Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake
Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake

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Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Kerala Plum Cake or Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe - a delicious and easy step by step recipe for fruit cake or Kerala plum cake, that's perfect for Christmas or really, all year round. Christmas in Kerala is what memories are made of. Kerala plum/fruit cake, a wonderful cake to celebrate Christmas. Caramel syrup gives this cake a unique flavor and color.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have kerala plum/fruit cake using 17 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
  1. Get 125 grams Butter, softened
  2. Take 110 grams Caster sugar
  3. Make ready 75 grams Sugar for caramel syrup
  4. Take 60 millilitres water Hot
  5. Get 2 numbers Egg white
  6. Make ready 2 numbers Egg yolk
  7. Prepare 150 grams Plain flour
  8. Make ready 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  9. Make ready 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  10. Make ready 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  11. Get 1 teaspoon Lime juice
  12. Take 1 teaspoon Pineapple jam
  13. Take 1 1/2 cups dried fruits Mixed, chopped
  14. Make ready 1/4 cup Cashew nuts, chopped (lightly roasted)
  15. Take 60 millilitres Dark rum
  16. Take 1/2 tablespoon Spice powder
  17. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Orange peel, dried and powdered

Beat egg whites till soft peaks form. Beat the egg yolks & add the softened butter to it…. Plum cake refers to the variety of cakes made with fruits and dry fruits. Although this cake does not contain plum, the fruit, as the name may suggest but plum actually refers to prunes or raisins.

Steps to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
  1. Preheat oven at 180 °C for 15 minutes. Line base and sides of a deep 20 cm round cake pan with baking paper.
  2. Beat egg white until peek, keep aside.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until soft and creamy.
  4. Add egg yolk, one at a time and beat until well combined. Add vanilla essence and lime juice. Add cool caramel syrup and mix well.
  5. Add sifted flour,baking powder and salt mixture along with egg white and fold well.
  6. Finally, fold in mixed dried fruits, cashew nuts, pineapple jam, spice powder, dried and powdered orange peel mixture.
  7. Spread the cake mixture into prepared pan. Bake for around 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan.
  8. NOTES - Brush top of hot cake with extra rum, if desired.
  9. For mixed fruits i used a combination of raisins, glaced cherries, candied orange and lemon peel. Chop all the fruits into small pieces and soak them in dark rum for a period of minimum 1 week or until absorbed.
  10. To avoid sinking, dust the soaked fruits with some sifted flour and baking powder mixture before using.
  11. To make caramel syrup, combine sugar and little water in a sauce pan. When the sugar melts and becomes dark brown add 60 ml hot water. Melt completely and let it come to room temperature.
  12. Spice powder is a combination of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dry ginger. Grind all the spices to a fine powder.
  13. To make dried and powdered orange peel, wash and peel the oranges and cut the peels into thin slices and spread it in a tray and keep under the sun for 3- 4 days, grind into a fine powder.
  14. For measuring mixed dried fruits and cashewnut i used 250 ml measuring cup.
  15. Have all the ingredients at room temperature especially butter and egg. Sift together the flour,baking powder and salt.
  16. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Plum cake refers to the variety of cakes made with fruits and dry fruits. Although this cake does not contain plum, the fruit, as the name may suggest but plum actually refers to prunes or raisins. So this is a healthy bake. The amount of sugar and oil added is also not too much. The sweetness of the dates, golden raisins and black currants used in my Kerala fruit cake recipe, compensates for less sugar being added.

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