Plum Cake/Fruit Cake. Their plum cake is very popular and they make thousands at this time of the year. Amma had the recipe so I wanted to share it in time for Christmas. I have also shared an eggless fruit cake recipe if that's what you are after.
You may or may not add rum or brandy, as used in some regions. This cake is great as a dessert with a dollop of ice cream or works prefect with your evening. Here are the other Christmas fruit cake / Plum cake on the site. You can have Plum Cake/Fruit Cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Plum Cake/Fruit Cake
- You need of Maida All purpose flour /.
- It’s of Sugar.
- You need of Caramel syrup.
- You need of Dry Fruits (chopped).
- You need of Dry Nuts (chopped).
- It’s of Eggs.
- You need of Unsalted Butter.
- You need of Baking Powder.
- It’s of Baking soda.
- You need of Cinnamon powder.
- It’s of Vanilla essence.
- Prepare of Orange juice.
Kerala christmas cake, Xmas plum cake Whole Wheat Christmas Plum Cake. The trick with fruit cakes is to chop the dried fruits. Take time to chop the apricots and rough chop the raisins and black grapes. I cut the grapes in half.
Plum Cake/Fruit Cake instructions
- Soak dry fruits and nuts in the orange juice for approximately half an hour. Sieve maida, baking powder, baking soda into a big bowl. Keep this aside..
- Take butter and sugar in a bowl and beat it well using an electric beater. Beat well till sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is light and fluffy..
- Now add eggs and beat well. Add cinnamon powder, vanilla essence and caramel syrup. Beat well. Pre heat the oven – convection mode – 190 degree Celsius..
- Add the soaked dry fruits and nuts. Mix well using a wooden spoon. Pour this mixture into the maida mix. Mix well so that everything is combined properly..
- Pour the cake mix into a greased baking tray lined with butter paper. Put this in the oven for 35 to 45 minutes..
- Check in between using a tooth pick whether the cake is cooked or not. Once done, take off from heat and give it a standing time of 5 minutes..
- Transfer it on a wire rack and let it cool before serving. Decorate it with dusting some powdered sugar on top..
- To make Caramel Syrup: Heat 1/4 cup sugar and 3 tbsp water in a pan till it turns golden colour. Take off from heat and add 3 – 4 tbsp warm water. Mix well. Caramel syrup is ready..
Similar Recipe Chocolate Plum Cake Eggless Fruit Cake Microwave Fruit Cake. But recently i discovered that the colour comes from the dark caramel and not from the cocoa. With a backdrop of my hometown, Plum cake races me back to my childhood days and memories, as it is a very famous dessert in Kerala, especially during Christmas. I do not know the history behind its origin, but I believe it was the Britishers who brought the original dried fruit variety of the cake to India. A homemade butter cake batter is topped with sliced fresh plums and baked, for a simple yet special cake.
