Cake plum recipe
Plum cakes are fruit and nuts delight, filled with different types of raisins, nuts ,berries and cherries. The berries and nuts are soaked in orange juice until it absorbs all the goodness of tangy juicy orange and then mixed with the cake batter consisting of eggs, flour and the exotic spices.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Pressure Cooker or Microwave Oven
- Cake Tin
- Electric Whisker or Manual Whisker
- Measuring Cups
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Tooti Frooti
- 1/4 Cup Black Raisins
- 1/4 Cup Brown Raisins
- 1/2 Cup Dates Chopped
- 1/4 Cup Cherries
- 1 Cup Fresh Orange Juice
- 1/2 Cup Cashewnuts Chopped
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Hot water
- 1/2 tbsp Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon Powder
- 2-3 Nos Cloves
- 3 Nos Eggs
- a pinch of salt
- 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Refined Oil or Butter
- Orange Peel
- 1 tbsp Vanilla Essence
- 1.5 Cup Maida/All Purpose flour
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
Instructions
Step 1 - Soaking Dried Fruits in Orange Juice
- Ingredients
- Take a mixing bowl and add orange Juice, and all dry fruits except for Cashews
- Mix and Soak them in the orange juice for atleast 30 mins
Step 2 - Caramalised Sugar Water
- Take a heavy bottom pan and add 1/2 Cup Sugar and let it melt on a low flame
- Do not add water now, Let it melt until coffee brown in color - Stir continuosly P.S - Cake gets the rich golden brown color due to this process. Also make sure its not burnt as it will lead to bitter taste in the cake
- As soon as the sugar turns coffee brown in color add 1 cup boiling water to it (Keep the flame to the lowest and be careful while adding water)
- Let it boil on high flame, we need to reduce it to 1/2 cup, it will take around 10-12 mins for this entire process
- The caramalised sugar water is ready , Turn off the heat and let it cool to room temperature
Step 3 - Cake Spice Mix
- For Spice mix we need 1/2 tbsp Nutmeg, 1 tsp Cardomom Powder and 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon PowderI am grating a piece of Nutmeg
- To the grated Nutmeg I am adding Cinnamon Powder and Cardomom Powder
Step 4 - Cake Batter
- Now take a mixing bowl and 3 Eggs and seperate egg white in a big bowl and egg yolk in another bowl
- Beat the Egg whites using a electric whisker until its frothy and creamy, it takes around 3-4 minutes
- Add a pinch of salt while whisking it
- The whipped egg whites are ready now
- Take a big mixing bowl and add egg yolks and beat it well
- Now add powdered sugar in portion and whisk it along with the egg yolk
- Now add Oil or Butter in portion and whisk it together
- Now take an orange peel and just grate the orange zest in the batter, gently grate it as we only need the orange part for flavour
- Along with it add 1 tbsp Vanilla Essense and then using a whisker beat it well
- Now add the caramalised sugar water (room temperature) into the batter in portions
- Beat all the ingredients well into the batter
- Take a strainer and add Maida, Baking Powder, Baking Soda & Spice Mix
- Strain and add the mixture to the batter
- Gently fold it in the same direction, make sure there are no lumps
- Now add the soaked dried fruits in the cake batter and fold it again
- Then goes in the chopped cashew nuts
- Finally add Egg white and keep folding the batter
- Grease a cake tin and keep a butter paper over it to avoid sticking at the bottom
- Transfer the batter to cake tin ,Pre Heat the oven for 5 mins at 180C
- Tap it once to remove any gaps or air bubbles
- Garnish it with some cashews
Step 5 - Baking Cake
- Place it in the Preheated Oven and cook it for 40 mins at 180CWithout Oven - Place a stand or some sand/salt in a cooker and keep the cake tin in the cooker , Close the cooker without rubber ring and whistle and let it cook/bake for 45 mins
- After 40 mins, Check the cake and remove it from Oven
- Use a knife or a skewer stick to check if the cake is baked from inside
- Delicious Plum Cake is ready to eat
Video
Notes
Follow the step by step procedures and measurements correctly to get the perfect cake
Do not burn the sugar while caramalising it might make the cake bitter
Soak the dried fruits in orange juice overnight for better results