Christmas Cake Recipe, How to Make Christmas Cake Recipe at Home
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
Christmas cake is a type of fruitcake served at the time of Christmas.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Indian
Keyword:
Christmas Cake Recipe
Servings: 1 Large Cake
Calories: 980 kcal
Ingredients
- Butter - 3 cups
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Eggs beaten well – 5
- Cherries - 1 cup
- Raisins - 2 cups
- Almonds finely chopped - 1/3 cup
- Brown sugar - 2 cup
- Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
- Maida - 2 cups
- Mixed chopped candied peel - 1 cup
- Currants - 3 cups
- Almond powder - 1/3 cup
- Grated skin and juice of one lemon
- Nutmeg powder - 1 tsp
Instructions
How to Make Christmas Cake:
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Mix sugar powder and butter together till soft and light.
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In later stage add beaten eggs gradually
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Mix maida, cardamom, nutmeg, almond and baking powder together and add this mixture to buttercream.
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Clean the dry fruits and slowly add them to the above mixture along with lemon peel and juice.
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Line the tin which is of the size 16 - 20 cms in diameter with butter or butter paper.
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And put the above mixture and bake for 1 hour on high and adjust it to medium for 2 hours in a medium oven.
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Christmas cake is ready. Apply cream above and decorate with cherry fruit or any dried fruits.