plum cake

Plum cakes or Christmas fruit cakes are too moist and delicious. The filling of dry fruits with the cake batter makes it more rich and fruity.

Ingredients :

1. For Caramel syrup

• Sugar – 3/4 cup
• Hot water – 1/2 cup

2. Dry fruits soaked

• 3 colour tutti fruiti – 1/2 cup
• Cherry – 1/4 cup
• Black raisins – 1/4 cup
• Golden raisin – 1/4 cup
• Dates chopped – 1/4 cup
• Cashewnuts chopped – 1/4 cup
• Almonds chopped – 1/4 cup

Total dry fruit mix = 2 cups

3. Dry ingredients

• All purpose flour – 1.5 cups + 2 tablespoon
• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
• Baking soda – 1/4 teaspoon
• Cinnamon powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Dry ginger powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt – 1/4 teaspoon

4. Wet ingredients

• Egg – 3
• Melted butter – 3/4 cup
• Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon

Method of preparation :

1. Preparing caramel

• Add 3/4 cup of sugar to a pan and switch on the flame
• When the sugar starts to melt, prepare hot 1/2 cup of hot water. Make sure the flame is between medium to low.
• After sometime we can see that the sugar has melted completely and became golden brown in colour.
• By this time add hot water slowly and carefully.
• Boil the caramel for 5 minutes and then switch off the flame.
• Allow the caramel to cool down.

2. Preparing dry fruit mix

• If you have pre- soaked fruit mixture in rum or wine, you can take two cups of that dry fruits mix.
• Else, soak the freshly chopped dry fruits in a small portion of caramel kept aside.

4. Mixing of dry ingredients

• To a siever purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, dry ginger powder and salt
• Sieve this dry ingredients for 2 to 3 times and keep it aside.

3. Preparing wet ingredients

• In a large mixing bowl, add 3 eggs.
• Using egg beater or spatula, mix them till fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence and mix well
• Then powdered sugar and mix again
• Now add melted butter and mix everything properly.
• Add the prepared caramel syrup and mix gently.

4. Preparation of Plum cake

• Mix the dry fruits with 3 tablespoon of all purpose flour, so that they don’t get settled at the bottom of the cake.
• Now to the wet ingredients mix, add the flour mix which is kept aside.
• Mix the dry ingredients using spoon or spatula. Do not use beater.
• Add the dry fruit mix to the batter and mix well everything.
• Line 7 inch cake tin with butter paper.
• Add batter to the cake tin.
• Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 170°C
• Bake the cake for 55 to 60 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean, when checked in the center portion of cake.
• Allow the cake to cool and then cut it into slices.