CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FRUIT CAKE WITH POMEGRANATE JUICE

 


Happy Christmas  everyone 




Let's do the Christmas cake more healthier by using pomegranate juice (from pomegranate from our garden) , dry fruits , nuts, with whole wheat flour and raw unbleached brown sugar. Let's move to tasty moist soft cake .
 



INGREDIENTS 

Pomegranate juice        - 3/4 Cup

Mixed nuts (chopped)  - 1/2 Cup 

Dry fruits (chopped)     - 1/2 Cup

Tutti fruiti                       - 1 Tbsp 

Butter                               - 1/2 Cup 

Raw sugar brown           - 3/4 Cup 

Egg                                    - 2 

Vanilla Extract                 - 1/8 Tsp 

Whole wheat flour           - 1 Cup 

Baking powder                 - 1/2 Tsp 

Baking soda                     - 1/2 Tsp 

Salt                                    - 1/4 Tsp 

Cocoa powder                 - 1 Tbsp

OPTIONAL SPICES 

Cloves                               - 2 

Cardamom                       - 2 

Cinnamon                         - 1/2 inch 

Dry ginger powder           - 1/2 Tsp 

PROCEDURE

1. Extract pomegranate juice from fresh fruit by pulsing the pomegranate seeds ( don't grind much)  and filter the juice.

2. Finely chop dry fruits and nuts. 



3. Soak the nuts, dry fruits and tutti fruity in filtered pomegranate juice for minimum 2 hrs.


After 2 hrs


4. Preheat oven for 350F

5.After 2 hrs, in a large bowl, take room temperature butter and raw brown sugar and mix until it blend together. 


5. Then add in room temperature eggs mix very well using hand mixer or electric mixer.


6. Now it's time to add soaked nuts, dry fruits , tutu fruiti along with pomegranate juice and add vanilla extract.

7. In a another bowl, take all the dry ingredients and seive two or three times.

8. Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.

9. Add all ground spices and mix gently by cut and fold method. 


10. Gently transfer the cake batter into the greased cake pan ( I used loaf pan) lined with parchment paper.


11. Tap the cake pan gently and bake the cake around 30 min or until to get clean toothpick.

12. Yummy soft tasty and healthy cake is ready .



13. Allow to cool down and transfer into wire rack.

14. Thank God for everything and enjoy the Christmas special cake.  

 


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