Eggless Fruit Cake | Christmas Cake Recipe

Eggless Fruit Cake | Christmas Cake Recipe

December 24, 2022
Prep Time : 1 d 15 mins
Cook Time : 1 hr
Total Time : 1 d 1 hr 15 mins
 

Ingredients

For soaking

  • ¼ cup golden raisins
  • ¼ cup black raisins (seedless)
  • ¼ cup cashews
  • ¼ cup chopped candied orange peels or candied citrus peels
  • 8 dried apricots
  • 8 to 9 dates – small to medium-sized
  • ¼ cup tutti frutti – optional
  • 2 tablespoons dried cherries or glazed cherries
  • 1 cup rum or 1 cup fresh orange juice or apple juice

For cake batter

  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour – 187 grams
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour – 120 grams
  • 1.5 cups demerara sugar – 250 grams – can also add instead 250 grams brown sugar or 250 grams white sugar or 250 grams powdered sugar/confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 cup oil or melted butter, use any neutral flavored oil
  • 1 cup soy milk or any nut milk or dairy milk
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or regular white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ½ teaspoon vanilla essence

For ground spice mix

  • 2 inches cinnamon
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 2 allspice
  • ⅛ teaspoon grated nutmeg or nutmeg powder, about 2 to 3 pinches of nutmeg powder
  • 2 cloves – optional
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger (ginger powder) – optional
 

Instructions

Soaking nuts and dry fruits

  • Firstly chop all the nuts and dry fruits and take them in a bowl or a jar. Pour rum in the bowl or jar.
  • Cover and let the dry fruits soak for 12 or 24 hours or for 3 days. If you have used apple juice or orange juice to soak the dry fruits, then cover the bowl with an air-tight lid or a tightly with a clingfilm wrap and keep in the refrigerator.
  • After some hours or every day stir or shake the bowl or jar, so that all the nuts and dry fruits get soaked properly.

Other preparations

  • In a spice-grinder or dry grinder, grind the spices listed above, under the heading “for ground spice mix” except for ginger powder. Set aside.
  • Prepare a loaf pan or a round cake pan by greasing it very well with oil. You can also line the cake pan with butter paper.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit)for 20 minutes.

Making cake batter

  • Sieve the flours, baking powder and the the ground powdered spice mix. You can also add ginger powder at this step. Note that ginger powder is optional.
  • Add the soaked dry fruits together with the leftover rum or apple juice/orange juice. 
  • Add the oil and demerara sugar or your choice of brown sugar or regular white sugar. Also add vanilla extract. Gently mix together the ingredients until just combined, making sure to not over-mix.
  • In a bowl or mug add soy milk. Now add apple cider vinegar and stir gently.
  • Add baking soda and stir thoroughly. Add this frothing mixture to the cake batter.
  • Stir and mix quickly but evenly. 

Baking

  • Pour in the cake pan.
  • Shake the pan lightly so that the cake batter is spread evenly throughout the whole pan.
  • Use a spatula to even the top of the cake.
  • Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 180 degrees celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for 50 minutes to 60 minutes or more or less depending on your type of oven. 
  • The eggless fruit cake will have a lovely golden brown color. Test the doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center and it should come out clean.
  • Let the cake pan cool completely on a wired rack or stand before flipping the cake out onto a plate.

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