Eggless Traditional Christmas Cake Recipe - Vegan Options
A delicious continental recipe featuring eggless traditional christmas cake recipe - vegan options. Perfect for a nutritious meal that's both flavorful and satisfying.
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To begin making the Eggless or Vegan Christmas Cake Recipe, we first have to soak all the dry fruits in rum and juice (you can avoid the rum)
Step 2: This process helps ferment the fruits and also helps to release all the flavors and make the christmas cake moist and rich
Step 3: Place the sultanas, dried prunes, dried dates, dried figs and dried apricots into a large mixing bowl
Step 4: Pour over the rum and orange juice and sprinkle over the orange zest
Step 5: Mix until well combined, then cover the bowl with cling film and set aside overnight or a few weeks or a month or a year
Step 6: They say the longer you ferment, the fruits get fermented, the richer the taste of the christmas cake
Step 7: To Make Flax Meal Egg Replacer If your recipe asks for 4 eggs, measure 12 tablespoons of flax meal along with 6 tablespoons of water
Step 8: Stir well and let the mixture rest for about 15 minutes
Step 9: This process of resting helps the flax meal mixture develop a gelatinous consistency similar to eggs
Step 10: To make the Batter Proceed to the remaining steps are once the fermentation of the fruits are over
Step 11: Preheat the oven to 170 C
Step 12: Sift the flour, baking powder and the spices together and keep aside
Step 13: I like to sift it twice over as the flour gets good air pockets and also makes the cake more fluffy
Step 14: Line the base and sides of a 9 inch spring foam cake pan with a double layer parchment paper, making sure the paper reaches the top of the tin
Step 15: In a large bowl or a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, whisk the butter (oil) and sugar together until fluffy
Step 16: Gradually beat in the eggs (flaxmeal egg replacer), one at a time
Step 17: Add in the flour slowly until well combined
Step 18: Slowly add in the soaked dried fruits, its liquids, the almond powder, chopped nuts and combine it into the flour mixture
Step 19: Dont over beat, we just want all the ingredients to be well combined
Step 20: Spoon the above cake mixture into the spring foam pan and level the surface with the back of a spoon
Step 21: Bake for 1 and a half hours approximately or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean
Step 22: The cake typically tends to darken a lot during baking, if this happens cover the top with parchment paper in the middle of the baking process
Step 23: Once the christmas cake is baked remove it from the oven allow it to cool completely in the pan
Step 24: Store the Christmas Cake (eggless/ vegan) in an airtight container, wrapped in greaseproof paper and aluminium foil, for two to three months
Step 25: You can also bake the Traditional Christmas Cake in smaller pans and gift them to your family this holiday season
Step 26: Serve the Traditional Christmas Cake along with Qahwa | Arabic Coffee Recipe and Ginger Cardamom Chai (Spice Infused Indian Style Milk Tea) to compliment the cake for your evening