Chocolate Fruit Cake / Chocolate Christmas Cake

As Christmas is around the corner  I am here, with the Chocolate Fruit Cake recipe to celebrate this occasion, perfect alternative for traditional fruit cake/ plum cake.

This cake doesn't require prior soaking of dry fruits and  a perfect treat for chocolate lovers.

The combination of dry fruits, mixed spices and chocolates gives a nice, rich taste and giving moist texture to the dense cake.

Try and enjoy this yummy cake with your family and friends.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour -2 cups
Dark brown sugar – 1½ cups
Butter -1 cup
Eggs - 3
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Cocoa Powder - 3 tbsp
Dark Chocolate - 100 g
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Mixed Spice - 1 tsp
Mixed dried and Candied Fruits - 2 to 2½ cups (Sultanas, Tuitti Fruitti, Raisins, Glazed cherries(chopped), Dates(pitted and chopped)) 
Mixed nuts – ¾ to 1 cup (chopped) ( cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios or walnuts)
Orange -1 (Grate the rind from one whole orange and juice from ½ of the orange and keep aside)
Lemon -1(Grate the rind and keep aside)
Rum or Brandy - ½ cup (optional)

For spice mix:
Cinnamon – 1 medium stick
Cloves- 10 pieces
Dry ginger – 2 small pieces

Eggless Orange Tuitti Frutti Loaf Cake / Eggless Orange Cake / Orange Flavored Tuitti Frutti Cake

This  kid-friendly tuitti frutti cake flavored with orange make a tasty, anytime snack!

Recipe source: Tarladalal .com
Yield : 10 to slices

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 ¼ cups
Baking powder - 1½ tsp
Baking soda - ½ tsp
Condensed milk, sweetened - ¾ cup
Milk - ¼ to ½ cup
Butter,melted - 4 tbsp
Fresh orange juice - ¼ cup
Orange zest - 1 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Tutti frutti - ½ cup
Butter - ½ tsp for greasing
All purpose flour - for dusting the pan