Rich, moist & delicious Plum cake or Fruit cake…
This is a popular cake baked for Christmas & enjoyed by everyone. This cake is loaded with candied dried fruits & nuts. The dried fruits & nuts are soaked in orange juice for an hour. Orange juice will make this cake refreshing. The aromatic spices added to the flour will impart a nice fragrance. This cake will make us slip into the festive spirit.
Happy Holidays everyone, enjoy this cake with your family!
Rich & Moist Plum Cake -Fruit Cake Recipe- For Christmas- Without Alcohol
Author: Thas
Ingredients
For Soaking
- Chopped dates- ½ cup
- Candied dried fruits/cherries or Tutti Frutti- ½ cup
- Chopped nuts- ½ cup (almonds, cashew nuts, pecans, walnuts)
- Orange juice- 1 cup
Dry ingredients
- All-purpose flour- 1 cup
- Baking powder- 1 tsp
- Baking soda- 1 tsp
- Nutmeg- ¼ tsp
- Ground cinnamon- ¼ tsp
- Ground dried ginger- ¼ tsp
- Salt- ¼ tsp
Wet Ingredients
- Butter, unsalted & softened- ¼ cup (1 stick)
- Brown sugar- ¾ cup
- Egg yolk- from 2 eggs
- Egg whites- from 2 eggs, whipped
Optional ingredient
- Cashewnuts- 6, to top the cake batter
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine all the ingredients mentioned 'for soaking', and soak for an hour. Overnight soaking is not required.
- Preheat the oven to 325 F or 160 C.
- Into a bowl, sieve all the dry ingredients; keep aside.
- Separate the egg yolks & whites from 2 eggs at room temperature.
- In a bowl, using an electric hand mixer- beat the softened butter for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add brown sugar, beat for 2 minutes.
- Add egg yolks, beat till creamy.
- Add the prepared flour mix or dry ingredients.
- Beat at low speed for 2 minutes.
- Add the soaked dried fruits & nuts in orange juice.
- Beat at low speed for 2 minutes.
- Keep aside.
- In a bowl, whip the egg whites (from 2 eggs) at high speed till soft peaks are formed.
- Add the whipped egg whites to the cake batter.
- Combine well using a silicone spatula till well incorporated.
- Use a 6 inch or 8 inch cake pan.
- (Don't use springform pan- liquid will drip through the sides from the batter while baking).
- Grease the cake pan with butter, line with parchment paper.
- Pour the cake batter.
- Tap the pan to release the air bubbles.
- Top with cashewnuts, this is optional.
- Place the cakepan in the preheated oven, on the middle rack.
- Bake for first 45 minutes, check if the center has cooked well by inserting a fork into the center of the cake.
- If not, bake for another 15 minutes, kept on the upper rack.
- I had to bake this cake for an hour.
- Let the cake cool down completely.
- Cut into wedges and enjoy.
