Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 1 cup (I used King Arthur Flour - All purpose Flour made of wheat and barley)
Butter - 320 g
Sugar - 1 cup
baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Eggs - 3
Dry fruits - 100g
Nuts - 3/4 cup
Apple-Pomegranate juice - 2 cups (or quantity needed to soak the dry fruits)
Vanilla extract - 1 spoon
For spice powder:
cinnamon - 3" piece
cloves - 2
cardamom - 6
Preparation:
Keep the butter in room temperature until it becomes soft
Soak the dry fruits in juice for 40 mins
Pre-heat the oven at 350 deg for 30 mins
Dust half of the nuts with flour and keep it aside. Chop the remaining nuts.
Make a nice spice powder with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and couple of spoons of sugar
Knead the soft butter well with sugar, until it becomes creamy and foamy
Add flour, baking powder, spice powder, vanilla extract, dusted nuts and soaked up dry fruits to butter mix. Mix all ingredients thoroughly without any lumps
Add eggs and knead the mix well to make a light batter
Grease the baking pan with butter. Sprinkle flour over it.
Pour the batter into baking pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts for toppings
Bake it at 375 deg for 32 mins. Mix initially melts and gets baked after sometime. Slowly the colour changes to brown and nice aroma comes out. This is when you can stop baking. If you want brownie, leave it in the oven for few more mins to get it dark-brown
Take the cake out of oven and leave it open for 20 mins.
Run the edges of pan with knife, tap it and flip it in tray. Yummy Fruit Cake ready for your taste ! :P
Servings: 10
All purpose flour - 1 cup (I used King Arthur Flour - All purpose Flour made of wheat and barley)
Butter - 320 g
Sugar - 1 cup
baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Eggs - 3
Dry fruits - 100g
Nuts - 3/4 cup
Apple-Pomegranate juice - 2 cups (or quantity needed to soak the dry fruits)
Vanilla extract - 1 spoon
For spice powder:
cinnamon - 3" piece
cloves - 2
cardamom - 6
Preparation:
Keep the butter in room temperature until it becomes soft
Soak the dry fruits in juice for 40 mins
Pre-heat the oven at 350 deg for 30 mins
Dust half of the nuts with flour and keep it aside. Chop the remaining nuts.
Make a nice spice powder with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and couple of spoons of sugar
Knead the soft butter well with sugar, until it becomes creamy and foamy
Add flour, baking powder, spice powder, vanilla extract, dusted nuts and soaked up dry fruits to butter mix. Mix all ingredients thoroughly without any lumps
Add eggs and knead the mix well to make a light batter
Grease the baking pan with butter. Sprinkle flour over it.
Pour the batter into baking pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts for toppings
Bake it at 375 deg for 32 mins. Mix initially melts and gets baked after sometime. Slowly the colour changes to brown and nice aroma comes out. This is when you can stop baking. If you want brownie, leave it in the oven for few more mins to get it dark-brown
Take the cake out of oven and leave it open for 20 mins.
Run the edges of pan with knife, tap it and flip it in tray. Yummy Fruit Cake ready for your taste ! :P
Servings: 10
