at, looks like missed couple of your posts.
awesome cake…looks so soft n delicious..
gorgeous n perfect looks great
Hello Prema,
Is there any replacement I can use for spice powder in this recipe ?
I am planning to try it this Xmas.
Hi Prema,
Tried the recipe it wourke well, but was unable to blend the sugar well. It was still granular
any tips for that!!