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Jewelled Christmas cake

Dried fruit cake with a topping of caramelized raisins, cherries and dried fruits looking like jewels on top.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword cake, christmasrecipes
Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 500 gm
Author indrani

Ingredients

  • flour 1 /2cup 8 tbsp
  • Sugar 1/2 cup
  • Eggs 1
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • Milk 1/2 cup
  • Vanilla 1 tsp
  • Orange extract 2 tsp
  • Butter or Ghee 1 /2 cup
  • Dry fruits soaked in orange juice almonds,black raisins, cashew nuts, cherries, tutti frutties(1/2 cup)
  • Spices cinnamon,cloves,cardamom,back pepper grounded and strained(2 tbsp)
  • for the glaze
  • Dry fruits and cherries 1/2 cup
  • Sugar 1/4th cup
  • Orange juice 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Grease the baking tin.
  2. Preheat the oven or microwave in the convection mode at 170 degrees.
  3. Sieve the flour and baking powder.
  4. Beat the butter  or ghee and sugar into a creamy fluffy mixture.
  5. Add the eggs ,spices and vanilla  to the butter mixture and beat till thoroughly mixed.
  6. Add milk and beat
  7. Add the flour  mixture to the eggs and mix till creamy.
  8. Add the dry fruits which were soaked in orange juice.
  9. Add  the orange extract.
  10. Pour the mixture in the mold and tap.
  11. Bake for 30 mins at 170 degrees and 15 mins at 150 degrees.
  12. Glaze
  13. Soak the cake with 2 tbsp of orange juice.
  14. Mix the ingredients of the glaze and heat till the sugar completely melt.
  15. spread this mixture on the cake top and set in the fridge for 10 minutes.