Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 100 minutes
- Preparation: 40 minutes
- Cooking: 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups Mixed dry fruits - I used apricot
- 3/4 cup Rum - or Double with orange juice
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Hot water
- 1 cup Vivatta Maida
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 3 Cloves (Laung)
- 3 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
- 1 pinch Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini)
- 1 pinch Nutmeg powder
- 5 tablespoons Butter (unsalted)
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 Whole Eggs
- 1-1/2 cups Mixed nuts - I used almond
- 1/2 cup Tutti frutti
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- To begin making Caramel Plum Cake Recipe, soak all the dry fruits in rum or fruit juice like apple juice or orange juice
- It is best if you soak the dry fruits for at least a week
- On the day of baking, preheat the oven at 350F or 180 degree centigrade
- Caramel SyrupTake a hard bottom pan, spread sugar and keep on low medium flame
- It will melt down and then change its color to brown
- Do not use spoon, just swirl the pan
- When color changes to brown, take it out of the stove and add same amount of hot water
- Sugar syrup will solidify, keep back on stove and slowly allow sugar to dissolve
- Now you can use spoon, it will take 10-15 mins
- Cool it
- Cake:Drain rum/juice from soaked dry fruits, spread 2-3 tablespoon of flour on this to prevent it from settling at the bottom of pan
- Also save any drained rum to pour over the cake at the end
- Whisk butter and sugar very well in a mixing bowl
- Add eggs and again whisk
- Take all the dry ingredients separately- flour, spices, salt, baking soda, baking powder- give a nice mix
- Now add dry ingredients to wet ingredients slowly folding well with spatula
- Add the drained dry fruit/nuts/tutti fruity and caramel syrup, alternately and fold well with spatula
- Grease the baking pan with butter
- Pour the cake mix to pan
- Now you can pour the drained rum over the mix in pan, this gives a nice color and flavour
- Bake for 40-50 minutes in a preheated oven
- After about 30-40 minutes, check if the top of the cake is getting very dark, if yes, cover with aluminum foil and bake further
- Check with toothpick after 30-40 mins to see if toothpick comes out dry
- Cool completely, better when served next day
- Serve Caramel Plum Cake Recipe for snacks, along with Masala Chai Recipe - Indian Spiced Tea and Achappam Recipe | Kerala Style Fried Rose Cookies
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 1
- Kerala Recipes
- Snack
- Eggetarian