Eggless Whole Wheat Jaggery Fruit Cake | Christmas Cake

A healthy treat for Christmas - Learn how to bake an eggless whole wheat fruit cake using jaggery. This cake in baked in airfryer so has a nice crust outside and soft from inside. Eggless fruit cake is a must for party, Christmas recipe and even as a New year eve recipe.

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

8-10 Servings
10 min (plus 2 hours soaking time)
25- 30 minutes in Airfryer

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour (Atta) – 2 cups / 250 gms
Jaggery/ shakar – 1.5 cup / 250 gms
Refined oil – 3/4 cup / 180 ml
Curd – 3/4 cup / 180 ml
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Baking soda – 1.5 tsp
Cinnamon powder – 1/2 tsp
Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Fruits & Nuts:
Nuts (walnuts, almonds etc) – 1/2 cup
Dried Fruits, chopped (Raisins, black berries , apricots, figs, dates, cashews) - 1 cup
Fruit Juice (Mixed Fruit/ Grape/ Orange/ Apple) - 1/2 cup

Method:
1. Soak all dried fruits in fruit juice for 2 hours.
2. Sieve all dry ingredients in a bowl - Whole wheat flour, baking soda and powder, cinnamon powder, ginger powder.
3. Add soaked dried fruits along with half quantity of almonds and walnuts.
3. In separate bowl, add oil, curd, vanilla essence. Melt jaggery in microwave for one min with interval of 30 sec and add into the mixture to form a smooth puree.
3. Add both dry and wet ingredients to form a thick batter. Add little milk, if batter gets too thick.
4. Grease a 6 x 6 inch baking dish and pour the cake batter in it. Sprinkle some crushed nuts on top of the batter.
5. Air bake the cake in preheated airfryer at 160 degrees for 25 min. Once baked check with tooth pick. If it comes out clean, remove the cake from the airfryer and place on wire rack to cool down. If the toothpick is little sticky, then continue baking for another 2-3 min.
6. Once cool, cut into desired pcs and serve.

Tip - One can serve this fruit cake slice with a dollop of  vanilla ice- cream.