Caramel Fruit Cake Recipe which has an intense caramel flavour to it and is filled with dried fruits and nuts. You could add a dash of any alcohol to the cake for more flavour.
Caramel Fruit Cake Recipe
I have been making different version of fruit cakes for each year. I was thinking what to make this year. Remembered the cake which i saw in karen's blog. And i was waiting to make that cake for a long time. Finally i made it few days back and it was delicious.
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How to Make Caramel for Fruit Cake
The cake is so simple to make and the flavour of the dark caramel just wafts through the cake which i love. I hope you will try this and enjoy your holidays. The main flavour and colour for the cake comes from the caramel which we add. It is easy to make. But make sure you don't burn the caramel.
Now take sugar in a sauce pan and cook it on medium high heat till it gets golden in colour. Don't stir the caramel, just swirl the pan. When the caramel reaches the nice colour add in water and mix well. Set aside to cool down.
- Two days before soak all your dried fruits and nuts in rum, you can soak them in orange juice as well.
- On the day of baking. Start by preheating oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 8 inch round cake pan with oil and dust it with flour. Set aside.
- Take the dried fruits and add two tbsp of flour. Toss well and set aside.
- Now take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve it well. Set aside.
- Now take sugar in a sauce pan and cook it on medium high heat till it gets golden in colour. Don't stir the caramel, just swirl the pan. Now when the caramel reaches the nice colour add in water and mix well. Set aside to cool down.
- Now separate the egg, take egg white in a large bowl and whip it using an electric beater till stiff.
- Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Add in egg yolks and whip again.
- Now add in half of the flour mix in and fold gently. Add in the cooled caramel and mix well. Now add in the remaining flour mix in and fold gently.
- Finally add in ⅓rd of the egg white and fold well. Then add the final egg whites and fold very gently till it is nice and airy.
- Finally add in the flour tossed nuts and dried fruits and fold well.
- Spoon this into the cake pan and bake for 1 hour or insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done.
- Remove it and cool completely.
- Now slice and serve
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Caramel Fruit Cake Recipe | Christmas Caramel Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 200 grams / 1 ¾ cup
- Unsalted Soft Butter - 200 grams / 1 cup
- Sugar - 200 grams / 1 cup
- Eggs - 4
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
- Baking Soda / Cooking - ½ tsp
- Dried Fruits and Nuts - 1 cup
- Rum for soaking fruits
- For Caramel :
- Sugar - ½ cup
- Water - ¼ cup
Instructions
- Two days before soak all your dried fruits and nuts in rum, you can soak them in orange juice as well.
- On the day of baking. Start by preheating oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 8 inch round cake pan with oil and dust it with flour. Set aside.
- Take the dried fruits and add two tblspn of flour. Toss well and set aside.
- Now take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve it well. Set aside.
- Now take sugar in a sauce pan and cook it on medium high heat till it gets golden in colour. Don't stir the caramel, just swirl the pan. Now when the caramel reaches the nice colour add in water and mix well. Set aside to cool down.
- Now separate the egg, take egg white in a large bowl and whip it using a electric beater till stiff.
- Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Add in egg yolks and whip again.
- Now add in half of the flour mix in and fold gently. Add in the cooled caramel and mix well. Now add in the remaining flour mix in and fold gently.
- Finally add in ⅓rd of the egg white and fold well. Then add the final egg whites and fold very gently till it is nice and airy.
- Finally add in the flour tossed nuts and dried fruits and fold well.
- Spoon this into the cake pan and bake for 1 hour or insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done.
- Remove it and cool completely.
- Now slice and serve
Caramel Fruit Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| take it off the stove and add water in it..First the syrup will crystalize, when you keep heating it will melt again |
vinu
hi Aarthi,
First of all I am a huge fan of your blog.Your blog has helped me through the difficult times I had in cooking, during the initial stages of marriage.I just wanted to ask you whether the orange juice that you have mention is a substitute for rum if not could you please suggest one?
Anonymous
Hi aarthi,
If we soak the dry fruits in orange juice should that be kept in refrigerator or should we leave that bowl out..
If we keep it out does that soaking mixture gets spoiled? Orange juice can be kept outside for 2 days?
Aarthi
@vinuYou can use orange juice. In that case store that in fridge
Anonymous
If the dry fruits are not soaked in rum, will the cake get the exact taste like store bought plum cake?
Anonymous
Can u tell the quantity of rum to soak 1 cup of dry fruits
Aarthi
@Anonymoussoaking in rum will make it taste like stor bought.
Aarthi
@Anonymousfor 1 cup you can use 1/4 cup
Hiten
Any substitutes for eggs?
Aarthi
@Hitennot in this recipe
Unknown
What type of rum did u use?
Aarthi
you can use any type of rum as you prefer
neha kumar
Can I skip so soaking dry fruits in rum?? Can I simply add dry fruits? Thanks in advance!!
neha kumar
Can I skip soaking dry fruits in rum? Can I simply add dry fruits to the batter? Thanks in advance!!
Aarthi
u can soak it in orange juice. soaking it will make the dried fruits soft. else it will be hard
Anonymous
Can we do this in cooker
Aarthi
yes u can cook this in cooker
Nisha
Can v use oil instead of butter?
Aarthi
no i dont think so.
deepthi
hi aarti,for how many days the cake will stay fresh?
Aarthi
for 4 to 5days