Plum Cake

Christmas is just a week away and i have started making sweets and also have baked few goodies..Here goes the recipe of the famous Plum cake baked during the x'mas season..

Ingredients:

Refined flour:2 cups

Butter:1 cup

Sugar:1 cup

Eggs:4

Currants:50 gms

Raisins:25 gms

Refined flour:2 tbsp

Candied orange peel:2 tbsp,chopped

Cashewnuts:10,chopped

Mixed spice powder:2 tsp

Baking powder:1.5 tsp

Vanilla essence:1 tsp

Preparation:

In a pan caramelise the sugar till dark brown(almost black)..

Add 1/4 cup of water and let the syrup boil for a few minutes till it thickens...

Remove from heat and keep this aside to cool...

Mix all the dried fruits and nuts with 2 tbsp of refined flour and keep aside...

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy...

Sift the flour,baking powder and the mixed spice powder together...

Seperate the eggs and lightly beat the yolks...

Add to the creamed mixture along with vanilla essence ...

Fold in the flour...

Beat the egg whites till stiff and fold in...

Finally add the prepared caramel syrup and the dried fruits and nuts...

Grease a suitable baking dish and pour the batter in it...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees ....

Bake for 40 minutes....

The Plum cake is ready!!

Enjoy baking the Plum cake!!

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Related recipes:

Simple homemade cake

Tea cake with tutti frutti

Cashew cookies


P.S.:To enrich the flavour of the currants and raisins,soak them in rum overnight...

Sending this to my cookies and cakes for X'mas event

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