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A simple and easy to make cake for Christmas.
Plum Cake is a very popular cake variety served during tea time and is a must during Christmas time. Try this rich plum cake that is delicious, fruity and makes for a great dessert treat for any occasion. This delicious Christmas plum cake recipe is very easy to make and does not use alcohol.
Plum Cake
A simple and easy to make cake for Christmas.
Ingredients
- 500 g Maida (Plain Flour) Plain Flour
- 500 g Butter
- 600 to 650 g Sugar powdered
- 10 to 12 Small Eggs well beaten
- 200 g Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 cup Caramel Syrup available in supermarkets
- 100 g Raisins
- 100 g Orange Peel
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 100 g Tutti Frutti
- 100 g Cashew Nuts
Instructions
- Sieve together the maida and baking powder well.
- Mix the sugar and butter in a bowl. Beat well.
- Finely chop the raisins, tutti frutti, cashew nuts and orange peel.
- Add them to the maida and mix.
- Add the brown sugar to the butter-sugar mixture.
- Pour the caramel syrup to the sugar mixture and beat well.
- Add the eggs and mix well.
- Gradually add the maida mixture and mix well.
- Pour this into a greased cake tin.
- Place it in a preheated oven at 180C and bake for 20 minutes.
- Reduce the temperature to 160C and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the cake tin and cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
- Remove the cake and allow it to cool completely.
- Slice and serve or store it in a clean, airtight container.
Recipe Video
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6 comments
Loved your (vanilla) sponge cake recipe.
I wanted to try your plum cake, but for 500 grams of maida, worried the 10-12 eggs will make the cake too eggy (smelling).
I find even avoiding recipes that have 3-4 eggs for the same reason.
Please suggest an alternative?:) thanks a lot!
Hi Priya,
Thank you.
You could try these eggless cakes
https://www.awesomecuisine.com/recipes/1481/eggless-sponge-cake.html
https://www.awesomecuisine.com/recipes/5349/eggless-chocolate-cake.html
https://www.awesomecuisine.com/recipes/18228/eggless-almond-cherry-cake.html
Hello, You have some interesting resciepes. Can I have some really delicious vegetarian cakes-no eggs recepies? Or some egg substitute.
Thank you for providing your recepies to us.
Regards,
Ousha
Hai
Always I like your recipes and very often cook also.it is very easy to follow when I am throwing parties
Regards
Leela
Hai
Let me ask you for plum cake 10 to 12 eggs will be more or not.is it a small eggs or .
I wanted to make this. Will you guide me
Mrs l manilal
It is small eggs and not large ones.