Healthy dry fruit Christmas cake

HEALTHY DRY FRUIT CAKE

Try something healthy for Christmas!!!

No butter, no eggs, no maida, no white sugar!

This fruit cake is prepared using palm sugar, cold pressed virgin coconut oil & wheat flour.  You can use extra virgin olive oil too instead of coconut oil. 

Palm sugar is a healthy alternative to regular white cane sugar as it does not go through any chemical process and also retains most of its nutritional benefits. It is a better source of vitamins & minerals and contains less glucose compared to regular white sugar. 

Cold pressed coconut oil has healthy fatty acids to boost heart health. 

Recipe:

Ingredients needed:

I have taken 200 ml cup for measurements. 

A

• 1 cup palm sugar or jaggery
• 1 cup cold pressed virgin coconut oil
• 1 cup hung curds or thick curds
• 6 drops of vanilla essence
• 2 tbsp sugar caramel
• Pinch of salt

B

• 1 cup wheat flour
• 2 tsp coco powder
• 1 tsp mixed spice powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of baking soda

C

• 300 gms mixed dry fruits
• 1 tsp orange peel+ lemon zest
• 100 ml fresh orange juice
• 2 tbsp wheat flour

Method:

Step 1:

Chop required quantity dry fruits, add orange peel & lemon zest. Add orange juice & leave for 1 hour.  After one hour, dust it with wheat flour & keep aside. 

Step 2:

Mix all the ingredients under A to a smooth mixture. 

Step 3:

Sieve all the ingredients under B & add to curd-oil mixture & mix well. Meanwhile preheat  oven. 

Step 4:

Add dusted dry fruits & mix gently. 

Step 5:

Pour in a greased baking tin. Bake in a pre heated oven at 180°C for 35-40 minutes. Insert a skewer and if it comes out clean then cake is baked perfectly. 

Cool & cut into desired pieces. 

Delicious healthy dry fruit cake is ready. Enjoy with your loved ones.

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