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Plum Cake | Plum Cake Recipe | No Soak Fruit Cake Recipe

Aarthi
Rich British Plum Cake is a Christmas traditional fruit cake made with dried fruits, raisins, nuts & oranges. The cake is required no-alcohol, no soaking of fruits in prior. It is an instant boiled plum cake recipe which can be made under 2 hours from start to finish. Learn how to make fail-proof classic plum cake with detailed recipe, step by step pictures and video.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 12 servings
Calories 297 kcal

Equipment

  • cooking pan
  • 8 Inch Cake Pan
  • OTG or Oven

Ingredients
  

For Dry Fruit Mixture

  • 1½ cup Raisins (Black Raisins, Seedless)
  • 5 Dates chopped finely
  • 6 Dried Prunes chopped finely
  • ¼ cup Tutti frutti
  • ¼ cup Candied fruits (citrus peel, kiwi, strawberry, pineapple)
  • 1 cup Orange juice 240 ml

For Caramel

  • ¼ cup Sugar 50 grams
  • ¼ cup Water 60 ml

Dry Ingredients (to Mix together)

  • 1½ cup Plain Flour 180 grams
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Dry Ginger Powder optional - 1 tsp
  • ⅛ teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cardamom

For Plum Cake Batter

  • 100 grams Salted Butter
  • ½ cup Sugar 100 grams
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon Orange Zest
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 3 tablespoon Cashews chopped finely

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180 degree c. Line a 8 inch round pan with parchment paper. Grease it lightly with oil or butter and set aside.
  • Start by boiling the dried fruits. Take all dried fruits in a pan. Add in orange juice and cook for 3 to 4 minutes till the dry fruits is soft. Set aside so it cools down.
  • Make Caramel. Take ¼ cup sugar in a pan. Heat and cook till sugar starts to caramelise. Swirl the pan gently so all the sugar gets evenly cooked. it should looks golden in colour. Now add in ¼ cup water and mix well. The caramel should be smooth and flowy. Set aside so it cools down.
  • Mix the dry ingredients together. Take flour, spice powders and baking soda in a bowl and mix well. Set this aside.
  • Now lets make the batter. Take butter, sugar, vanilla and orange zest in a bowl and mix together using a whisk or hand blender till smooth and creamy. Add in eggs and mix till creamy.
  • Now add in the dry ingredient mixture, cooled dried fruits, cooled caramel sauce and combine gently to form a thick batter.
  • Spoon into the prepared pan and bake for 45 mins and 1 hour. Sometimes it may take longer. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is baked or not. the tooth pick should come out clean.
  • Now remove cake pan from oven and let it cool completely. Invert the cake into a plate. Slice and serve.

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Notes

  • You can use any dried fruits and nuts you prefer. But raisins are essential for perfect tasting plum cake.
  • Instead of orange juice for boiling the fruits, you can use rum or any liquor of choice.
  • You can reduce the quantity of dried fruits.
  • Don't over bake the cake, else it may turn hard. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 297kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 169mgPotassium: 303mgFiber: 3gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 338IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 2mg
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