About the Recipe
Christmas Plum cake
Christmas and plum cake go hand in hand. The smell and aroma of a plum cake just fills your house making it more festive. Christmas is incomplete without a plum cake. Though there different are methods of making it, this is a super simple and easy to put together ingredients and the taste is just just amazing. This plum cake is non alcoholic and doesnt require soaking too. So lets get started
Ingredients
For the cake batter:
1.5 cups of flour
1 tsp of baking powder
½ tsp of baking powder
¾ cup of brown sugar
3 eggs at room temperature
½ cup vegetable oil or unsalted butter
¼ tsp cinamon powder
½ tsp ginger powder
¼ tsp clove powderÂ
¼ tsp nutmeg powder (optional)Â
2 tsp orange zest
For the NutsÂ
¾ cup of black raisinsÂ
¾ cup of golden raisins
1 cup tooti frooti ( if you can substitute it with other dry fruits listed if tooti frooti isnt available)
¾ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup dried currants
¾ cup of dried apricots, dicedÂ
3 tsp of cherries, canned or even dried works
¼ cup walnuts, chopped
¼ cup almonds, sliced or chopped
¼ cup unsalted cashews chopped
For the soak
Take a saucepan and add ¾ cups of orange juice and juice of half lemon. Add the raisins, tooti frooti, apricots, cranberries, currants, cherries and bring it to a boil, or till the sauce reduce to half. Turn off the heat and let it cool.
Preparation
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 392F or 200C.
Step 1: Take a bowl, swift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and mix well.
Step 2: Take a bowl and add the brown sugar and oil or butter and mix well till combined.Â
Step 3: Now add the eggs and whisk well. No need to whisk too hard, as we dont need the frothy consistency here. Just combine everything well.
Step 4: Now add the dry ingredients and mix
Step 6: Now add the soaked nuts along with the cashew nuts, almonds, and walnuts.Add the orange zest and blend everything together nicely.Â
Step 7: Take a 8inch pan ( round one) and add a parchment paper. Now transfer the batter to the pan and bake it at 392F or 200C for 45 minutes or until the cake is fully cooked. Insert a toothpick to check, it should come out clean and no batter sticking to the toothpick
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Step 8: Once the cake has cooked well and has achieved a golden crust, place it on a cooling rack. Once cooled, enjoy the plum cake with your loved ones:)