Christmas par ye nahi banaya toh kya hi banaya...

Celebrate Christmas with this rich, moist plum cake made without eggs or alcohol! 🎄🍰 Perfectly festive and full of fruity goodness for everyone to enjoy. 🎅✨ INGREDIENTS Sugar Syrup: - 1/4 Cup Sugar - 1/4 Cup Hot Water Soaking Fruits: - 3 Tbsp Dried Cranberry - 2 Tbsp Black Raisins/Munakka - 2 Tbsp Golden Raisins/Kishmish - 2 Tbsp Tutti Fruitti - 3/4 Cup Orange Juice Cake Batter: - 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour/Gehun ka Atta - 1 Tbsp Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder - 1 Tbsp Natural Cocoa Powder - 1/4 Tsp Cardamom Powder/Ilaichi Powder - 1/8 Tsp Dried Ginger Powder/Saunth Powder - 1/8 Tsp Cinnamon Powder/Dalchini Powder - 2 Pinch Salt - 1 Tsp Baking Powder - 1/4 Tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 Cup Orange Juice - 1/4 Cup Oil - 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar Garnishing: - Powdered Sugar - Dried Cranberry METHOD - Add the dried fruits to a pan, add orange juice (no added sugar) and cook till the all the juice dried up and coats the fruits. Let the mixture cool down. - ⁠Take whole wheat flour and add the spices, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well. - ⁠Heat sugar in a pan until caramelised and add hot water to make a caramel color sugar syrup. Let it cool down. - ⁠To a large bowl, add sugar syrup, 1/2 cup orange juice, powdered sugar and oil. Mix well. Add the flour mix and whisk untill smooth. Add the cooked dried fruits mix and fold the batter with a spatula. - ⁠Transfer the batter to a 6” cake tin with parchment paper at the base and greased with oil on the sides. - ⁠Preheat the OTG at 170°C for 10 minutes and then bake the cake for 35-40 minutes. Insert and toothpick or knife in the centre and if comes out clean, the cake is done. - ⁠Let the cake cool down slightly and remove from the mold. - ⁠Dust with some powdered sugar and place cranberries in the centre for decoration. - ⁠Slice, serve and enjoy!