Egg-less and Alcohol free Christmas Cake Recipe
Bake this egg-less Christmas cake ahead and your dessert is sorted without any stress on the great day itself. I have been baking this egg-less Christmas cake recipe for the past 20 years. What is Christmas without a Christmas cake or pudding which is specially made for us to enjoy on this day. This is a must in our home every year for Christmas. This cake is very much a fool proof recipe.
Why to bake this Cake early?
This egg-less Christmas cake is moist and rich in dry fruits. In fact the binding material like flour is very little compared to the whole amount of fruits you add. The cake weighs 2 kgs.
I usually bake this cake well ahead of time at least 3 weeks ahead of Christmas so that the fruits can soak in and the texture improves after 2 weeks. You can omit any topping for this cake as its moist and rich enough.
Planning ahead for this cake
Why should we plan ahead. It takes roughly about 30 minutes just to get the tin and the fruits prepared. Because this cake has to be baked at very low temperature of 150 deg centigrade for 3- 4 hours, therefore plan and prep ahead of time. While the cake is in the oven we can do some other chore and still you will have to wait to cool before you can store in the tin.
You can also find the book where I got this recipe from “Great cakes without eggs. “
Egg-less Christmas Cake Recipe Tutorial
Final Notes
To conclude, I had to tweak this recipe quite a bit. Instead of white self-raising flour, I substituted with spelt flour.
Because the glazed cherries have a food coloring which is not vegetarian, I omitted it out and instead adjusted with other dry fruits. This food coloring is E 120 / Cochineal or also called Carminic acid.
For more egg-less dessert take a look at. Vegan banana muffins.
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