Do make this eggless dry fruit cake for your kids, especially during winters to give them loads of energy. Eggless fruit and nuts cake is very pleasing in taste and is liked by almost everyone.
Finely chop cashew nuts, walnuts and raisins. Remove the stalk of raisins and clean with a cloth. Add baking soda and baking powder in maida and strain it twice with help of a sieve. This makes all ingredients blend nicely.
Melt the butter completely and let it come to normal temperature. Now take butter, powdered sugar and condensed milk in a big bowl. Mix all ingredients really well. Whisk until mixture appears to be puffy.
Add half of the milk in the mixture and mix well. Now add half of the maida and mix nicely. Also add rest of the milk and maida and whisk the mixture really well. now add chopped dry fruits, raisins and tutti fruity and mix all ingredients nicely. Batter for making cake is ready.
Preheat oven at 180 degree centigrade.
Grease the container with butter or ghee from all sides. Place a butter paper at the bottom of the container and grease it as well.
Pour the cake mixture in the container and pat it on surface so that the batter gets even. Place the container in oven and set the oven at 180 degree centigrade for 25 minutes. Check the cake after 25 minutes. Cake has not turned brown yet, bake it for 10 more minutes. Check the cake now. For this insert a knife, if it comes out cleans then the cake is ready and if the batter sticks to the knife then bake for 10 more minutes. Keep checking in the same manner and bake the cake. It takes 40-50 minutes for baking cake completely.
When cake gets frigid, run the knife all around the container so that it gets separated easily. Place a plate on top the container and flip it. Cut into pieces with nay size of your preference and enjoy eating.
Store the frigid cake in air tight container in refrigerator and enjoy eating for a month.
Suggestion:
Baking time varies as per the models of oven. Bake the cake for 25 minutes first at least and then keep checking after set time intervals.
