SIMPLE AND EASY FRUIT CAKE

        SIMPLE AND EASY FRUIT CAKE(500 gm)

Hi.. Foodie....Christmas and New year is nearing. So I planned to share to you all a very simple and easy method for preparing a Fruit Cake.

 A Christmas cake may be light or dark, crumbly- moist to sticky-wet, spongy to heavy, leavened or unleavened, shaped round, square oblong as whole cakes, cupcake, with marzipan icing , glazing, dusting with icing sugar or plain. If a Christmas cake is covered in icing, it is quite common for it to be decorated- models of houses, of fir trees or Santa Claus....

Fruit cake is a cake made with chopped candied fruit and or fried fruits, nuts and spices and optionally soaked in spirits like rum, brandy or wine. A cake that simply has fruits in it as an ingredient can also be colloquially called a fruit cake. Fruit Cakes are often served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.

Here I m preparing this for the beginners. This year let everyone  try a homemade fruit cake.

                                          INGREDIENTS

• Maida /All purpose flour     100 gms
• Baking powder                   1/2 Tsp
• Baking soda                        less than1/4 Tsp
• Dark cocoa powder              1 Tsp

• Sieve them and keep aside

•  Cashews,Dates,Raisins, chopped and soak in wine or rum(2 Tbsp)- 100 gms

•  Eggs                                   -2 nos
• Butter or margarine       -  100 gms
• Garam Masala powder  -1/4 tsp( a owder of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom ang nutmeg)
• Vanila essence                -1/4 tsp

•  Sugar                      -   100 gms

                                       METHOD

• Powder the sugar in a mixer grinder, then add egg , butter ,garam masala , Vanila esssence and blend well.
• Now add seived maida to it and blend for 1 or 2 minutes more.(Take out 2 or 3 tbsp maida to mix up with fruits)
• The batter should be loose like this as shown in the pic.

•  Transfer this batter to a bowl 
• Add 2-3 Tbsp of maida to the chopped  and soaked fruits.Mix them well with a spatula.

•  Pour the batter into a greesed baking tray.And tap the bowl for 2 to 3 times. This has to be done in order to remove the air holes.

•  Cover it with an aluminium foil.

                                      

• Pre-heat the OTG oven to 200degree celsius for 10 mins.And bake for 20 mins.

•  The simple and easy fruit cake is ready for you guysss...

• After cooling remove from the tray and serve the fluffy and soft fruit cake .