Caramel Fruit Cake | Christmas Cake | Video Recipe

Merry Christmas.
Try this easy Christmas fruitcake. Soaking dry fruits in apple or orange juice for a non alcoholic version for a day or two is enough.I used orange juice for soaking. dry fruits used my me were raisins, sultanas, cherries, tutti fruity.

Ingredients

• Flour-1 &1\2 cup +1tbsp
• Baking powder-1 tsp
• Spice powder- 1 & 1\2 tsp
• egg-2
• Butter/oil-1\2 cup
• Sugar-1\2 cup
• Essence-1 tsp(optional)
• Mixed dry fruits-1 cup(soaked in orange juice)

*spice mix, I used dry ginger powder,cinnamon powder &nutmeg powder.

For caramel:

• Sugar-1\4 cup
• Water-1\2 cup

Method:

For caramel:

1.Heat 1\4 cup sugar when it gets caramelized add 1\2 cup water.

2.Cool it.

For cake:

1.Soak mixed dry fruits in orange juice for 1-2 days.

2.Add a tbsp of flour to the soaked fruit and mix it.

3.Sieve flour with baking powder & spice mix.

4.Cream butter & sugar.

5.Add in flour mix and caramel side by side.Add essence if using

6.Lastly, fold in soaked dry fruits and fold it.

7.Scoop into baking pan and bake it in a pre-heated oven at 180deg C for 35-40 mins