Christmas is all about fruit cakes..Delicious, fruity, rich cakes will make your christmas so special. I already have a chocolate plum cake recipe in this blog which is tried by many of you. But now, I am getting many request from you all to post a new fruit cake recipe..
How can i ignore your request, so i made a eggless plum cake which turned out so soft and fluffy. I also made a microwave plum cake recipe for those who dont have a oven which i will post soon. I hope you will try this and let me know how it turned out.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooling Time : 30 mins
Baking Time : 40 to 45 mins
Makes – 10 to 12 generous slices
Ingredients:
Raisans – 100 grams
Dates – 100 grams chopped
Nuts – 1/2 cup chopped finely (Cashews, Walnuts, Almonds)
Tutti Fruity – 1/2 cup (Mixed colour)
Water – 1 1/2 cup
Orange Juice – 1/2 cup
Vegetable Oil or Melted Butter – 1/2 cup
Orange Zest – 2 tblspn
Vanilla Essence – 2 tsp
Dry Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 3/4 cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Baking Soda – 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder / Pattai podi – 1 tsp
Cardamom powder / Yelakai podi – 1 tsp
Cloves – 1/4 tsp powdered
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Method:
Grease a bundt pan with oil, sprinkle with flour and dust it all over the pan and tap off the excess. Set aside till use.
Take raisan, dates, tutti fruity, water in a sauce pan. heat it up and simmer for 8 to 10 mins.
Take it off the heat, add in orange juice, oil, vanilla essence, orange zest and mix well. Remove it off the heat and allow it to cool down.
Preheat the oven to 170 Degree C / 350 Degree F.
Now take all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
Pour the cooled fruit mix over the dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour this batter in the prepared pan and bake it for 40 to 45 mins.
Remove it from oven and let it cool down for 20 mins, now invert the cake to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
Slice and Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| First prepare a pan, spread oil all over the pan |
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| Sprinkle with flour |
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| Dust it evenly |
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| Now make the batter, take dry fruits in a saucepan |
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| Add some water |
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| Put it over stove |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| Simmer for 8 to 10 mins |
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| Add orange juice |
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| Now add melted butter or oil |
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| Add orange zest |
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| a splash of vanilla |
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| Mix that well and let it cool completely.. |
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| Now mix the dry ingredients, take flour in a bowl |
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| Add sugar |
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| Add in the spice powders |
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| Add in baking soda and salt |
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| mix that well |
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| now the mix is cooled |
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| add the fruit mix |
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| mix well |
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| Pour the batter in |
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| bake it |
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| Serve |
luks lovely aarthi 🙂
shifa
Good one! Will try this out for Christmas
Simply lavish and marvelous looking cake. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
Hi,
Can this cake be baked using pressure cooker, if not pls post one which can be baked using cooker, i have no oven at present.
how can i PIN this recipe ?
@Anonymous This is my pinterest profile, you can pin it from there
http://www.pinterest.com/aarthisatheesh/
@swa yogI am sure about it swa yog. But I will post a separate recipe soon
Thanks for the pinterest link
Hi Aarthi,
Which oven did you bake it in?
Can you please share the name of the brand and the model,I'm planning to buy a microwave very soon.
@Shabeen I baked thise, in my mom's place. I baked it in Koryo OTG oven. And in my house i use morohy richards 40 liter OTG oven.
Plz mentioned the grams of the ingredients
Hi aarthi,can u tell me how to cook ths receipe by oressure cooker method.Thank you and god bless.
@mekalacheck this link
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/search/label/Pressure%20Cooker%20Baking
Can i skip raisins and tutty fruity..? Thn should i chnag measurement of other ingredients
@LoVeLy AsHyes u can..increase other fruits amount
akkaaaaaaa oru doubtu!! can i use d caramel which yu mentioned in rum fruit cake,by soaking the dry fruits in orange juice as followd in tat recipe..but i wana try tat in dis recipe instead of water here..how can i get succeed here..whethr it ll work akka??
@umamahiyes u can do it like that too
Hi Art hi
Luv ur blog
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipes
I n planning to make this cake for Christmas I just want to know if I can use whole wheat flour in this recipe and also can I make this in regular cake moulds.
Thanks a ton
Shaheen
Hi Arthi
Luv ur blog
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipes
I m planning to make this cake for Christmas I just want to know if I can use whole wheat flour in this recipe and also can I make this in regular cake moulds.
Thanks a ton
Shaheen
@Shaheenif u use wheat flour, it wil turn our hard and dense..yes u can use normal mould..
WHAT. HAPPENED. TO. THE. NUTS!!!!!
Hi Karthik, beautiful receipe and and a wonderful blog. Can you confirm the cup measurement used in your receipe. Does 1 cup equal 200ml or 250 ml. I plan to make this receipe in a couple of days hence would really appreciate your quick response. Thanks a ton and best wishes for Christmas
my 1 cup measures 240 ml.
Hi Aarti
I want to bake an eggless version of this cake but want to make it into an eggless orange without all the dry fruits and tutti fruity
Pls advise
Thanks
not sure about that