Light Fruitcake: for Christmas

Of all the festivals, Christmas always has a special appeal to me. No mass celebrations, no offerings, no show offs but a pure way of celebrating relationships and togetherness. . I love the way the celebration revolves around family and bonding. Bringing all our loved ones close to share some beautiful moments of togetherness. It’s a time to give, to share, to bond, to hope and to remind ourselves how much we are cared for.

I adore the way Christmas time weaves a beautiful utopian world for kids. An innocent, magical world of hope and faith. It’s a pleasure to watch their eyes twinkle when they hear the stories of Santa and his gifts. Their bright expecting eyes and the happy smiles with which they hang their socks, offer cookies and milk and awaits their gifts belongs to a time which is not long lived. But no matter how young or old we are, nothing beats the delight of receiving unexpected gifts from others.

What could be a better way to remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus and the blessings of hope, peace and love that came down from heaven above than to celebrate and pray together as a family.

Christmas for me is never complete without some good fruit cake. Either store bought or home made. But after tasting the homemade one I definitely would never go back to any shop for my dose of Christmas fruit cake. If you remember I posted one rich fruit cake recipe some 2 years back. I pretty much follow the same recipe till date, but with time have devised my own way of preparing it that suits me the most. Now, am confident and can bake it without fail. Am planning to post that revised recipe next but today I would like to share a light fruit cake recipe which could be prepared any time the cravings strike. It doesnot require the month long soaking of fruits or stirring your own caramel but is just as delicious.

Light fruit cake

Please mail to ahomemakersdiary@yahoo.in for the recipe. Thanks

I got this recipe from a book baked it this year for the first time. Trust me its gorgeous and perfect for those who doesnot like boozy flavours in their bakes. So if you think this year you missed the mark and cannot make some fruit cake for your family, don’t worry. Gather the fruits and nuts of your choice and bake it today. You have enough time to rest the cake before Christmas to mature the flavor and taste. 

To decorate dust the top with icing sugar and then drizzle with a pouring liquid of icing sugar and milk. Mine was quite thin and fallen was flat when dry. For the nuts and cherry design dry roast any whole nuts of your choice. cool and coat with good quality honey. place at the middle and finally tie a pretty ribbon  around the cake to make it look more festive.


Events:

Sinful Delights hosted at Zesty Palette

Bake Fest #2 hosted by Sangee.

Sweet Baked at Krithis and Dennys.

Bake event at Tickling Palettes

Cooking Concepts Holiday Baking

Julie's Christmas Delicacy

Khushi's Bake With Your Heart

Pari's Only Cakes and Cookies Event

Jingle All The Way by Kavi

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