Dry Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

Plain flour: 3 cup

light brown sugar: 2 1/4 cup

Egg: 5 nos

Salt: 1/4 tsp

Veg Oil: 11/4 cup

Baking powder: 3 tsp

Baking soda: 1/2 tsp 

Orange juice: 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence: 1/2 tsp

Pineapple essence: 1/4 tsp

Dates chopped:1/4 cup

Cashew nut chopped: 2 tbsp

Raisin: 3 tbsp 

Tutti frutti: 3 tbsp

Cherry: 3 tbsp

Spice powder

Cinnamon stick: 2 nos

Clove: 2 nos

Cardamom: 6 nos

Fennel seed: 1/2 tsp

Method

Grind all the spices together and keep aside. Sieve together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  In a bowl, beat eggs with a electric beater, add vanilla essence and pineapple essence. When it turns smooth add sugar, beat well. Pour oil and mix. Add the flour and spice powders, pour orange juice. Beat with a wooden stick (do not over beat and always beat to one direction only) till the batter turns to a ribbon consistency.

Finally add tutti frutti, cherry, raisin, cashew and dates and mix well . Preheat the oven to 170 degree C. Grease the pan with oil and sprinkle with flour. Pour the mixture to the baking tray and bake for about 45-50 minutes. Insert a skewer into the center, if its come out clean, Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack for cooling.