Tutti Frutti Christmas Cake
Tutti frutti Christmas cake is a buttermilk cake that only requires one bowl to whip up. Perfect for the holiday season.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of plain flour maida
- 2/3 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of buttermilk see notes
- 1/4 cup of butter softened
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup of tutti frutti
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Set oven to 400F/200C for pre-heating. Grease an 8" pan with butter.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- To this, add the egg, vanilla, buttermilk, and butter.
- Using an electric beater, beat this mixture on low speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and beat again on medium speed for 1 more minute.
- If your mixer only has one speed, that's ok. Just use that. Using an electric mixer will give you best results in this recipe than using a whisk and doing it by hand. The mixture needs good aeration so getting some machine into the process helps.
- Pour batter into your prepared pan.
- Sprinkle the tutti frutti or whatever fruits/nuts you are using, on top evenly.
- Bake for 25-30 mins until the top turns golden brown and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs.
- Let the cake cool completely before slicing and serving.
Notes
- If you don't have buttermilk in hand, just use 1/4 cup thick curd mixed with 1/4 cup water. I have tried this and not seen significant difference in the texture of the cake.
- You can also use 1/2 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar as a substitute for buttermilk in cakes
- As mentioned, play around with the add-ons to this cake. I'd try chocolate chips, mixed fruit peels, frozen blueberries, etc<
- Use an electric beater to mix the batter for best results, and to get a fluffier cake, although mixing by hand works perfectly well too