Hi Friends, today I'm going to share my all time favorite rich plum cake recipe. I made my plum cake last Christmas and had some leftover dry fruits soaked in rum from last December. Then my friend and neighbor gave me a small order for 30 pieces of plum cake for her art exhibition. I learned this recipe when I took one week cake course back in Kerala from a famous cake maker. Although it has been just one week class, it was very informative. I learned lots of baking tips and icing techniques. As you know, plum cakes are time consuming work. We need to chop and soak dry fruit in rum or fruit juice for months. Some even start making them a year ahead. My recipe includes dates, tutti fruity, chopped raspberry and blueberry. I am not a big fan of raisins so I avoided them. You can use any dry fruit according to your preference. I can assure you that, the effort put into preparations is really worth at the end. So start soaking your dry fruits right away for next Christmas.
Yield - 1 kg cake Ingredients 1. Butter - 200 gms 2. Ghee - 50 gms 3. Sugar powder - 250 gms 4. Eggs - 4 5. Mixed Fruits -300 gms (Any fruits equal portions each. Soaked in rum for a few days. More the days better the taste) rum-soaked-dry-fruits.html 6. Flour - 300 gms 7. Mixed Spices - 1 tbps (Roasted and powdered cloves, cinnamom , nutmeg) 8. Baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp 9. Caramel syrup - 1/2 cup (Caramel Syrup Recipe) 10. Pineapple Jam - 1 tbps 11. Vanilla essence - 1 tsp 12. Rum/Brandy/Fruit juice - 2 tbps 13. Nuts Chopped - 1/4 cup ( i used cashew, almond, walnut) Method 1. Preheat oven to 180 C/ 350 F 2. Grease a loaf pan or any of your preference. 3. Cream butter and sugar. 4. Add ghee and combine well. 5. Add eggs, one at a time and mix slowly at low speed. Do not over beat. 6. Sieve the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and spice mixture. Add the mixed fruit into the dry ingredient and mix well in order to avoid the fruits sinking to the bottom. 7. Gently fold in the dry mixture, caramel syrup, jam, chopped nuts and vanilla essence with butter egg mixture until it reaches a dropping consistency. 8. Pour into greased pan (i have used a loaf pan) and bake for 45 mins - 1 hrs max. Baking time changes with type of pan you use.
Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 9. Remove the cake from oven and spray 2 tbps of rum or brandy over the cake when hot. This really enhances the flavor. 10. Allow the cake to cool. This recipe makes 2 loaf cakes.
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