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

Tooty Fruity Curd Cake with Whipped Cream/ Yogurt Tooty Fruity Cake

Tooty Fruity Curd Cake with Whipped Cream/
Yogurt Tooty Fruity Cake

Hi Friends,

I am back after a gap of few months. So howz everybody there. I almost left my blog for few months. Its not like that i did not wanted to carry on but there were lot of things which can not be explained in words here. So i am leaving all those reasons behind and move ahead refreshed with my blog. Crisis started as soon as i started again posting the recipe. My last recipe disappeared from the blog (i don't know how). It was a heartbreak. That post was specially for my son. I will repost it soon. About today's recipe it is a delicious cake with colorful tooty fruity in it which make it so appealing. This is a vanilla cake with curd/yogurt with colorful tooty fruity. You can have it simple as snack cake or decorate with your choice of icing. So without any delay move to the recipe. 

Ingredients:-
Wet Ingredients
Curd- 3/4 cups
Oil-1/2 cup
Sugar- 3/4 cups
Warm milk- as needed to adjust the consistency 


Dry Ingredients 
Flour - 1.5 cups
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Baking Powder-1 tsp
Tooty Fruity-2 tbsp

For decoration
whip cream
Some Tooty Fruity
chocolate sauce- recipe here 

Method:-

Firstly Take tooty Frooty in a bowl 

add some flour

coat them well

Now take your Wet Ingredients 
Sugar+curd+oil

Cream them well

I have added 1 tsp vanilla, forgot to take the picture

Dry ingredients
Flour+baking pdr+baking soda

Sieve dry ingredients twice

Now add dry ingredients to wet ingredients 

make a smooth batter

you can use warm milk to adjust the consistency 

Add in coated tooty fruity

Mix gently 

pour it in a greased and dusted baking pan

My cake baked in 30 minutes

You can have this cake like this only. But i wanted to give it an extra punch so here we go for decoration part

 Few days back i saw this packet in a store. I never thought it will work. But i was amazed with the results. 

 empty packet and take powder in a bowl

Add 80 ml cold water

Start whipping on high speed

after 3 minutes stiff peaks formed
Now put it in fridge for 15 minutes of in freezer for 7 minutes

Cut cake in two parts

I have used some chocolate sauce for filling
It is thick as i made it one night in advance and kept it in fridge
(You can use same whipping cream for filling)

spread the filling

Cover with another piece
you can cover the cake with whipped cream but i wanted those cute colorful tooty fruity visible

decorate as per your choice

cake is ready to relish 

Have a slice

cutting it like this was the idea of my son. i loved it. Thanks sweetu

Notes:-

1. You can make this cake without tooty fruity too.
2. You can use butter/olive oil instead of normal vegetable oil.
3. You can enjoy this cake without decorating. It would be great tea time snack. I made it for kids so wanted to decorate a bit.
4. I have used whipped cream here. You can decorate this cake with chocolate ganache, buttercream icing or buttercream chocolate icing. 
5. I didn't covered top of the cake with cream as i wanted tooty fruity visible. You can cover the cake with any of your favorite icing.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash