Fruit Cake (Eggless)

This festive season, I was tempted to bake a fruit cake to celebrate the season and welcome the New Year. Fruit cake is made using curds instead of eggs. Let's check out this easy-to-bake recipe!

Ingredients:

All purpose flour or maida - 160 ml measure

Semolina or rava - 60 ml measure

Cooking oil - 60 ml

Cinnamon and mace powder - ½ teaspoon

Brown sugar - 160 ml measure

Honey - 30 ml

Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

Baking powder - ½ teaspoon

Curds - 160 ml

Dry fruits and nuts - ½ teacup or 100 ml measure*

Orange rind - grated, 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice - 3 tablespoons

* You may use Indian raisins, black raisins, dates, tutti-fruiti, dried figs, cranberry, cashew nuts, almonds, walnuts, pecan, pistachio etc.

Method:

• Chop the nuts, dates and figs into small pieces. Add to other dried fruits and mix with lemon juice. Allow the nuts and fruits to soak for 6-8 hours.
• Sieve all purpose four, baking soda and baking powder together. Add in semolina and mix well. Keep aside.
• In a bowl, Mix curds, oil, honey and brown sugar. Beat very well till the mixture becomes smooth.
• Add in the flour mixture, soaked fruits and nuts, orange rind and cinnamon-mace powder. Blend together.
• Transfer the cake mixture to a greased baking tin. Gently shake the tin to get the mixture spread evenly.
• Preheat the microwave oven in convection mode or OTG (oven-toaster-griller) at 180℃ for 3 minutes. Bake the cake mixture at 180℃ for 20 minutes. Check with a tooth pick if the cake is done. If not, bake for 5 more minutes or till the crust turns golden brown in color.
• Once baked, remove from the oven, demould and allow the cake to cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.

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