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Easy 5 Minute Christmas Fruit cake recipe comes to your rescue when you suddenly plan to make it. Moreover you want it eggless, alcohol free and you haven’t soaked your fruits too.
Christmas Fruit Cake, an absolute must to celebrate Christmas
Jingle bells jingle bells jingles all the way, Santa Clause is coming around driving on a sleigh. Christmas is fast approaching and the million dollar question is have you soaked your fruits yet for making Christmas fruit cake?
You all must be wondering after reading the title of today’s post about Christmas fruit cake in 5 minutes. Yes, this is possible. And that too without soaking the fruits for months in advance. And you want it eggless and alcohol free as well.
Christmas ushers in the festive cheer. How about bringing it in simple and easy way by making it in microwave in just 5 minutes that too eggfree and alcohol free.
Easy 5 Minute Christmas fruit cake, make it your own way :
There are several ways of making this cake which is typically prepared during christmas. The cake is generally made using wine and eggs.
In this recipe i have skipped the eggs and replaced the wine with craneberry juice which would give this cake almost the same taste.
Easy 5 Minute Christmas fruit cake, an easy cake recipe
This recipe of an eggless and alcohol free cake which i am sharing today is quite easy and very versatile too. One can add or omit the ingredients according to their preferences.
The recipe is just assemble all the ingredients, mix, pour and micro high for 5 minutes and you are done. Sounds so exciting and easy right?
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Microwave recipes are so forgiving
I have earlier shared Khandvi in microwave in 7 minutes which was loved by you all. Microwave makes the life much easier.
According to me why use microwave only for heating the food? The best use is to use it in different ways to cook, and moreover one does not need to have convection microwave to make these easy peasy recipes.
Christmas fruit cake, a wonderful nostalgia
The post about chirstmas cake makes me nostalgic as when we were in college, our Christian friends used to bring us Christmas goodies along with fruit cake.
So this time i decided to make one at home and the aroma wafting while baking this cake can’t be described in words.
The thumb rule to make chirstmas fruit cake is perfect balance between sweet and sour flavours.
The sweetness in the cake comes from the dried or candied fruits while the sourness is achieved by soaking these in alcohol for months.
Leave aside your worries and follow thia recipe for Christmas fruit cake which can be made
✓without soaking the fruits,
✓egg free,
✓alcohol free, and
✓without and Oven/OTG.
So let’s begin ……..
Recipe card :
- Dry ingredients :
- All Purpose Flour / Maida 2 cups
- Cocoa powder 3 tblspn
- Baking soda ½ tsp
- Baking powder 1 tsp
- Cinnamon powder ¼ tsp
- Wet ingredients :
- Water ½ cup
- Brown Sugar ½ cup
- Craneberry juice ½ cup
- Vegetable Oil – ¼ cup
- Curd ¼ cup
- Honey 4 tblspn
- Fruits and nuts
- Dried Fruits ½ cup (Raisins, Dates, Tutti Fruity, Craneberry, Raspberries)
- Nuts 3 tblspn ( Pecans/ Walnuts, Cashews, Almonds, Pistachios)
- First soak all dried fruits in ½ cup cranberries juice.
- Cover and keep aside for few minutes till we assemble all the ingredients to make cake.
- Take water in a microwave safe bowl and micro high for a minute till the water is hot.
- Mix hot water in previously soaked dried fruits and nuts and let it steep for few minutes.
- For mixing wet ingredients into soaked fruits, add honey and brown sugar to this.
- Next mix vegetable oil. Stir well and keep aside.
- In the mean time, for mixing dry ingredients take all purpose flour/maida, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder in a bowl and mix well.
- Sieve it twice.
- Now mix wet and dry ingredients together nicely with spatula and mix both well.
- Add curd and mix it well again. Add some more tuti fruity to this batter.
- Take a microwave safe bowl/tin, brush all side with oil.
- Place butter paper covering the bowl/tin for making cake.
- Pour the batter in till the half way.
- If required use 2 small bowls/tins. As the cake would need space to rise.
- Preheat the microwave for a minute.
- Place the bowl/tin inside the microwave and set the timer for 5 mins.
- Micro high the cake for 5 minutes and when it is done, leave it inside the hot microwave with a standing time of 5 mins.
- Remove it from oven, and check with a toothpick inserted.
- If it comes out clean it's ready.
- Allow it to cool completely. Invert it on a plate, slice it and enjoy.
2)After you take the cake out of the microwave, allow the cake to cool completely before slicing it.
Pictorial recipe :
First soak all dried fruits in 1/2 cup cranberries juice. Cover and keep aside for few minutes till we assemble all the ingredients to make cake.
Take water in a microwave safe bowl and micro high for a minute till the water is hot.
Mix hot water in previously soaked dried fruits and nuts and let it steep for few minutes.
For mixing wet ingredients into soaked fruits, add honey and brown sugar to this. Next mix vegetable oil. Stir well and keep aside.
In the mean time, for mixing dry ingredients take all purpose flour/maida, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder in a bowl and mix well. Sieve it twice.
Now mix wet and dry ingredients together nicely with spatula and mix both well. Add curd and mix it well again. Add some more tuti fruity to this batter.
Take a microwave safe bowl/tin, brush all side with oil. Place butter paper covering the bowl/tin for making cake.
Pour the batter in till the half way. If required use 2 small bowls/tins. As the cake would need space to rise.
Preheat the microwave for a minute. Place the bowl/tin inside the microwave and set the timer for 5 mins.
Micro high the cake for 5 minutes and when it is done, leave it inside the hot microwave with a standing time of 5 mins.
Remove it from oven, and check with a toothpick inserted. If it comes out clean it’s ready.
Allow it to cool completely. Invert it on a plate, slice it and enjoy.
Notes:
1)Dont fill the microwave safe bowl to the brim. As the cake rises, just fill it half way. Or divide the batter in two bowls and micro it.
2)After you take the cake out of the microwave, allow the cake to cool completely before slicing it.
Enjoy….
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Have seen numerous Chrismas cakes Recipes but nothing like this. It’s hook step is it gets ready in 5 minutes. Marvelous. No words.
Thank you so much Shailender for words of appreciation. It means a lot to me.
Microwave recipes are always a hit.
Lata hats off to you, making a super fast Christmas fruit cake when others take months or days or hours to make and bake. Looks really delicious.
Mayuri in this super fast era this last minute christmas fruit cake fits the bill perfectly. Thank you dear for writing in.
Great recipe. So helpful for the last minute Christmas preparation. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
Thanks Vandana. It indeed is a quick recipe to make it last minute.
This is such a great recipe, without soaking and it is ready within minutes, Kudos to you. It looks delicious. Have seen many recipes, this one is unique. Will definitely try this for sure.
Thank you Malini for your kind words.
The 5 minutes absolutely caught my attention! What a gorgeous looking Christmas cake with all the great flavors and using simple and non alcoholic ingredients. I have lot of memories of Christmas cake from college days as well. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
This version of cake is for the people who make it last minute. I too love this.
Thank you for stopping by Sandhya.
Wow, this easy fruit cake looks delicious. Loved that this gets ready in 5 minutes.
Thanks Lathiya.
Wow, that’s nice, this is the ultimate recipe for a Christmas cake Lata. I have seen preparations going on since October for this cake.
Absolutely Jayashree this recipe is such a keeper. The ultimate solution for last minute Christmas cake. Please do try this.
Thank for writing in.
This 5-minute Christmas fruit recipe is an absolute winner in my eyes! No need to start prep in early and still you can enjoy delicious and tasty cake on Christmas day.
You said it right Jagruti. This cake recipe is for the ones who plan to make it suddenly.
Thank you for writing in.
Great share for last minutes preparation 🙂 The cake really looks so yum and delicious as well. Within 5 minutes one should try to enjoy surely !
It’s one of the easiest ever recipes Sasmita. Thank you for stopping by.
I made this cake after halving the ingredients and it turned out superbly moist and yet light and flavourful. The cake held its shape intact which enabled me to cut perfect slices. I just like my cakes sweet, so I topped the cake with a thin layer of baking chocolate which became a pretty glaze. Thanks a ton for this brilliant recipe which can be made in a jiffy.
Thank you Prabha for the lovely feedback. Keep visiting my blog for more such intresting recipes.
what is curd?
Curd is yogurt, hope this helps. Thanks for writing in.