How to Prepare Award-winning Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake
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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake is 8 serving. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake using 17 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
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Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake:
- 125 grams Butter, softened
- 110 grams Caster sugar
- 75 grams Sugar for caramel syrup
- 60 millilitres water Hot
- 2 numbers Egg white
- 2 numbers Egg yolk
- 150 grams Plain flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon Lime juice
- 1 teaspoon Pineapple jam
- 1 1/2 cups dried fruits Mixed, chopped
- 1/4 cup Cashew nuts, chopped (lightly roasted)
- 60 millilitres Dark rum
- 1/2 tablespoon Spice powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Orange peel, dried and powdered
Instructions to make Kerala Plum/Fruit Cake
- Preheat oven at 180 °C for 15 minutes. Line base and sides of a deep 20 cm round cake pan with baking paper.
- Beat egg white until peek, keep aside.
- Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until soft and creamy.
- 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.
- Add sifted flour,baking powder and salt mixture along with egg white and fold well.
- Finally, fold in mixed dried fruits, cashew nuts, pineapple jam, spice powder, dried and powdered orange peel mixture.
- 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.
- NOTES - Brush top of hot cake with extra rum, if desired.
- 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.
- To avoid sinking, dust the soaked fruits with some sifted flour and baking powder mixture before using.
- 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.
- Spice powder is a combination of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dry ginger. Grind all the spices to a fine powder.
- 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.
- For measuring mixed dried fruits and cashewnut i used 250 ml measuring cup.
- Have all the ingredients at room temperature especially butter and egg. Sift together the flour,baking powder and salt.
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