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1 December 2010 8 Comments

Christmas cake by Vaishali Sabnani

This lovely fruit Christmas cake jingled its way to be the first entry for the Christmas Carnival on Tasty Bites. As usual Vaishali Sabnani has surprised us with this flavorful, moist and rich Christmas Cake.

In fact I received quite a few recipes from her even before I started drafting for the Carnival page Wish to get to learn many Christmas treats from all of you for the Carnival and make this page a useful resource for many to refer in future.

Ingredients;

75 gms……………………….sultanas
75 gms……………………….raisins
75 gms……………………….currants
75 gms……………………….glaced cherries
50 gms……………………….mixed peel
250 ml………………………..orange juice(i used Tropicana)
50 gms……………………….toasted hazelnuts
50 gms………………………slightly crushed almonds
50 gms ………………………lightly crushed walnuts
225 gms…………………….. flour
1/4tsp………………………….nutmeg pwd
1/4 tsp…………………………cinnamon pwd
1/4 tsp…………………………clove pwd
1tsp……………………………..baking soda
1tsp……………………………. baking pwd
120 ml…………………………..milk
60 ml……………………………oil
45ml……………………………..rum or brandy or substitute with orange juice
4-6 tsp ………………………….brown sugar
1………………………………….lemon zest
1………………………………….orange zest

Christmas cake by Vaishali sabnani

Method: *soak the sultanas,raisins,currants,cherries n mixed peel overnight in orange juice.

*preheat the oven at 180deg.

*line n grease a tin.

*sift the flour,bk pwd, bk soda and the spices.

*blend sugar ,milk and oil.

*add sifted flour to the fruit.

*stir in milk ,oil n nuts n lemon n orange zest

*now add rum or juice.

*bake for nearly 1hr 30mins or until the cake is golden brown and firm to touch.

*let the cake cool for at least 30mins before unmoulding it….or else it will start cracking.

Note: I had a real tough time getting the mixed peel..finally experimented..n it turned out real ummm

anyone interested..i can share the recipe..:)

Thanks for this wonderful Christmas gift Vaishali . Other recipes from her can be seen here;

Tasty Bites from Vaishali sabnani

Carnival – Christmas Goodies

8 Comments »

Ekta said:

I will have a bite Vaishaliji ..I was just planning to bake this today and send a post ..Now i will experiment with some other recipe..also please do share the recipe of mixed peel ..

# 1 December 2010 at 12:37 pm

vaishali said:

thnx sanjeeta:))

# 1 December 2010 at 7:28 pm

vaishali sabnani said:

thnx ekta..we shall wait 4 the new experimental recipe.
n now the rec 4 the mixed peel..

peel citrus fruits like lemon ,orange n grape fruit.
discard the white part frm the peel.
leave it in ice cold water for 10-15 mins.
boil water n add these peels…repeat this 4-5 times changing water everytime.
make a heavy syrup of water n sugar.
chop the peels in strips.
boil these in the sugar syrup till translucent.
remove frm syrup n place individually on butter paper.
let dry.
this takes up abt 2 days..of course depending on the weather.

# 3 December 2010 at 11:18 am

Medifast Coupons said:

Very nice recipe for a great looking Christmas cake, thanks so much.

# 3 December 2010 at 7:43 pm

Ekta said:

THANX Vaishaliji..I baked it yesterday and was liked by everyone..You really worked hard for that mixed peel..I am planning to import it from you

# 5 December 2010 at 1:45 am

vaishali said:

@hey ekta…feels wonderful 2 know u all liked it..n ya ready 2 import anytime:))

# 5 December 2010 at 3:20 pm

Alisa said:

With the holidays drawing near,I’ve been baking all sorts of pastries for family and friends.Your cake looks wonderful and I sure would love to try this!

# 6 December 2010 at 3:18 am