Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, kerala christmas fruit (plum) cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
This Kerala plum cake recipe requires you to caramelise sugar into a thick sugar syrup. Don't be like me and worry about it, it's really not that hard, you just need to be careful while doing it. Fruit Cake - Plum Cake - Christmas Cake. For Traditional cake with alcohol - Soak plums + raisins + cashews + black currants in rum or brandy.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kerala christmas fruit (plum) cake using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake:
- Get 1 to 1.5 cups Dry fruits (use sultanas, raisins, dried currants, dates, dried cherries, cashew nuts, & almonds)
- Get 1 cup Red wine (see notes for non alcoholic version)
- Prepare 2 tbsp All purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup Sugar
- Get 1 tbsp + 1/2 cup Water
- Take 1 cup All purpose flour
- Take 3/4 tsp Baking powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- Take 1 pinch Salt
- Prepare 1Cloves (powdered)
- Take 1/4″ piece Cinnamon(powdered)
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Ginger powder
- Prepare 1/8 tsp Nutmeg powder
- Get 1 tsp Orange zest
- Take 125 gms (1/2 cup +1 tbsp) Butter,at room temperature
- Take 1 cup Sugar
- Take 2 medium Egg yolk
- Get 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Make ready 2 medium Egg White
Prep Work Making the caramel Caramel syrup is an important ingredient in Kerala style fruit cakes. Add sugar to a small sauce pan. Similar Recipe Chocolate Plum Cake Eggless Fruit Cake Microwave Fruit Cake. But recently i discovered that the colour comes from the dark caramel and not from the cocoa.
Steps to make Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake:
- Soak the dry fruits and nuts in red wine,in a glass container /jar.Cover and keep away for at least 24 hours. For best results soaks them for 1 or 2 weeks or up to 1 month.
- To prepare caramel syrup melt 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tbsp water in a deep pan. As you cook the colour will change from pale golden to brown. Swirl the pan once or twice in between(do not use a spoon /spatula).When the colour changes to dark golden brown, switch off the stove. Carefully add 1/2 cup water and stir to mix well. Switch on the stove and boil the syrup over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Allow this to cool completely(this can be made a day ahead.)
- In a mixing bowl combine together all purpose flour,baking powder, baking soda, salt, clove, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg powder using a fork. Add the orange zest and mix well. Keep aside until required. In a bowl beat egg white until soft peaks form. Keep aside until required.
- In a bowl beat together softened butter and sugar until soft and fluffy. Add one yolk at a time and mix well. Add vanilla extract. Mix well until combined. Add 2 tbsp flour mixture and mix to combine. Add the cooled caramel syrup into the egg mixture in 3 batches alternating with the flour mixture. Mix everything just enough to blend. Drain the soaked fruits well and keep the liquid/red wine aside.
- Add 2 tbsp all purpose flour and mix well until combined. Fold in the prepared dry fruits and nuts. Add 1/2 or 1 tbsp of red wine (drained from soaked fruit/nuts) to the batter, if desired. Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the batter in two or three batches.
- Preheat oven to 180 Deg C. Transfer the batter to a cake tin /loaf pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan,peel off the parchment paper and cool completely. For best results, allow the fruit cake to mature for 2 to 3 days before serving.
- For alcohol free version, soak the dry fruits and nuts in 1 cup orange /apple or grape juice overnight at room temperature. If the top of the cake browns too quickly while baking, loosely cover it with foil. Prick holes on top of the cake using a skewer and drizzle one or two tsp of red wine over the cake, for extra flavor. Cover the cake with parchment paper and then with foil and store in an airtight container for upto 2 weeks.
Similar Recipe Chocolate Plum Cake Eggless Fruit Cake Microwave Fruit Cake. But recently i discovered that the colour comes from the dark caramel and not from the cocoa. Kerala Christmas Fruit Cake / Kerala Plum Cake. Coming to think of it, I was always a hard core tea cake fan and used to wonder how can somebody like plum cake/fruit cake. As you can see in the picture the fruits and nuts sank to the bottom of the cake ,as i did not drain them well.
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