CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE

Sieve flour with cinnamon powder and baking poeder . Add lemon rind to it and mix well , keep it aside .

Soak chopped dry fruits , tutti frutti , cherries and rum .

Pre - heat oven to 180°C for 10 minutes .

Grease a cake tin .

Break eggs and beat them with vanilla essence .

Cream butter with one and a quarter cups of brown sugar till it is soft and light in colour .

Add honey and mix well . Make caramel with the remaining brown sugar and a little water . It should be blackish in colour .

Mix the beaten eggs with the caramed butter and sugar and mix gently .

Add the flour mixture and mix with a light hand . Strain the caramel into soaked fruits and mix well .

Add it to the cake batter and mix gently . Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin .

Bake it at 180°C for 30 minutes .

Dusting the icing sugar and serve .