Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake | Vegan Christmas Cake | Best Plum Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ cup Coconut oil

  or any neutral oil
• 1 ½ cups Orange juice
• 1 cup Jaggery

  or Dark brown sugar
• 15 Dates

  , chopped
• 6 to 8 Figs

  or Anjeer, chopped
• ⅓ cup Raisins

  or Currants or Cranberries
• ½ cup Tutti frutti

  or Candied fruits
• 1 inch Cinnamon stick

  or (¼ teaspoon powder)
• 3 Cardamom

  or ( ⅛ teaspoon powder)
• 3 Cloves

  or ( ⅛ teaspoon powder)
• ⅓ cup Yogurt

  or Dairy-free yogurt
• 1 teaspoon Orange zest
• 2 ½ cups All purpose flour

  or Maida
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Spice mix powder

  , from above or store-bought
• ⅓ cup Mixed nuts

  (any combination of cashews, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans etc.)

Instructions

• 1 In a pan on medium flame, add oil, orange juice, jaggery, dates, figs, raisins,
  tutti frutti, and simmer for 15 minutes. Switch off the flame
• 2 Let this cool for 15 minutes.
• 3 In a mortar & pestle, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and crush to form a fine
  powder. Note: You can skip this and add ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder, ⅛ teaspoon
  each of cloves and cardamom powder.
• 4 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round baking pan or line the
  pan with parchment paper and keep it aside.https://youtu.be/v-Y07xdYces Check
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• 5 In a large wide bowl, transfer the soaked dried fruits (from Step 1), along with
  yogurt, orange zest, and mix.
• 6 To this, add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, ground spice mix (from
  Step 2), mixed nuts, and mix until combined. Do not overmix.
• 7 Transfer this cake batter to the prepared baking pan and spread evenly. Garnish
  with more nuts, dried fruits, and cherries if desired.
• 8 Bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

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