Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake
Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake

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Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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To begin with this 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:
  1. Take 125 grams Butter, softened
  2. Take 110 grams Caster sugar
  3. Make ready 75 grams Sugar for caramel syrup
  4. Take 60 millilitres water Hot
  5. Make ready 2 numbers Egg white
  6. Make ready 2 numbers Egg yolk
  7. Get 150 grams Plain flour
  8. Take 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  9. Get 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  10. Take 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  11. Make ready 1 teaspoon Lime juice
  12. Get 1 teaspoon Pineapple jam
  13. Get 1 1/2 cups dried fruits Mixed, chopped
  14. Get 1/4 cup Cashew nuts, chopped (lightly roasted)
  15. Prepare 60 millilitres Dark rum
  16. Get 1/2 tablespoon Spice powder
  17. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Orange peel, dried and powdered

There is a nostalgic feel when it comes to baking a fruit cake. There is a time-honored tradition in making fruit cakes, and it is a beautiful process. I still remember my grandmother, preparing candied orange peel, ginger candy, tutti frutti well ahead of time to add to the Christmas Cake. 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…!

Steps 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.

I still remember my grandmother, preparing candied orange peel, ginger candy, tutti frutti well ahead of time to add to the Christmas Cake. 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… 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.

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