Wish u all a Merry X-mas and Happy Newer 🙂
Kerala Plum Cake -Fruit Cake
Ingredients
All Purpose Flour(Maida)-1 cup
Sugar(panchasara)-1 cup
Butter(Venna)-150gms(room temp)
Egg-3(room temp)
Baking Powder-1tsp
Vanilla Essence-1tsp
Salt-1/4tsp
Cinnamon Powder(Patta)-2 pinch
Cardamom Powder(Elakkaya)-2 pinch
Cloves(karayam poo)powder-1/4sp
Dry ginger Powder(Chukku)-2 pinch
Nutmeg Powder(Jathikka )- 2 pinch
Sa Jeerakam powder(Cake jeerekam)-2 pinch (opt)
Honey-1tbsp
Wine -2tbsp(opt)
Rum-2tbsp (opt)
Orange Juice-1/4cup
Dry fruits of ur choice -1cup(cherry,dry ginger,kismiss,sultanas,tutti fruity ,dates,prunes )
Chopped cashew nuts-1/2cup
Orange Peel-1tsp
For caramel
Sugar-1/2cup
Water-1/4cup
Method
Preheat oven at 180 degree/350F ..
Chop nuts and dry fruits ..
Here i used black raisins(sultanas) 1/2 cup , 1/2 cup of tutti fruity ,dates,cherry ,prunes,kismis all together ..
In a pot add these dry fruits and nuts, pour wine and 1/4 cup of orange juice along with honey..
Cook for 10 minutes in low flame ..
Then add rum and cook for another 5 minutes or till all the water content absorbs ..
Remove from the fire and allow to cool ..Keep aside ..(there must be no water left .it should be completely soaked in wine and rum)
Now we have to prepare caramel ..
For that heat a heavy bottomed pan and add 1/2 cup of sugar ..(medium heat)
With in few minutes it will change into liquid then begin to change colour ..
When the colour becomes darker than golden colour pour 1/4 cup of hot water ..
Very careful while pouring water to the caramel.. Don’t burn ur face 🙂
Then mix well and cook for 5 minutes and then transfer into a bowl and allow to cool …
Powder the sugar and keep aside ..
Then prepare a baking tin ,grease it with butter and dust with flour ..
2nd Stage
Now its time to prepare our cake batter ..
From the flour ,take 3 tbsp of flour and keep aside ..
Add all the spices,baking powder and salt into the remaining flour and Mix well..
Then sieve three times ..Keep aside ..
Now take big bowl and beat the butter until soft..
To this add powdered sugar little by little and beat until light and fluffy..(about 10 minutes)
Then add vanilla essence and combine ..
Its time to add egg one at a time ..Beat well till all the three eggs are mixed well ..
Now no need to use the mixer ..
Pour cooled caramel to the mixer and mix well with ur hand (u can put gloves if u want 😉 )
Then add finely grated orange peel ..
Then add flour little by little and fold very slowly..
Add 3 tbsp of flour to the cooled dry fruits and mix ..we r doing this procedure not to sink all the nuts in the bottom..
Add this fruits-nut mix to the cake mix and gently fold …
Now pour this batter to the greased pan …Level the pan to avoid air bubbles..
Bake for 50-55 minutes until the top turns dark brown and or until a tooth pick or skewer inserted to the middle of cake comes out clean ..
My cake took exactly 55 minutes .. Don’t worry about dark brown colour on the top..It won’t be burnt inside 🙂
Now take it out from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes ..
Then dust with icing sugar and cut into desired shapes… Enjoy this yummy soft and moist cake …
The highlight of this cake is easy to make ,no pre soaking is needed and tastes divine ..
So my dear friends why u r waiting ,go and get the things and make this yummy cake for this x-mas …
U can keep this cake in a air tight container and the taste will increase while sitting ..
So don’t forget to share ur experience with me 🙂
Wish u a very Happy New Year and Merry X-mas ..
Note : If u don’t want to use wine and rum,don’t worry u can cook the fruits in orange juice only .. :)U can prepare caramel early and keep in the fridge …
A tip for my readers .. My dear friend and follower of curry world Shwetha Sethu Shared me this ..Thank u Shwetha dear for the tip ..How to make caramel in microwave ..
In a microwave safe glass big bowl,add 3 spoons of sugar and just half a teaspoon of water to it.Microwave it for 2 minutes continuously,but keep an eye.it will start bubbling. Now again microwave it for one more minute or till the color starts changing. Make sure ,it doesn’t flow off the container. Once it’s caramelised,take it out and pour half a cup of water and microwave it for half a minute more and let it cool down(BEWARE whiling adding water ).now it’s ready…
Special Note : Some of u faced problems while baking cake ,i mean the top portion is getting burnt but inside very soft .. so as i mentioned earlier each oven temp differs ,so better to bake at 160 degree Celsius for more than one hour .. so after 45 minutes do check in 5 minute intervel.. otherwise after half an hour bake at 180 then decrease the temp ..or one more option ,after 30 minute wrap a foil paper and cover the cake tin so the top portion won’t get burn … try these remedies to get perfect cake .. 🙂
hiiii..veeenaa
good one..the cake looks really moist and yummy tooooo…..
I will call u tmr okay……
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Thank u so much Minu 🙂
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Dear people…this is the best fruit cake recipe …hot from the oven ,I am having it while I am typing this .thank u soooo much Chechi….i had some left over raisins soaked in rum from last Christmas and found it while cleaning up my fridge.and so looked for this recipe here and I am glad I made it…luv u my dearest vena kutty chechi pie..
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Hi dear Shwetha..
Thats a great compliment dear 🙂 thanks a lot ..
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Hi dear. The cake was super soft. But only one issue..The top was dark like burnt!!!! What could have gone wrong?
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Good recipe, a beginner like me also could make a good plum cake with this…thank you.
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u r always welcome dear
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Veena… Is it redwine or white….nitadinu@yahoo.com
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red wine
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Thanks Veena. But what if we don’t want to use wine and rum?
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Veena…I made this …..Im glad to inform you that it was this taste I was looking for years whenever I tried plumcake during christmas and I realised that the taste got better with each passing day …….Finally, I could make it with you …..Thanks a million!
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Could you post the good old masala biscuit recipe which used to be available in the bakeries of central kerala ?
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is it same procedure bake cake in pressure cooker
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Hi veena. .its Christmas time. .pls upload a video of the same..so that we can try it without any hesitation.
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Tried ‘t.. 👍🏻😊
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Dear veenachechi
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Tried ur recipe…..Got goood taste….But i have one mistake,i dont knw why it happened…I made caramel syrup,like you mentioned ,cooled at room temp,but at the time that pour in to the batter,it become very sticky and i cant able to add easily,,,i saw in your video,ur caramel is like water ,..
Why it happens….Pls help me.അതു കൊണ്ട് തന്നെ വിചാരിച്ച colour kitteela…But ടേസ്റ്റ് fantastic…My hus told,more goood than shop bought one….എനിക്ക് bayankara സന്തോഷായി …Thankyou sooo much….Thanks in advance ,for clarifying my doubt…..
ചേച്ചി എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ് kazhinhatha alle.
Me tooo same…Btech house wife
..korach work cheythu…But ipppol house wife ………
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I have been following you for quite sometime, (YouTube) and your illustrations is appreciated apart from demo/presentation. I do bake cakes,cookies, breads etc. apart from nadan….
cooking.
Coming to the point, pl. suggest/recommend size of cake tin for this plum cake. I will be backing this tomorrow.
Regards
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I have been following you for quite sometime, (YouTube) and your illustrations is appreciated apart from demo/presentation. I do bake cakes,cookies, breads etc. apart from nadan….
cooking.
Coming to the point, pl. suggest/recommend size of cake tin for this plum cake. I will be backing this tomorrow.
Regards
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Hi Veena, Tried your plum cake recipe and it turned out great. But it did not rise as well as I expected it to!Also the colour was not dark as yours.Taste and texture was good!
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Is this a 1 kg cake or a half kg cake? And what is the size of the tin please?
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Hi Veena ,Tried your plum cake it was awesome and tasted good, all my friends liked and appreciated ,I told them its from Veenas curryworld not mine.So all the appreciation belongs to you.Thankyou.Stay Blessed.
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