Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake
Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas fruit & walnut cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas fruit & walnut cake using 27 ingredients and 29 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake:
  1. Prepare For soaking-
  2. Take 1/4 cup fruit juice (I used fresh orange juice)
  3. Get 2-3 tbsp tutti frutti
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp golden raisins
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp black currants
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp cranberries
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp dried and candied assorted fruits (Kiwi, Pineapple, Orange)
  8. Prepare 2-3 soft dates
  9. Take For the dry mix-
  10. Get 1 cup whole wheat flour
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp cornflour
  12. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
  14. Prepare 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
  15. Prepare 1/4 tsp ginger powder
  16. Make ready 2 tbsp milk powder
  17. Take 1 pinch nutmeg (optional)
  18. Prepare Others-
  19. Get 1/2 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar/ lime juice, for the buttermilk
  20. Take 1/2 cup roasted California walnuts, chopped
  21. Take 2 tbsp sugar +1 tbsp water + 4 tbsp water, for the caramel syrup
  22. Prepare 1/4 cup brown sugar
  23. Prepare Some Orange zest
  24. Take 1 tsp vanilla essence
  25. Take 1/4 cup melted butter
  26. Prepare Some milk, for brushing
  27. Take Icing sugar, for dusting on top

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Instructions to make Christmas Fruit & Walnut Cake:
  1. Start with soaking the fruits into the juice. Mix them all really well and keep aside for an hour.
  2. For the dry mix, sieve everything (all the dry mix ingredients) together and keep aside.
  3. For the buttermilk, mix in the vinegar/ lime juice into the milk and set aside for exactly 10 minutes.
  4. Now, take the chopped walnuts and add ½ tsp of the dry mix to it. Keep it aside too.
  5. For the caramel syrup, heat sugar and 1 tbsp water in a pan. Cook on a low flame with continuous stirring until the mixture turns golden.
  6. Once it turns golden, add in 4 tbsp of water and cook until the solution becomes uniform.
  7. Remove and keep aside to cool.
  8. Now, to make the cake batter, take a large mixing bowl. Add the soaked fruits, caramel syrup, brown sugar, orange zest and mix well.
  9. Add the prepared buttermilk, and give a good mix.
  10. Now, add in the dry mix in two parts. Add the first half and mix very gently. DO NOT OVER MIX.
  11. Add the balance dry mix and melted butter. Again, give a gentle mix.
  12. Lastly, add the walnuts and mix once again.
  13. Transfer the batter into a baking tin (lined with parchment paper) and bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 45- 50 minutes in a preheated oven.
  14. Remove and brush with some milk. This prevents the cake from drying.
  15. Cover with a muslin cloth and let it cool in the baking tin itself for 10 minutes
  16. After 10 minutes, unmould and cool it further on a wire rack. This prevents soggy bottoms.
  17. Once cooled completely, dust with some icing sugar on top.
  18. Garnish, slice and serve.
  19. Enjoyyyy!
  20. Vishesh Tippani- Sieving is important as it ensures that no lumps remain. It also incorporates air into the dry mix.
  21. Keep the buttermilk aside for exactly 10 minutes.
  22. Coating the nuts with some flour before adding them to the batter, prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the cake.
  23. Whenever zesting the orange or any other citrus peel, make sure to just grate thrice at one spot. Grating more will add in the bitter white peel too.
  24. DO NOT OVERMIX THE BATTER. It will make your cake dense.
  25. Do not add the dry mix all at once.
  26. Always make sure to pre-heat your over. It ensures uniform baking of your cake.
  27. Always, grease and dust your cake tin. It prevents your cake from sticking to the pan. you can also line it with a parchment paper.
  28. Brushing the cake top with some milk after baking prevents it from drying.
  29. Cooling on a wire rack is important as it prevents soggy bottoms.

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