PLUM CAKE

II PLUM CAKE II

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INGREDIENTS

✨For The Dry Fruits Mixture:

*Golden Raisins-1/2 cup

*Almond -1/2cup 

*Dates -1/4 cup (chopped)

*Candied Orange Peel-1/8 cup

"Orange Juice-1/4 cup

*Cashew Nuts-1/2 cup

 

✨For The Caramel Syrup:

*Sugar-3 tbs

*Water-1 ½ tbs

*Lemon Juice-a few drops

*Boiling Water-1/4 cup

 

✨For The Cake:

*Butter-1/2 cup

*Caster Sugar-1 ¼ cups

*Curd-1/3 cup

*Vanilla Essence-1/2 tsp

*Flour- 1 ¼ cups

*Baking Powder-3/4 tsp

*Powdered Cinnamon-1/4 tsp

*Powdered Ginger-1/8 tsp

*Powdered Nutmeg-1/8 tsp

*Powdered Clove- 1/8 tsp

How to make? 🤔

✨For The Dry Fruit Mixture:

1.Add chopped dates , almonf and golden raisins in orange juice.

2.Bring it to boil, simmer and cook for 1 minute.

3.Add the cashew nuts and cook for one more minute.

4.The mixture will become dry.

5.Remove from stove and allow it to cool.

 

✨For The Caramel Syrup:

1.In a sauce pan add sugar, water and lemon juice.

2.Heat the mixture. Do not stir.

3.The sugar will start caramelizing.

4.When nicely brown, add the boiling water and swirl.

5.When it boils, remove from flame. There should not be any sugar lumps in the solution. 5.You will end up with a nice brown syrup.

 

✨For The Cake:

1.Sift flour with all the spices and baking powder. Keep it apart.

Take a kadai and preheat for 5min 

2.Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

3.Add the caramel syrup and beat.

4 Add  curd and vanilla essence and beat until incorporated. The mixture may look curdled but it is fine. Add the dry fruits mixture and beat.

5 Now add the flour and mix with a wooden spoon gently.

6.Grease the pan. Pour the batter into it.

7.Bake the cake in kadai for 20-25min on lowflame. 

8.By 15 minutes the top will start browning. 9.Place a piece of foil on top of the cake to avoid the burning of top.

10.Insert a knife and check if it comes out clean.

11.When done, remove from kadai and allow it to cool for 1 hour before removing it from the tin.

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