plum cake recipe | eggless Christmas cake | kerala style plum cake recipe

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Plum cake is an eggless Christmas healthy fruit cake recipe with no alcohol, no oven, and no egg. Soaked dry fruits in orange juice with natural sweetener in dates give a delicious taste to the cake and enhance the flavour a lot. The step-by-step procedure with a detailed video recipe.

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Christmas plum cake is also known as a fruit cake because the cake is fully loaded with dry fruits, tutti frutti, berries and fresh fruit juice. I have added fresh orange juice you can replace apple juice. And can add other dried fruits like apricots, pine nuts and various berries. The amount of fruits and what type you want to use is entirely up to you.

7 Special Cakes without oven:

1.  Sponge Vanilla Cake
2. plain egg sponge cake
3. Eggless wheat cake
4.  Mug cake/Cupcake
5. Just 3 ingredients Chocolate cake
6. Swiss roll cake/jam roll cake
7. Fruit cake

Mostly plum cake is made with caramel If you do not want to make the sugar syrup for Christmas cake from scratch then this cake is for you. I have added milkmaid and jaggery to reduce time and to make a super tasty plum cake recipe.

Eggless plum cake is totally dedicated to the vegan diet. It’s healthy and easy to make without an oven and is a completely alcoholic-free recipe. You may also like

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Tips for the perfect plum cake recipe:

• Can also add apple juice instead of orange juice.
• Can add other dried fruits like apricots, pine nuts and various berries.
• The amount of fruits and what type you want to use is entirely up to you.
• Refrigerate and soaking the dry fruits overnight helps to plump them up and juicy.
• Can soak all dry fruits or mix them later.
• A knife or toothpick will be clear and dry if the cake is properly baked.

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Step-by-step procedure for plum cake recipe:

Soaking dry fruits:

Take a bowl to add 9 chopped cherries, 11 chopped dates, and 1/2 cup of tutti frutti.

Also, add 1/4 cup of raisins and 4 chopped dry dates.

Prefer to rinse dry fruits in water and then drain them very well. This is optional.

Pour a glass of orange juice and mix. Can also add apple juice instead of orange juice.

Add a cup of grated jaggery and mix well.

Cover and soak for 2 hours. Refrigerate and soaking the dry fruits overnight helps to plump them up and juicy.

Making batter:

Add 1/4 tin of milkmaid or milk powder.

Squeeze 1/2 lemon which is approximately a spoon of juice.

Add 3 drops of rose white and mix well.

Add 1/4 cup of oil approx 6 tablespoon mix well.

Sieve 2 cups of plain flour(maida) and 1 tablespoon of baking powder.

Also sieve 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 3-4 pinches of salt and 1/4 spoon of cinnamon powder(chakka).

Mix well without lumps and make a smooth batter.

Add 1/4 cup of cashew nuts(Kaju) and 1/4 cup of chopped almonds(badam).

Add 1/4 cup of chopped pistachio(pista), and chopped walnuts(akroat) mix.

Can soak all dry fruits or mix them later.

Add 1/4 cup of beaten curd and mix well.

The batter is ready.

Baking cake without oven:

Grease the cake tin with oil and dust with flour.

Transfer the batter to the cake mould.

Tap the pan twice in order to remove the air bubbles.

Heat a pan and add a cup of salt/sand. Place the stand to elevate the height.

Place the cake mould. Top with dry fruits, tutti frutti and cherries.

Cover the lid and cook for 50-60 minutes.

Insert the toothpick or knife and check whether it is clear or not.

In case you remove the cake and find it has not been fully baked simply return the tin and cook for 5-10 minutes. A knife or toothpick will be clear and dry if the cake is properly baked.

If it is done let it cool completely.

Clear the sides and transfer to a serving plate.

Cut into slices and enjoy this plum cake.

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