Tutti Frutti Cake is a soft and moist, delicious bakery-style cake famous in India. Fruit cake is made with flour, milk, butter, and tutti frutti. This is nothing but candied fruit cake baked during holidays in Western countries.
Check out our Christmas fruit and nut cake and classic Date nut bread for holidays.
Recipe card
Tutti Frutti Cake | Holiday Fruit Cake
Equipment
- 2 Loaf pan or Cake Pan
Ingredients
- 3 cups All purpose flour Maida
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 ½ cups Sugar
- ¾ cup Butter melted or oil or Vegetable shortening
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 cups Milk room temperature (or dairy-free milk)
- 1 tablespoon Orange juice
- 1 ½ cups Tutti frutti candied fruit mix
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bread loaf pan or square cake pan with butter or line it with parchment paper and keep it aside. (I have used one regular loaf and one mini loaf pan to bake this cake)
- In a large bowl, add dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and mix.3 cups All purpose flour, ½ teaspoon Salt, 2 teaspoon Baking powder, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 ½ cups Sugar
- In another bowl, add butter, vanilla extract, milk, and orange juice and whisk until combined.¾ cup Butter, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, 2 cups Milk, 1 tablespoon Orange juice
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredient, pour the wet ingredient, and mix just until combined.
- Add tutti frutti and gently fold them into the batter.1 ½ cups Tutti frutti
- Pour the batter into a well-greased pan and bake it for about 35 to 50 minutes or until done. Use a toothpick or a knife to check if the cake is done. The baking time may vary depending on the size of the cake. If the cake starts getting brown, cover the top with aluminum foil.
- Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack even before you slice.
Notes
- Use almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk to make a vegan version of this fruit cake. Else, use whole milk.
- I have baked this cake with shortening for the vegan version and butter for the regular eggless version. Both taste equally good.
- Cannot find tutti fruit? You can bake this cake with an equal amount of roasted dry fruits and nuts.
- Also, add a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon to make it a holiday-themed cake.
Nutrition
About Fruit Cake
Tutti Frutti Cake is an Indian bakery-style loaf cake served with evening tea. Adding tutti frutti adds a sweet and fruity flavor to your cake. These are also given in the form of gifts during holidays.
Tutti frutti is nothing but candied fruits sold in stores like Walmart during Christmas. Tutti Frutti means all fruits in Italian terms. The candied fruits are small and bright colored with a sweet and chewy texture made with papaya and other fruits.
You can transform any of your favorite vanilla sponge cake recipes into tutti frutti cake by adding the candied fruit mix to the batter. Tutti frutti is also used to make classic Italian panettone bread, tutti frutti ice cream, popular Karachi biscuits (Christmas cookies), or Indian falooda.
Some candied fruit comes with citrus peel, while others don't. Based on that, you can add fresh lemon zest or orange zest to the recipe. To make it festive-themed, you can add a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon.
Ingredients
This cake is an eggless version and can be easily made vegan. You will need
All-purpose flour (Maida): This forms the structure of the cake.
Tutti Frutti: Star ingredient of the cake. This is a mix of candied fruits made using papaya, pineapple, cherries, and citrus peels.
Milk: Makes your cake moist and tender
Butter: Add richness to the cake. This can be substituted with oil or shortening for a vegan version.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Step-by-step instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bread loaf pan or square cake pan with butter or line it with parchment paper and keep it aside. (I have used one regular loaf and one mini loaf pan to bake this cake)
- In a large bowl, add dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and mix.
- In another bowl, add butter, vanilla extract, milk, and orange juice and whisk until combined.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredient, pour the wet ingredient, and mix just until combined.
- Add tutti frutti and gently fold them into the batter.
- Pour the batter into a well-greased pan and bake it for about 35 to 50 minutes or until done. Use a toothpick or a knife to check if the cake is done. The baking time may vary depending on the size of the cake. If the cake starts getting brown, cover the top with aluminum foil.
- Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack even before you slice.
Chef Tips
- Use almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk to make a vegan version of this fruit cake. Else, use whole milk.
- I have baked this cake with shortening for the vegan version and butter for the regular eggless version. Both taste equally good.
- Cannot find tutti fruit? You can bake this cake with an equal amount of roasted dry fruits and nuts.
- Also, add a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon to make it a holiday-themed cake.
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Note: We originally posted this vegan tutti frutti cake recipe in Sep 2016. It has now been modified in Nov 2023 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.
Brooklyn
Is the Vegetable shortening meant to be in solid or liquid form ?
Kushi
Shortening is in solid form at room temperature and used as it is in the recipe.
Brooklyn
Ok, thank you very much.