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.