Christmas is coming up bake bake bake!!! I love to bake for Christmas,it may be anything which ever cake whole family favorite.Coming to Today's recipe fruit and Nut cake is my favorite and decided to add my choice of nuts to the cake batter.It gives very nice taste to the cake and very healthy option too.I have not tried this cake with wheat flour but next time I bake this, will definitely goin to try with wheat flour.I always have tutti-frutti in my refrigerator so any time when I wanted to try this cake it is easy to me to bake such a wonderful simple delicious cake.Definetely I don't have any replacement for tutti-frutti.Here is my recipe and enjoy yummy cake with simple ingredients.
Ingredients:
- All purpose flour or maida 2 cups(200 ml cup)
- sugar 1cup+ 1/4 cup (1 1/4 cup)
- Baking powder 2 tsp
- Baking soda 1/2 tsp
- Eggs 2
- Tutti fruiti 1/2 cup( store bought)
- Dry fruits and nuts 1/2cup( pistachio, almonds,cashewnuts dark raisins chopped)
- Butter 1 stick or 1/2 cup
- Milk 1/2 cup( I used reduced 2%fat milk)
- Vanilla extract 2 tsp
Procedure:
- Mix all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder ( all dry ingredients)and sieve it keep aside.
- In another bowl add butter and sugar whisk few mins then add eggs whisky 3 to 4 mins until fluffy.Now add vanilla extract give it a stir.
- In a separate bowl mix tutti fruitty with flour ( 1/4 tsp flour).
- Now slowly add flour ( dry ingredients) to the wet ingredients slowly fold it.Then add chopped nuts and tutti-frutti,gently fold it.
- Preheat oven 375C.Arrange a loaf pan greased with butter or lined with a parchment paper.
- Slowly add the mix to the loaf pan and bake it until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.It takes around40 to 45 or sometimes 50 mins.
- when completely cool down it is ready to cut or else it will break when you try to cut into slices, when the cake is hot.
- Enjoy yummy fruit and nut cake.
