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Dry fruits cake
Earthly Superfood
Dry fruit cake is baked with whole wheat flour and is egg free. The cake can be soaked in orange juice, grape juice or with alcohol
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Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Ingredients
To soak dry fruits
1/4
cup
golden raisins
1/4 cup
cup
black raisins
1/4
cup
currants
1/4
cup
cashewnuts
1/4
cup
chopped dates
1/3
cup
dried apricots
1/4
cup
dried papaya
tutti fruti
1
tbsp
orange zest
1
tbsp
dried ginger
or candied ginger
1
cup
fresh orange juice
For cake
2
cups
whole wheat flour
1/3
cup
almond meal
a
pinch
salt
1
tsp
baking soda
1.5
cups
dark brown sugar
1.75
cups
cold water
1/2
cup
oil
2
tbsp
lemon juice
1
tsp
vanilla extract
1/2
tsp
ground nutmeg & cinnamon
each
Cherry sauce (optional)
1/2
cup
cherries
1/8
cup
brown sugar`
2
tbsp
water
Instructions
Soaking dry fruits
In a bowl, combine raisins, currants, cashew nuts, apricots, dates, dried papaya, orange zest, and dry ginger.
Add orange juice and mix well. Allow it to rest for 1-2 days in the refrigertor.
For cake
Preheat the oven to
350
°F
Stir wholewheat flour, almond meal, salt, and baking soda well in a bowl.
In another bowl, combine sugar and water till the sugar disssolves.
Add oil, vanilla extract, and lemon juice and mix well.
Combine the dry ingredients to the wet to form a smooth batter.
Take the soaked fruits from the refrigerator and mix 2 tbsp of whole whaeatflour.
Add the soaked fruits to the batter and give a stir.
Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch pan.
Tap twice and bake for 45-60 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
For cherry sauce(optional)
In a saucepan, heat the cherries, sugar and water and prepare a sauce by smashing the cherries using fork.
Filter the sauce and save the cherries.
To assemble the cake
Prick hole in the cake here and there using toothpick. Pour 1 to 2 tbsp sauce on top and allow it to absorb for an hour.
Snow some sugar on top and add the cherries and slice them.
Notes
In the video, I used 2 cups of water. I tested with 1/4 cup less water which works perfectly fine since we have orange juice for the fruits.