I Have Been Making This Delicious Christmas Cake For 20 Years [Without Alcohol] Easy Quick Recipe
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This is a moist and soft Christmas cake that my family has been making for generations! It is with No Alcohol! This has a special twist and it is a tropical flavor!
The whole fruit cake is based on a sweetened coconut base! with the mix of tasty fruits and nuts, the cake is crunchy, and soft at the same time!
When you bake this, the whole house fills with a wonderful Christmas smell!
Try this easy dessert recipe this festive season and impress everyone! You will make it every day!
♣️ Ingredients:
For the Coconut base:
Desiccated coconut 2 cups (190g)
1/2 cup (120ml) of hot water
For the caramel syrup:
Sugar 100g (1/2 cup)
water 2 tablespoons and 1/4 cup
Fruit base:
Dates (about 1/2 cup)
150g (about 3/4 cup) of dried Sultanas & Cashew nuts
fresh grated Ginger 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon powder (you can add all spice powder, instead of this)
Golden syrup or Honey 2 tablespoons
Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon
Finally,
2 Eggs
Melted Butter 75g (1/3 cup)
120g (1 cup) of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
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♣️ Instructions / How to make
Desiccated coconut 2 cups(190g). Add 1/2 cup (12ml) of hot water. Mix well and set aside.
📍 Let's make a simple caramel
Add Sugar 1/2 cup (100g) into a pan. Add 2 tablespoons of Water. The pan should be over medium heat. Let it bubble away and the color changes gradually.
After the color changed to amber, I added 1/4 cup (60ml) of water. Mix well! Now add the coconut to the caramel. Mix well! Add 1/4 teaspoon of Salt. Mix and cook for another minute. It is ready (Set aside)
📍 Let’s prepare the Fruit base
Dates (about 1/2 cup). These are whole Dates. So, I pitted them! Rinse them under clean tap water. Now cut them into smaller pieces. The dates are ready now!
150g (about 3/4 cup) of dried Sultanas & Cashew nuts
Add the dates and dried fruits to a bowl
Add fresh grated Ginger 1 tablespoon
Then add the zest of a Lemon or Lime and the zest of 1/2 an Orange
Add the juice of 1/2 an Orange
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon powder (you can add all spice powder, instead of this)
1/2 teaspoon of Cardamom powder (optional)
Golden syrup or Honey 2 tablespoons
Mix well! Set aside!
📍 Let’s assemble the cake
Add the sweetened coconut to a bigger bowl. Add the fruit mixture to the bowl
Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
Beat and add 2 Eggs
Melted Butter 75g (1/3 cup)
Now sieve 120g (1 cup) of flour. with 1 teaspoon of baking powder. And 1/4 teaspoon of Baking soda. Mix well with a spoon
The baking pan is a 7-inch round pan, double-lined with baking paper. Put the mixture in carefully
Bake in a preheated oven, at 180c (356f) for 45-50 minutes
Enjoy!