Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kerala christmas fruit (plum) cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Heat it & let the sugar melt. At first look, soaking fruits in orange juice and then adding more to the cake batter might seem a bit scary and a sweetness overload, but the nuts add the needed crunchiness & balance the sweetness. But if you wanted to try the alcoholic version, check out my Christmas Fruit Cake/Kerala Plum Cake.
Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Kerala Christmas Fruit (Plum) Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kerala christmas fruit (plum) cake using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
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)
- Take 1 cup Red wine (see notes for non alcoholic version)
- Make ready 2 tbsp All purpose flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
- Take 1 tbsp + 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare 1 cup All purpose flour
- Make ready 3/4 tsp Baking powder
- Get 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- Make ready 1 pinch Salt
- Prepare 1Cloves (powdered)
- Make ready 1/4″ piece Cinnamon(powdered)
- Make ready 1/4 tsp Ginger powder
- Get 1/8 tsp Nutmeg powder
- Prepare 1 tsp Orange zest
- Take 125 gms (1/2 cup +1 tbsp) Butter,at room temperature
- Take 1 cup Sugar
- Prepare 2 medium Egg yolk
- Prepare 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Take 2 medium Egg White
Kerala style plum cake is a simple pound cake (equal weight of flour, sugar and butter) with the addition of caramel syrup, dry fruits and spices. Kerala Style Christmas Plum Cake Recipe is a boozy, dark, intense cake that is made in advance for Christmas. The nuts and dry fruits are steeped in the liquor of choice, and the cake is additionally loaded with nuts making it a wholesome cake full of bite. This Plum cake is a recipe I have been following for years and is now a foolproof recipe that I turn to every Christmas.
Instructions 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.
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. I am very traditional when it comes to Christmas, I soak my dry fruits in rum by early November, get my wine ready, and make batches of cookies and hot chocolate mix as gifts for friends. Learn how to make rich and delicious Kerala Fruit Cake. You can imagine my excitement for coming up with this — I patted myself more than a few times 🙂 This recipe is from Nag's blog.
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