Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, quick christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This Easy Peasy Christmas Cake is a well tried and tested family recipe that has stood the test of time (several decades in my family). It doesn't need feeding and so is suitable to give to kids - if they'll eat it!! This Easy Christmas Cake Recipeis so simple and quick, you'll wonder why you ever spent all those weeks chopping, soaking and stirring. And while you're in the baking mood, why not try making your own Christmas Puddingor Christmas Ice-cream Pudding.
Quick christmas cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Quick christmas cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook quick christmas cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Quick christmas cake:
- Take 1 cup whole wheat flour
- Get 1/2 cup oil
- Prepare 3/4 cup brown sugar(used dermera)
- Prepare 1 tbsps sugar powder (optional)
- Make ready 1 tbsps honey
- Get 1 tbsp jam
- Get 1 cup mixed dry fruits (cashews,almonds,raisins,tuti fruiti etc)
- Get 1 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Make ready Zest of half a lemon and /or an orange
- Prepare 1/2 cup+2tbsp curd
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare Pinch salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup water
- Take All spice powder :
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- Take 1/4 tsp cloves powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
- Take 1 Pinch nutmeg powder
Get recipes and tips for the most festive Christmas cakes.. Very moist and fruity cake, no oil added, quick and easy. Especially delicious when served with whipped cream. Put the fruit into a non-metallic bowl with the Armagnac, citrus zest and juices.
Instructions to make Quick christmas cake:
- First take a sauce pan and add the water,sugars,dry fruits leaving the nuts.keep it to boil on medium flame till the dry fruits swell and liquid reduces a little
- Now add the lemon or orange zest or both if using. Mix well.Switch of the gas and let it cool completely
- In the mean while preheat oven to 180°. Grease and dust your loaf pan with oil and flour. Used a 8 × 4 1/2 inches loaf pan here. Seive the flour with salt,baking soda,baking powder atleast 3 from a sufficient height to incorporate air. Mix the nuts in the flour.
- Now add the oil,spice powders,vanilla extract,jam,honey and curd. Whisk well.
- Now add the flour in batches to the wet mixture and fold gently.
- Mix well with a spatula.It will be a thick batter.scoop it in the prepared tin.evenly spread with the spatula.
- Now place in the preheated oven reducing the temperature to 170 ° for 50 to 55 minutes. Do check with skewer in the last 10 to 12 minutes for doneness.
- A perfectly baked cake. Now leave In the tray for 5 minutes.Then de mould on a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.
- Slice and enjoy it warm or cold.
Especially delicious when served with whipped cream. Put the fruit into a non-metallic bowl with the Armagnac, citrus zest and juices. Cover and leave to soak overnight. Put the oil, treacle, syrup and sugar in a large mixing bowl and whisk until they just come together (the oil will still remain quite. This easy Christmas Cake is a traditional fruit cake with a rich, velvety texture that's so full flavoured and moist it can be eaten plain.
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