Christmas Cake
Ingredients
- 125 gm Unsalted butter room temperature
- 125 gm Light/Dark Brown sugar loosely packed
- 3 nos Egg room temperature
- 60 ml Milk
- 1 tbsp Jam (any flavour, heaped) Can substitute with honey, orange marmalade
- 250 gm All purpose four
- 2 tsp Mixed spice powder I used 1 tsp cinnamon powder, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, 1/4 tsp ground cloves, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg.You can also add 1/4 tsp ground ginger if you like)
- ½ tsp Vanilla essence optional
- 400 gm Dried fruits I used 150 gms black seedless raisins, 100 gms tutti frutti, 25 gms candied cherries, 100 gms chopped dates,25 gms chopped cashews
Instructions
- Prepare a loaf pan by applying butter and lining with parchment paper.
- Mix together the butter, brown sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla essence, jam. Use a wooden spoon or whisk to mix the ingredients. It's ok if the butter is not fully incorporated.
- Add in the all purpose flour, baking powder, mixed spice powder followed by dried fruits.
- Transfer the batter into the baking pan and level. Make a slight depression in the center using a spatula so that the cake doesn't dome up too much.
- Bake in a 170°C(325°F) preheated oven for approx. 1 hr 15 mins or more.It take upto 1 hr 45 min. The time will vary according to the size of the pan. A skewer inserted in the center of the cake will come out clean when done.
- Cool in the pan for 10 mins, then remove from the pan and cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- To prepare this recipe in an instant, you can also do all the mixing (liquid and dry) in a food processor or using a beater but make sure to mix in the dried fruits by hand.
- Other options for dry fruits are prunes, golden raisins, any nuts, dried pineapple, candied orange peel, etc.
- I have used light brown sugar because I prefer that. You can also use dark brown sugar, but it may give a strong taste.
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