Christmas Cake Recipe

Ingredients for the Christmas cake

Orange Peel – 50 gms

Cashew nuts – 50 gms

Raisins – 200 gms

Brandy 0r Rum – ¼ cup

Ghee or Butter – 125 gms

Sugar – 300 gms [powdered]

Dalda – 100 gms

Ground Orange peel – ¼ tsp

Egg’s Yolks – 4

Egg’s White – 4

Sugar – 3dsp

Plain Flour – 250 gms

Baking Powder – 1 tsp

Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp

Cinnamon – 3 pieces [powdered]

Cloves – 5 [powdered]

Milk – ¼ cup

Salt – 1 tsp

Lime Juice – 1 dsp

Method of preparation of the Christmas cake

Mix the dry fruits and the orange peel pieces and sprinkle the brandy or rum and keep aside for 1 hour. When it soaked, close the vessel and steam it for 10 minutes on low flame.

Heat 4 dsp sugar in a thick bottomed pan, till it becomes dark brown. Add ¾ cup of boiling water and stir without forming lumps. When it becomes one thread consistency remove from the fire and keep in a vessel of boiling water.

Beat the butter and dalda with powdered sugar till it becomes fluffy and soft. Add the essence and egg yolks one by one.  Add the orange peel paste. Add the prepared dry fruits with the mixture.

Sieve the plain flour, salt, baking powder and other powdered spices together. Add the flour to the creamed mixture, a small quantity at a time, alternating with little milk. Repeat the process till all the flour and milk are finished. Add caramel syrup and mix gently.

Beat the egg whites till it becomes fluffy. Add the lime juice and sugar and beat well. Add the fluffy egg white mixture to the batter.

Pour the batter into the greased tin and bake in a pre heated oven at 300°F till the cake is ready.