Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, kerala plum/fruit cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Get Butter, softened
- Take Caster sugar
- Get Sugar for caramel syrup
- Get water Hot
- Take numbers Egg white
- Make ready numbers Egg yolk
- Make ready Plain flour
- Prepare Baking powder
- Get Salt
- Get Vanilla essence
- Get Lime juice
- Get Pineapple jam
- Take dried fruits Mixed, chopped
- Get Cashew nuts, chopped (lightly roasted)
- Prepare Dark rum
- Prepare Spice powder
- Prepare Orange peel, dried and powdered
Similar to the fruit cake which the Westerners make during this time. Learn how to make rich and delicious Kerala Fruit Cake. This Christmas I bring this festive Plum Cake to you. The Jolly molly best time of the year is here, and so is this unique Christmas cake which is most commonly know as plum cakes.
Steps to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
- Preheat oven at 180 °C for 15 minutes. Line base and sides of a deep 20 cm round cake pan with baking paper.
- Beat egg white until peek, keep aside.
- Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until soft and creamy.
- 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.
- Add sifted flour,baking powder and salt mixture along with egg white and fold well.
- Finally, fold in mixed dried fruits, cashew nuts, pineapple jam, spice powder, dried and powdered orange peel mixture.
- 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.
- NOTES - Brush top of hot cake with extra rum, if desired.
- 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.
- To avoid sinking, dust the soaked fruits with some sifted flour and baking powder mixture before using.
- 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.
- Spice powder is a combination of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dry ginger. Grind all the spices to a fine powder.
- 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.
- For measuring mixed dried fruits and cashewnut i used 250 ml measuring cup.
- Have all the ingredients at room temperature especially butter and egg. Sift together the flour,baking powder and salt.
I get it a lot when a slight mention of my Kerala genes kicks in. 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. The caramel syrup is called as black jack and is also referred to as black jack Christmas cake. Sift the dry ingredients - flour, salt,baking soda and spice powders - well. Add the caraway seeds (if using) and mix well.
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