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Classic Christmas cake – Cooking recipes

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Here is an authentic recipe for Classic Christmas Cake that you can easily make at home

Ingredients

  • Flour- 270 gm
  • Sugar – 250gm
  • Butter – 250 gm room temperature
  • Eggs- 5 separated,room temperature
  • Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
  • Almond essence – 1 drop
  • Caramelised sugar – 4 tbsp
  • Milk – 30 ml
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp

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  • Cashewnuts and almonds diced – 50gma each
  • Brown raisin, seedless,chopped into small bits – 5- to 75 gms
  • Black raisins,chopped finely -50gm
  • Dates sliced – 50 gm
  • Glace cherries -50 gm chopped
  • Tutti frutti- 50 gm
  • Shahi jeer – 1/2 tsp powdered
  • Cinnamon – half inch piece powdered
  • Cloves – 2 powdered
  • Nutmeg and mace – a pinch
  • Dry ginger – a pinch
  • Juice of half orange
  • sugar – 3 tsp
  • Vodka/rum/brandy/whiskey – 2 tsp
  • Orange rind – 1 tsp
  • Method
  • Sift flour and baking powder thrice.
  • Cream butter until soft and creamy
  • Gradually add sugar and beat until the sugar has melted and the mixture turns pale
  • Beat the egg whites well.
  • Beat egg yolks separately

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  • Dust all the presoaked dry fruits with 1-2 tbsp flour or icing sugar,Dust and shake
  • In a pan, tip in the sugar to caramelise.
  • Keep stirring the sugar as it turns liquid and a deep golden brown.
  • Add the liquored dry fruits to the caramelised sugar syrup
  • Pour this mixture into the creamed mixture.
  • Add beaten egg whites and stir gradually with a wooden ladle
  • Ad sifted flour in three batches,alternating with the beaten egg yolks,milk and vanilla essence and almond essence
  • Stir well to incorporate.  Pour into a greased and floured cake pan lined with greased butter paper
  • Bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes.Check from 35 minutes onwards

 

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