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Buttermilk Fruit Cake Recipe

Christmas is coming up and as always I have this huge list of things that I want to do. And for sure the baker in me is super excited to bake a cake. I had bookmarked so many recipes and thought of trying one by one so that I can blog about it in a hope that they turn out great. And my recent success was baking this super moist Christmas Fruit Cake that is eggless too. Doesn't that sound great? ok you might ask why does this cake not have a deep colour the reason is its not a traditional version and a quicke for which all you need is a wooden spoon or a wire whisk to whip up the batter. Doesn't that sound so simple? I used only tutti fruit you can go ahead and use any kind of nuts, dry fruits and dates to make a rich cake. I love such cakes (snack cakes) for their simplicity and yet you are can be sure that it tastes amazing.  Did I tell you that you can have this cake warm when its right from the oven? well it is :-) if you are an impatient person like me then you sure are going to try this one ;-) Don't wait any further get the bowls and start you baking 

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake recipe

Eggless Fruit cake recipe

BUTTERMILK FRUIT CAKE RECIPE 

Recipe Source - here slightly modified

Prep time - 7 mins

Bake time - 50 mins

Makes - 6 inch cake

Serves - 6

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups (200 grams) all purpose flour

2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated white sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon rum extract (optional)

1/2 cup tutti fruitti / raisins/ dates

Method

• Preheat oven to 325 F / 165 C and take 2 mixing bowls. Grease a 6 inch cake pan and set aside. Add some flour to the tutti fruti and set aside
• In the first bowl add the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, salt, spices, sugar (powdered) mix well and set aside
• In another bowl add melted butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract, rum extract mix well and set aside.
• Now slowly add 1 cup of flour to the wet ingredients and mix well, follow the same until all the flour is used up. Now add the tutti fruiti and mix well.
• Pour immediately to the greased cake tin and bake in centre of over for 45-50 mins you can check the cake after 40 mins by inserting a toothpick and it must come clean else bake for 5-7 more mins
• Once done remove the cake tin from the oven and let it sit on a cooling rack for 10 mins, now invert the cake and remove it from the pan.

You can slice the cake when it is warm and enjoy or store in an air tight container once it comes back to room temperature

Eggless tutti fruitti cake recipe

Cooks Wisdom

- I added only tutti fruiti to this cake, you can go ahead and add chopped dates, raisins and nuts for more rich flavour
- You can adjust the spices in this cake or make it plain too
- I added 1 tsp of rum extract for a lovely punch
- To make buttermilk at home add 1 tbsp of lime/lemon juice to 1 cup milk, set aside after 2-3 minutes you will notice the milk curdling, you can later use this for making cakes