Ingredients
Mixed fruits- 2 1/2 cups
orange juice for soaking mixed dry fruits
For caramel
1/2 cup sugar
1 table spoon warm water
(For caramel preparation
combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tbspn water in a steel vessel.heat it and let the sugar melt
when the color of the sugar become golden brown, remove the vessel from fire,
and add 1/4 cup water to this.
you need to careful at this stage
Bring it back to heat and boil for a few more minutes ( 3- 4 mins)
Remove from fire and let it cool completely.you can prepare the caramel in advance and refrigerate it
For cake
all purpose flour-2 cups
Baking powder 1 1/4 tspn
baking soda- 1/2tspn
3/4 cup +1/2 tbspn sugar
250gms unsalted butter
(at room temperature)
eggs 4
1 1/3 tspn vanilla essence
For spice
cloves 5
cardamom4
cinnamon- a small size piece
Method
Soak dry fruits
Prepare caramel syrup
Grind all the spices with a pinch of sugar to a fine powder and keep it aside
preheat the oven At 180 degree for 15 mins before baking
Drain the soaked fruits amd keep aside
Toss the drained fruits in 2tspn of flour
sift the flour with baking powder, baking soda and powdered spices with sugar and keep aside
Beat the Eggs and vanilla essence
add the powdered sugar little by little at atime and beat everything
.Beat after each addition
Add the softened butter which is in room temperature
Fold in the beater egg ,sifted flour, amd soaked fruits and 4 tbspn of orange juice
grease the baking mould and line with a parchment paper
bake in the preheated oven for 1 and 10 mins
the baking time can vary
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