Eggless Christmas Cake/ Eggless Fruit and Nut Cake/ Eggless Christmas cake without Rum

Eggless Christmas Cake/

Eggless Fruit and Nut Cake/

Eggless Christmas Cake without rum 

Hi Friends,

MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS

I was googling the net from last 2 weeks and most of the blogs was flooded with Christmas Recipes specially the Christmas cake. Everyone used their own ingredients and method to make this awesome cake. Ingredients and method were not same but outcome of all of them was quite similar. Fruity nutty cake. Some bakers soak the fruits in rum vegetarian use juice and some use boiling method instead of soaking. Some use brown sugar or caramel for this deep brown color. I was bit of afraid to try it as recipes seems lengthy and laborious. But i thought to give it a try and adjusted the ingredients and used method suitable for me. 

I tried this cake and overall the cake was good. Only thing i felt improvement was nutmeg powder. I used 1/4 tsp which i felt was overpowered the taste of cinnamon. I realized that after few hours that taste too was gone and cake was perfect. still I have changed the ratio in ingredients for best results. This cake tastes best when kept for one day and consumed next day. Overall cake was similar to store bought fruit cake. I hope you will try it and enjoy with your family and friends. 

Ingredients:-

Flour-1.5 cup

Baking Powder- 1 tsp

Baking soda- 1/4 tsp

Curd-1/2 cup

Oil-1/4 cup

For caramel-

Sugar-1 cup

Water-1/4 cup

For Boiling

Chopped fruits and nuts of your choice-1 cup

I used -

almonds- 1 Tbsp

Cashews- 1 Tbsp

Walnuts- 1 Tbsp

Tooty fruity- 1 Tbsp

Cherries- 1 Tbsp

Spices-

Nutmeg Powder (Jaifal)- 1/8 tsp

Cinnamon powder-1/4 tsp

Cardamom powder- 1/4 tsp

Clove-1/8 powder

Method:-

Ingredients for boiling

Ingredients for caramel

Take sugar in a pan

Add water

Let it bowl on slow flame

see it starts caramelizing 

all caramelized 

it will turn more dark after cooling 

see all dark caramel 

Now add your fruits and nuts

Spices

Let it boil

(i have added 3 tbsp water in the caramel as i felt it was dry)

Switch off the gas, add baking soda and stir once

 

add oil in a bowl

add curd

whisk it well

Now add this curd to caramel fruit & nut mix

Mix it well

Now take your flour and baking powder

                              Mix them 

Add this slowly to caramel and curd mix

mix it properly

tip in the baking pan

decorate as per your choice or leave it plain

Baked for 25 minutes and checked 

 Christmas cake is ready 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

  

I cut it while still warm

Notes:-

1. You can use your choice of dried fruits and nuts like dates, apricot, raisins etc. options are endless  
2. While making caramel keep flame on low and keep stirring the pan. I have added few tbsp of water in caramel as i felt it was dry. You can caramelize sugar first and then add water but while adding water you need to be very careful as it will splatter a lot. I find this method more easy.
3. After baking let it cool down completely then cut it. This way you will get even and clean pieces. 
4. Its best served next day. As i have read in the blogs that all spices will merge beautifully if kept it one day and had it next day. Mine half cake was gone in minutes.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT

Love

PariCash

How to make Eggless Chocolate Cake Pops/ Christmas Recipes/ Kids Special

How to make Eggless Chocolate Cake Pops/

Christmas Recipes/

Kids Special

Hi Friends,

Christmas-Christmas-Christmas. Visit a market, mall, restaurant or on the road sides you can see and feel arrival of Christmas. Shops are flooded with Chritmas decoration item and shops and bakeries packed with plum cakes and cupcakes.  As i am not very active these days on my blog these sights forces me to bake or make something which goes well with ringing bells and Santa caps.  I baked a simple chocolate cake which was laying in the fridge. I thought to use half of it for the pops and rest of it gulped by my kids with chocolate sauce. pop came out very well and adding sprinklers in the filling become a great idea as they gave perfect crunch to the pops. Starting a Christmas baking list with a pop become hit and relished by everyone. 

You can check some of my Christmas recipes here-

Tutty Fruity Cake

Pineapple Jam Cake

Sweet and Salty Chocolate Bar

Chocolate walnut cake

Wholewheat Banana Muffins

Banana Tutty Fruity Cake

Apple Fizz

Saffron infused custard 

Chocolate Brownie with ghee/clarified butter

Chocolate Oats Bar

Ingredients:-

Chocolate Cake- crumbled 1 cup

Chocolate Sauce-1-2 tbsp

Melted Chocolate- as needed

Sprinklers- as needed to 

Toothpicks-as needed

Method:-

gather all of your ingredients 

take crumbled cake in a bowl

Add some chocolate sauce in it

add sprinklers

all added

Now mix them well

take two tsp of mix in hand 

roll and shape as a ball

Now take a toothpick

Dip it in melted chocolate

insert carefully in cake ball

All pops are done

Now keep them in fridge for 15 minutes

Ingredients for final touch

Melted Chocolate for dipping and silver pearls for decorating

Now take a pop

Dip it in chocolate and 

let the excess chocolate drip off

Now you can sprinkle silver pearls all over the pop but i preferred only top portion

All done  

   I used a thermocoal sheet to secure them

You can use any available thing in the pantry which let them stand and drip off the excess chocolate 

when they become firm , i put them in the fridge

HMMMMM Yummilicious pops are ready

Creamy crunchy pops are ready to relish

Have a bite

Notes:-

1. I have used multi-color sprinklers in the filling and silver colored for decorating. You can use them as per you liking. 
2. You can use any sprinklers to add in the filling or skip them totally, but they are recommended as they give a perfect crunch in the pop.
3. Other option to add in the filling endless, some examples are- chocolate chips, raisins, chopped dry fruit or dried fruits etc.
4. You can coat these pops with any of your favorite sprinkler or keep them plain, it tastes awesome itself.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT

Love

PariCash