Fruit and Nut Christmas Cake Recipe

Fruit and Nut Christmas Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 3 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup dried figs
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup hazelnuts
• 1 cup pitted dates
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup maraschino cherry
• 1/4 cup canned apricots
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe :

• Step 1 Prepare the dry mixture with nuts

  To prepare the dry mixture, combine all the nuts, dates, cherries, figs, and apricots (leave aside the pine nuts for garnishing purposes). Next, take a bowl and mix all-purpose flour with baking powder, sugar and salt. Once mixed well, add it to the nut mixture and stir well until all the nuts are coated. Now, preheat the oven at 160 degrees C.

• Step 2 Make the cake batter

  To make the egg mixture, crack effs in a bowl and beat them well using an electric beater for 2-3 minutes. This will make the egg foamy. Now, add in vanilla extract stir well. Once done, add this egg mixture in the nut mixture and mix well.

• Step 3 Bake the cake for 1 hour and 45 minutes

  Finally, take a circular cake tin and grease it using a little butter. Line it using a parchment paper and pour the cake batter in it. Place it inside the preheated oven and bake for about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Check after 1 hour and 30 minutes, if the cake is baked using a toothpick.

• Step 4 Serve fresh

  Once the cake is done, take it out of the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve with your favourite frosting and decorate with cherries, almonds and pine nuts.