Easy Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake

This Christmas, enjoy a healthier twist on the classic fruit cake with our easy, eggless recipe made with whole wheat flour, jaggery, and honey! No need to soak the fruits overnight – just mix and bake! The rich sweetness of jaggery combined with the warm spices creates a festive treat that everyone will love. Whether you prefer to add a splash of rum or enjoy it alcohol-free, this one-pan fruit cake is simple to make, yet bursting with flavour. Perfect for a cozy Christmas celebration with family and friends. An easy recipe, and made with wholesome ingredients, it’s the ideal holiday cake for your celebrations!

This Christmas Fruit Cake recipe is inspired by a recipe by my baking idol Nigella Lawson! It is the first Christmas cake/Plum cake recipe I ever made and the cake was so amazing that I have never tried any other fruit cake recipe till now. I make this cake every year! What’s most amazing about this recipe is that you do not need much prep. It doesn’t require any pre soaking of fruits or making a black jack caramel. The entire recipe comes together in just one pan! Chopping some dried fruits and nuts is the only tough part of this recipe. And the flavours are so intense and complex, with a cake so moist, rich and moreish that you will fall in love with this recipe too.

Here are the main ingredients:

Wholewheat Flour works as a binder in this recipe. It holds all the fruits and nuts together.

Prunes/Dried Plums give this cake it’s classic dark colour, flavour and name: Plum cake!

Mixed dried fruits in addition to plums is why this cake is called a fruit cake. I have taken equal parts of black raisins, golden raisins, cherries and apricots for this recipe. But you can use any combination of fruits of your choice.

Nuts bring a nice crunch to add a beautiful contrast to the texture of the cake with all the fruits. You can use any nuts of your choice.

Spices bring a beautiful aroma and depth of flavour to the cake.

Orange zest and juice bring in that festive smell and aroma. They create a wonderful flavour along with the spices.

Coffee and Cocoa used in just small amounts, helps create a complex and intense flavour.

Jaggery adds a beautiful caramel note to the flavour that works beautifully in this recipe.

Honey brings a beautiful flavour and a denser more decadent texture to the cake.

If you are looking for other recipes to try this holiday season, you can try:

Wholewheat Linzer cookies with Chocolate Jaggery Caramel

Now that we have gone through all the main ingredients for this fruit cake, here is the detailed recipe for you!

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