🎄 Christmas Cake & New Year Treat | My First YouTube Video 🍰✨

Celebrating Christmas & New Year with something truly special , my homemade soft, moist, rich Christmas Cake! 🎄✨
This is my first YouTube video, and I’m so happy to share this recipe with you. Hope you enjoy watching and baking along! 💕

🍰 Recipe Details:
Oven Temperature: 160°C
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Baking Time: 1 hr 15 mins – 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients :

For Soaking Fruits (Total 200 g)
Dried plums
Tooti-frutti
Green raisins
Black raisins

Dry Ingredients:

Refined flour – 2 cups / 210 g
Salt – ¼ tsp
Baking soda – ¼ tsp
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Spice mix (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove) – 1 tsp
Slivered almonds – ¼ cup / 50 g
Roasted walnuts – ¼ cup / 50 g

Wet Ingredients :

Butter – 1 cup / 150 g
Caramel – 4 tbsp / 75 g
Brown sugar – 1½ tbsp
Orange juice – 100 ml
Condensed milk – ½ tin
Vanilla essence – 1 tbsp

Caramel Preparation:

Turn flame to medium, add equal quantities of white sugar & brown sugar. Caramelize until dark, cool and add a little water to bring sauce consistency.

Method:

Sift all dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add soaked fruits and coat them with flour so they don’t sink while baking.
In a saucepan, add butter, prepared caramel, orange juice, condensed milk & vanilla essence. Heat gently until butter melts.
Turn off flame and mix this into the dry mixture. Combine well.
Pour into baking tin.
Bake at 160°C for 1 hr 15 mins to 1 hr 30 mins.
Usually done around 1 hr 15 mins.
If skewer isn’t clean, bake 15 mins more.