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Delicious Fruit cake

It was my husband's birthday and I wanted to make some delicious cake for him. I searched web for fruit cake; found some very good recipes. I followed joyofbaking way. But changed little bit and it turned out very good. My Hubby loved it..
Here is my version of tasty, healthy fruit cake

Ingredients:

First Set :
All purpose flour - 1 cup
Salt - 1/4 tbs
Baking powder - 1 tbs

Second Set :
Butter melted - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Egg - 1 large

Third Set :
Dry apricot - 1/4 cup
Dry fig - 1/4 cup chopped
Chopped dates - 1/4 cup
Chopped cashews - 1/4 cup
raisins
Cardamom powder , Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tbs
Cloves - 2
chopped walnuts, pecans
Fresh apple - 1/2 chopped
Orange Juice - 1/2 cup
Orange Zest of 1 orange
Safron - few strands : infused in 1 Tbs of milk

Fourth Set : Simple and easy icing

Granulated sugar - 1 cup
Butter melted -1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - few drops
Water - 2 Tbs

Easy Steps :

Sift together the first set of all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Turn on the oven to 350f
Add sugar to the melted butter and whisk together until nice and fluffy.
Slowly add the egg and beat nicely for 2-3 minutes.
Add all the third set of ingredients to the butter and egg mixture while mixing nicely.
Now add this mixture to the flour and mix them until all the dry ingredients and wet.
Pour the mixture to cake baking tray only until 3/4 filled.
Place it in the lower rack and bake it for 1 hour.
Turn down the heat to 300f and bake for another 15-20 minutes until the toothpick inserted comes out nicely.
Cool to room temperature.
If you keep it in the cake box, nicely covered. it stays for many days.
I couldn't do that because the cake was so good and we finished it in 1 day.

For Icing :

Add all fourth set together in a bowl.
You can use the hand mixer if you have.
Start wisking slowly.
Increase the speed and wisk for 5 minutes.
Air will be incorporated nicely and forms a stiff icing.
Stop wisking once it becomes very stiff.
You can use this to write names or your wish on the cake.

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Apple pie

Ingredients:

For the Crust:

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 cup of melted butter

5 tbs of cold water

1 tbs of salt

For the Filling:

Apples - 3 big apples: thinly sliced

Sugar - 11/2 cups
Lemon juice - 1 tbs

Salt - 1/4 tbs

Cinnamon powder - 1 tbs
all purpose flour - 2Tbs

Butter stick - 1 tbs

Method:

Preheat the oven to 420F.
Knead all the crust ingredients together in hand or food processor for few seconds. Do not knead the dough for long time.
Divide the dough in to two balls.
On the floured flat surface, roll the ball in to a circle shape slightly larger than the pie pan or dish.
Slowly transfer the flattened dough into pie dish, fit into a pan, pressing against all the sides.
Cut off the overhanging edges.
Prepare the fillings.
Mix all the filling ingredients in a large bowl and mix it once.
Roll out the other ball just like the first one.
Place the fillings in to pie shell, spreading evenly with the back of the spatula.
Cut the butter stick into small pieces and spread on top of the fillings.
Carefully place the other rolled ball over the fillings.
Press the edges down into the base pie shell. Covering the entire fillings.
Brush the outer layer with the butter.
Make couple of ventilation holes.
Transfer the pie pan to preheated oven; to lower rack.
Bake it for around 45-50 minutes. Depending on the oven type and condition. It took me 50 minutes.
Enjoy the delicious pie.

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Flavored Apple Jam/Preserves/Jelly

We got bucket full of apple from a local apple farm and now my refrigerator is full of apples! Yesterday, vighnesh was asking me what’s for dinner. And I said "Apple"; He said "you are kidding right?” I said - "hmm.. Something with apple".

So this week is Apple week, Apple kai rasa , Apple Pizza , Just made Apple Jam yesterday . And couple of days later, I am planning to do Apple Pie.! . I said to myself "no more apples for couple week at least!”

So Today's recipe menu is Cinnamon, vanilla flavored Apple Jam:

Ingredients:
Apples - Used 7 medium sized apples
Lemon juice - juice of 1/2 lemon or citric acid
2 cups of water
Sugar - 11/2 cups

Optional Ingredients - Skip all these if you are not planing for flavored apple jam

Cinnamon powder- 1 tbs
Vanilla extract - 1/2 tbs (You can check my home made vanilla recipe here )
Cardamom - 1/2 tbs

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