How to Make Ultimate Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, kerala plum/fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This year's first cake is this Kerala plum cake from Omana Paul, a popular caterer and good friend of ours. I have also shared an eggless fruit cake recipe if that's what you are after. This tutti frutti cake is perfect for those who don't really like plum cakes or raisins. Let's celebrate this season of the year with Kerala Plum Cake.

Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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 125 grams Butter, softened
2. Prepare 110 grams Caster sugar
3. Take 75 grams Sugar for caramel syrup
4. Make ready 60 millilitres water Hot
5. Make ready 2 numbers Egg white
6. Get 2 numbers Egg yolk
7. Prepare 150 grams Plain flour
8. Make ready 1 teaspoon Baking powder
9. Make ready 1/8 teaspoon Salt
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
11. Take 1 teaspoon Lime juice
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon Pineapple jam
13. Prepare 1 1/2 cups dried fruits Mixed, chopped
14. Make ready 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

Try my Kerala fruit cake recipe today. Kerala plum cake cake can also be refrigerated. I sliced the cake in slices and stored the slices in an. With a backdrop of my hometown, Plum cake races me back to my childhood days and memories, as it is a very famous dessert in Kerala, especially during Christmas.

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 sliced the cake in slices and stored the slices in an. With a backdrop of my hometown, Plum cake races me back to my childhood days and memories, as it is a very famous dessert in Kerala, especially during Christmas. I do not know the history behind its origin, but I believe it was the Britishers who brought the original dried fruit variety of the cake to India. Kerala Christmas Fruit / Plum Cake. Below is the recipe which I've very mildly adapted from Maria's menu here.

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