Growing up - we were always fascinated by the Christmas cakes our friends would bring on the eve,
Today we will bake an Eggless Christmas fruit cake - it tastes just as good as it looks
Yummy! hope you enjoy this too
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup + 1tbsp hot water, divided
1 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sour yogurt sour cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
1/2 cup dried fruit(apricot, fig, cranberries, glace cherries)
1/2 cup nuts(cashews, almonds and walnuts)
Vanilla Glaze
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar/powered sugar
1 tbsp soft butter
1 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Lightly grease the base of a Bundt pan and dust it with plain flour and tap to remove excess.
In a large bowl, assemble the dry ingredients- the flour, baking powder and baking soda and sieve together to prevent lumps
Preheat the oven to 350 F
In a another bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, pour the hot water and sugar and blend until the sugar partly melts
Quickly stir in the oil and yogurt and mix well
Now stir in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, add the vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg powder and mix well for about 3 to 4 minutes
Add the dried fruits and nuts and mix again
Lastly, add the remaining 1 tbsp of hot water and mix well
Bake in the middle rack of the oven. After 10 minutes lower the heat to 300F and bake for 45-50 minutes until skewer comes out clean
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then transfer it to a cooling rack
For vanilla Glaze
Mix all the ingredients together and spoon over the cake
Serve and Enjoy!
Note
you can use two 6'' round pan
you can use brown sugar instead of white or 50% brown and 50% white sugar
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