Julekake or Julekage [pronounced as yoo-ley-key-yeh] is loaded with raisins and candied citrons. Gayatri mentioned on the group wall that we can use candied peels of orange or lime instead of citron. I could not locate any of these peels nor could prepare them at home due to shortage of time. I added tutti fruit pieces to the dough in my first attempt. Somehow was not satisfied with my results, probably the flour quantity used was too much as compared to wet ingredients. With a note to myself and pointers of where I must have gone wrong, I decided to prepare it for 2nd time after my return from Abudabhi. Meanwhile, browsed online to find if anybody had tried making this bread without these candied peels which is when I came across two recipes - one here suggesting to use dried cranberries and other recipe here that used orange zest. I planned to go ahead with these ingredients [due to their easy availability] as substitutions for candied citron. [If you find the candied peels you can add 1/4 cup instead of these two ingredients]. The original recipe asked for eggs but I used flax seed powder instead and it turned out great this time. The wonderful scent of cardamom could not be missed as the aroma of baking filled my house.
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