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

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.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword christmas cake, christmas plum cake, plum cake, plum cake recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 3 hours
Servings 6

Ingredients

Ingredients for plum cake:

Soaking dryfruits:

  • Chopped cherries - 9
  • Chopped dates - 11
  • Tutti frutti - 1/2 cup
  • Raisins - 1/4 cup
  • Chopped dry dates - 4
  • Orange juice - 1 glass
  • Grated jaggery - 1 cup

For batter:

  • Milkmaid - 1/4 tin
  • Lemon juice - 1 spoon
  • Rose white - 3 drops
  • Oil - 1/4 cup
  • Plain flour(maida) - 2 cups
  • Baking powder - 1 tablespoon
  • Baking soda - 1 tea spoon
  • Salt - 3 pinches
  • Cinnamon powder(chakka) - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Chopped cashew nuts(kaju) - 1/4 cup
  • Chopped almonds(badam) - 1/4 cup
  • Chopped pistachio - 1/4 cup
  • Chopped walnuts(akroat) - 1/4 cup
  • Beaten curd - 1/4 cup

Toppings:

  • Chopped cherries - 1 tablespoon
  • Tutti frutti - 1 tablespoon
  • Dry fruits - 3 tablespoons

Instructions

Procedure for plum cake recipe:

Soaking dry fruits:

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

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

  3. Pour a glass of orange juice and mix.

  4. Add a cup of grated jaggery and mix well.

  5. Cover and soak for 2 hours.

Making batter:

  1. Add 1/4 tin of milkmaid or milk powder.

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

  3. Add 3 drops of rose white and mix well.

  4. Add 1/4 cup of oil mix well.

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

  6. Also sieve 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 3 pinches of salt and 1/4 spoon of cinnamon powder.

  7. Mix well without lumps and make a smooth batter.

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

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

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

  11. The batter is ready.

Baking cake without oven:

  1. Grease the cake tin with oil and dust with flour.

  2. Transfer the batter to the cake mould.

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

  4. Heat a pan and add a cup of salt/sand.

  5. Place the stand to elevate the height. Place the cake mould.

  6. Top with dry fruits, tutti frutti and cherries.

  7. Cover the lid and cook for 50-60 minutes.

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

  9. If it is done let it cool completely.

  10. Clear the sides and transfer to a serving plate.

  11. Cut into slices and enjoy this plum cake.

Recipe Notes

  • 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.