Traditional Fruit and Nut Cake

   The credit for this cake recipe goes to The Duffadars !! This was the first cake I ever baked and is the most frequently made one in our oven . I have been following this blindly since Hetal passed me her family recipe over an email a few years back. The  baking bug has been biting me since last few days and this evening the irresistible urge made me try the recipe yet another time ;  I was not failed this time either :) The room still smells of freshly baked cake and adding onto the holiday vibes.

Fruit and nut Cake

Prep Time : 20mins
Baking Time : 35 mins
Serves : 4-8

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 125 g butter ( 1 and 1/4 sticks)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 cup nuts etc ( cherries, raisins and cashews; I added crumbled pethas I got from my recent India visit)

Method :

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Mix butter, sugar and eggs using a hand blender.
• Add in other dry ingredients slowly to ensure uniform mixing.
• Bake for 35 mins.

Serve warm with icecream !! Heavenly :)

Keep Baking !

Happy Festive Season ,

Ajanta from Walnut Creek