Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake
Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, kerala plum/fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kerala plum/fruit cake using 17 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
  1. Prepare Butter, softened
  2. Make ready Caster sugar
  3. Take Sugar for caramel syrup
  4. Get water Hot
  5. Make ready numbers Egg white
  6. Get numbers Egg yolk
  7. Get Plain flour
  8. Prepare Baking powder
  9. Prepare Salt
  10. Make ready Vanilla essence
  11. Take Lime juice
  12. Prepare Pineapple jam
  13. Make ready dried fruits Mixed, chopped
  14. Take Cashew nuts, chopped (lightly roasted)
  15. Get Dark rum
  16. Take Spice powder
  17. Take Orange peel, dried and powdered

Indulge yourself to a Holiday Treat, loaded with Fruits n Nuts soaked in Rum… an Old fashioned Christmas Fruit Cake aka Kerala Style Plum Cake…! Moist, Rich, and Luscious… just how you would have wished your perfect fruit cake to be… Add plum + water in a sauce pan and place it on high heat. Once the water starts simmering, turn the heat to medium and let the remaining water evaporate and plum soften. Add oil, mash the plum with a spoon and keep stirring till a thick paste is formed.

Instructions to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
  1. Preheat oven at 180 °C for 15 minutes. Line base and sides of a deep 20 cm round cake pan with baking paper.
  2. Beat egg white until peek, keep aside.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until soft and creamy.
  4. Add egg yolk, one at a time and beat until well combined. Add vanilla essence and lime juice. Add cool caramel syrup and mix well.
  5. Add sifted flour,baking powder and salt mixture along with egg white and fold well.
  6. Finally, fold in mixed dried fruits, cashew nuts, pineapple jam, spice powder, dried and powdered orange peel mixture.
  7. Spread the cake mixture into prepared pan. Bake for around 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan.
  8. NOTES - Brush top of hot cake with extra rum, if desired.
  9. For mixed fruits i used a combination of raisins, glaced cherries, candied orange and lemon peel. Chop all the fruits into small pieces and soak them in dark rum for a period of minimum 1 week or until absorbed.
  10. To avoid sinking, dust the soaked fruits with some sifted flour and baking powder mixture before using.
  11. To make caramel syrup, combine sugar and little water in a sauce pan. When the sugar melts and becomes dark brown add 60 ml hot water. Melt completely and let it come to room temperature.
  12. Spice powder is a combination of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dry ginger. Grind all the spices to a fine powder.
  13. To make dried and powdered orange peel, wash and peel the oranges and cut the peels into thin slices and spread it in a tray and keep under the sun for 3- 4 days, grind into a fine powder.
  14. For measuring mixed dried fruits and cashewnut i used 250 ml measuring cup.
  15. Have all the ingredients at room temperature especially butter and egg. Sift together the flour,baking powder and salt.

Once the water starts simmering, turn the heat to medium and let the remaining water evaporate and plum soften. Add oil, mash the plum with a spoon and keep stirring till a thick paste is formed. Christmas / Xmas Fruit Cake/ Kerala Plum Cake. 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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