Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, christmas plum cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Christmas Plum Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Christmas Plum Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
About Christmas Plum Cake Recipe: Soak in the goodness of rich dry fruits, cinnamon and nut along with the flavourful mix of rum, lemon and orange zest with this delicious Christmas plum cake recipe for the festivities! Be the first to review this recipe. This is an absolutely declicious, moist cake that smells and tastes like Christmas. This cake is perfect to bake a day ahead and enjoy as a breakfast.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas plum cake using 38 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Plum Cake:
- Take 1 cup maida
- Get 1/4cup any fruit juice
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
- Get 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get 2 tsp cornflour
- Make ready 2 tbsp milk powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- Take 1/2 cup milk
- Prepare 1 tsp vinegar
- Take 1/4cup powdered/castor sugar
- Take 2 tbsp tooti-frooti
- Get 2 tbsp chopped dates
- Prepare 2 tbsp chopped anjeer
- Take 1/4 cup mixed fruits (dried)
- Get 1/4 cup mixed dry fruits
- Get 1 tbsp chopped pistachios
- Make ready 1 tbsp black raisins
- Prepare 1 tbsp brown raisins
- Make ready 7-8 cherries
- Make ready For caramel syrup :
- Prepare 1 tbsp sugar + 5 tbsp water
- Get 5-6 kesar strands
- Prepare 1/4cup melted butter or oil (salted/unsalted)
- Take 1 tsp vanilla essence
- Prepare For mixed fruits (dried & chopped)
- Prepare as required Prunes
- Get as required Cherries/berries
- Prepare 1 Kiwi
- Take 1 Mango
- Take As required Papaya
- Make ready as required Pineapple
- Take For mixed dry fruits (chopped)
- Take As needed- Walnut
- Make ready as needed Almonds
- Take as required Kaaju
- Prepare as needed Pista
Gently fold in the egg whites. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. There will only be a little over an inch of batter. Arrange the plums, skin side down, attractively over the batter.
Steps to make Christmas Plum Cake:
- In a bowl take the fruit juice & add all the dry fruits & mixed dried fruits. Mix everything well and let it soak it for at least 3 to 4 hours. You can even used "Frooti" as a substitute for fruit juice.
- Now pour milk in a small bowl & add vinegar to it. Mix it and keep it aside. Your buttermilk would be ready in some time.
- Now for caramel syrup, take a pan & add 1 tbsp of sugar & 1 tbsp of water to it. Let it boil on a low flame until it turs golden brown in colour. Now add 4 tbsp of warm water to it & mix it well with the caramel sauce. Boil it once. Your caramel syrup is now ready. Then let it cool down completely.
- Now in the dried mixed fruits & nuts, soaked in orange juice, add 1/4th cup of powdered sugar & mix everything well. Then add caramel syrup into it then again give it a mix.
- Now keep the strainer over it & add maida, baking powder, baking soda, milk powder, cornflour, cinnamon powder, cardomom powder, ginger powder, kesar strands & strain everything. Then give everything a good mix.
- Now slowly and gradually add previously prepared buttermilk to it. Mix everything well with fold and cut method. Then add melted butter to it & mix it well with the batter.
- Finally add vanilla essence to it & give everything a good mix.
- Now for pre-heating, take a kadai for pre-heating with it's base covered with salt and a stand over it. Cover it and pre-heat the kadai for 3 mins on high flame and then 7 to 8 mins. on medium flame.
- Now grease a 6 to 7 inch cake tin and add the batter into it. Dab it twice so that the air bubbles gets off. Now place it over the stand & immediately cover the kadai & bake it on a low flame for about 60 to 65 mins.
- After 1 hour of baking, check it by inserting a toothpick, if it comes out clean then your cake is done. If not you can keep it for 5 to 10 mins more.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
There will only be a little over an inch of batter. Arrange the plums, skin side down, attractively over the batter. Plum cake is the highlight of the Christmas celebration. It bring back us to my childhood memories. Earlier plum cakes were only available during Christmas time.
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