Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, plum cake merry christmas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Plum cake merry christmas is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Plum cake merry christmas is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have plum cake merry christmas using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Plum cake merry christmas:
- Make ready 1 cup raisins
- Get 1 cup dried apricots chopped
- Take 1 cup figs chopped
- Get 1/2 cup dried ginger chopped
- Get 1/2 cup candied orange peel chopped
- Prepare 3/4 cup Brandy
- Get 380 gms flour
- Take 225 gms butter melted
- Take 1.5 tsps baking powder
- Take 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 300 gms breakfast sugar
- Make ready 4 large egg
- Make ready 150 gms packed brown sugar
- Prepare 2 tbsp molasses
- Make ready 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 cup toasted walnuts
- Make ready 1/2 cup of apricot jam
- Make ready 1/2 cup of warm water
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Instructions to make Plum cake merry christmas:
- Stir together dried fruit, candied ginger, candied orange peel and brandy. Keep overnight.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter two 9/5 inch loaf tins. Line them with butter paper. - In a bowl mix dry ingredients. Flour, baking powder, spices and salt. - In a mixer beat butter and both the sugars until smooth. Mix eggs one at a time followed by molasses and vanilla. Gradually add the flour mixture. Mix till smooth. Add the fruit mixture and walnuts.
- Divide the batter between the two tins. Bake for 1 hour and 35 minutes or till the tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and brush the top with more liquor. Remove and place on a wired rack. Heat the jam and water till smooth and glaze the top of the warmed cake.
- Important tips - - You can boil the dried fruit and candied fruit, strain and use immediately if running low on time. - - Brandy can be substituted with any other dark rum or orange flavoured liqueur. - - Use the best quality dried fruits available. - - Unglazed cakes can be shrink-wrapped and stored for up to one month in the fridge.
Traditional Christmas Plum Cake / Fruit cake preparation is something I look forward to every year, and enjoy all the activities that goes into the preparation; right from the soaking, mixing of dry fruits, the elaborate baking procedures, the enchanting aroma that fills the entire house, the cutting of Christmas cake amidst all cheers and joy and. Let the cake mature for a few hours and at least for a day. christmas cake recipe plum cake recipe with step by step photo and video recipe. there are several traditional cakes for christmas, however this is the basic fruit cake which is typically prepared during christmas. some even do have specific christmas cake decorations for these plum cakes but i have kept it simple without any decorations. Kerala Plum Cake or Christmas Fruit Cake is made with rum soaked dry fruits and caramelized sugar syrup and spices. A very traditional cake for Christmas.
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