With Christmas just around the corner, its time to soak in the goodness of rum-soaked fruits along with the flavourful mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest. Plum cake is something that serves the purpose. So today I am going to share with you the recipe of plum cake loaded with fruits, almonds and spices which will leave you wanting for more

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What you will need:
Soaked dry fruits: 1 cup
Eggs:3
Maida: 1 cup
sugar: 3/4th cup
Butter: 3 tbsp
Baking powder: 1 tbsp
Baking soda: 1 pinch
Orange peel: 2 tbsp
Nutmeg: 1 pinch
Ginger powder: 1 tbsp
Cinnamon powder: 1 tsp
Mixed dry fruits: 1 cup
How to prepare:
• Take a pan or kadhai and on medium heat, melt two tbsp of sugar slowly.
• It will first melt and then turn into dark brown. Keep stirring and let it turn into deep dark caramel colour but don’t burn it.
• Add ¼ cup of water slowly in batches and keep stirring. Don’t add all the water at one time as the sugar will harden.
• Once all the sugar dissolves, turn off the heat. This will take around 10 mins.
• I had soaked some dry fruits in Rum 15 days back and its ready now. Take 1 cup of soaked fruits and nuts that you prefer.
• I have taken some almonds, walnuts and cashew for the cake.
• Take 3 tbsp of unsalted butter and whip it till soft and fluffy. Now add 3 eggs one at a time and whisk till it becomes soft and creamy.
• Once this is done add ¾ cups of powdered sugar slowly to mix well. I have mixed the sugar well and now I will add 1 cup of maida or all purpose flour.
• Add 1/3rd cup of cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, a pinch of baking soda. Mix all the ingredients and sieve so that there are no lumps in it.
• Now to this batter add 1 tsp if cinnamon powder, 1 tsp of ginger powder and a pinch of nutmeg. Nutmeg adds a wonderful flavour to the cake so don’t skip this.
• Gently fold in the dry ingredients and mix until everything is well combined and there are no large flour pockets in the batter. Do not over mix at this stage.
• Keep a small portion of the soaked dry fruits aside and fold in the rest along with the caramel, chopped walnuts, almonds and cashews in the batter.
• I am adding some orange zest to the batter. Please remember not to use the white part of the orange as it will add a bitter taste to the cake. Mix lightly. Decorate it with some cashew on top
• Now I will grease a pan and add butter paper at the bottom. Here I will sprinkle some flour so that the cake comes out clean.
• Now transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan and gently tap to remove any air bubbles. I am not using my oven today.
• Here I have my unused pressure cooker which I have pre-heated on the gas. Insert the pan and bake it for 45 mins by maintaining the temperature.
• First keep the flame on high for 10 mins and then reduce it to medium for 20 mins and then bake it at low flame for 15 mins.
• Please follow this to bake the cake perfectly, else you may burn the cake.
• After 45 mins insert a skewer and check it if comes out clean. Once it is done let it cool and top the cake with the leftover soaked fruits.
• Your Christmas plum cake is ready to serve.

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