Ingredients

• 2 cups - All-purpose flour
• 1 cup - Butter
• 1 cup - Packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp - Baking powder
• 1 tsp - Baking soda + 1/2 tsp - for cooking fruits
• 1/2 tsp - Cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp - Clove powder
• 1/4 tsp - Ginger powder
• 1/4 tsp -Nutmeg powder
• 2 tbsp - Honey
• 1 cup - Yogurt
• 1 tsp - Vanilla essence
• 1 cup - Mashed potatoes
• 1/2 cup - Water
• 1 cup - Dry fruits (chopped finely, I used dates, black and golden raisins, apricots, tutti frutti)
• 1/2 cup - Nuts (chopped finely)
• 2tbsp - Orange zest

How to Make Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake

• Grease a round cake pan with enough butter and line a baking sheet.
• Sieve the flour with baking powder and baking soda and keep aside.
• In a pan, heat the dry fruits, sugar, butter, honey and water on low flame until the sugar gets dissolved.
• Then, put the flame on high and bring it to a boil.
• Put the flame again on low and cook for half an hour so that the dry fruits will get well cooked.
• Put off the stove and add 1/2 tsp of baking soda. Mix it and keep it aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
• In a bowl, take the yogurt, vanilla essence and spice powders together and mix.
• Now, add the cooked fruit mixture, mashed potato, orange zest and nuts. Mix everything well.
• Add the flour to this mixture and mix gently with a spatula.
• Transfer this cake batter to the already prepared cake pan and place a few cashew nuts gently on the top and bake the cake for an hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipes