Eggless Christmas cake / Eggless plum cake

Ingredients:

Refined flour - 1 cup

Butter - 1/2 cup/ 1 stick/ 100grm

Curd - 3 tbsp

Honey - 1/2 tbsp

Vanilla essence - 3/4 tsp

Mashed potato - 1 medium

Baking powder - 1/2 + 1/4 tsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp + 1 pinch

Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup

Water - 1/2 cup

Spice mix:

Clove - 2

Cinnamon - 1 inch stick

All spice - 1/2 tsp

Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp

Lemon rind - 1 lemon

Orange rind - 1/2 orange or 2 tsp

Dry fruits mix:

Almonds - 6-7

Cashew nuts - 7

Tutti Fruti - 2 tbsp

Black raisins - 2 tsp

Golden Raisins - 2 tsp

Figs - 2-3

Dried prunes - 2-3

Method:

1. Sieve together flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda and set aside
2. Measure and chop all the fruits and nuts and set aside
3. Dry roast cloves and cinnamon and grind to powder. Mix all the ingredients under 'Spice mix' and mix with flour mixture
4. Melt butter in non stick pan, add honey, brown sugar, water and dry fruits. Once it comes to boil, simmer the mixture for 15 mins or till the dry fruits look soft. Add lemon and orange rind and switch off the flame
5. Now add 1 pinch baking soda to dry fruit mix. It will look little frothy. Let it cool down
6. Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 180 deg and grease the cake pan
7. In a bowl, add curd, vanilla essence, mashed potato. Mix it thoroughly with a whisk
8. Now add dry fruit mix to curd mixture
9. Now gently fold this mixture with dry mix of flour
10. Pour the batter into cake pan and bake in preheated oven at 180 deg for 75 mins
11. Keep a check after 55 mins as baking time varies from oven to oven
12. Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing

Notes:

1. Icing sugar can be sprinkled over the cake before serving
2. Do not over mix the batter