Loaded with dry fruits and enhanced with goodness of spices is this
cake all about. Hope you will like this recipe and will give this a try.
INGREDIENTS:
FOR SOAKING:
*Black raisins- 3 tbsp
*Candied cherry-3tbsp
*tutty frutti-3 tbsp
*Roughly chopped cashewnuts- 3 tbsp
*Roughly chopped almonds- 3 tbsp
*Raisins- 3tbsp
*Orange juice- 6 tbsp
FOR CARAMEL:
*Sugar- 6 tbsp
*Warm water- 4 tbsp
FOR CAKE BATTER:
*Milk- 1 cup
*Oil/ Butter- 6 tbsp
*Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
*Cinnamon powder- 1 tsp
*All purpose flour- 2 cups
*Powdered sugar- ¾ cup
*Cocoa powder- 1 tbsp
*Instant coffee powder- 1 tsp
*Baking powder- 1 tsp
*Baking soda- ½ tsp
*White vinegar- 2 tsp
PROCEDURE:
*In a bowl soak all the dry fruits in orange juice for about 3 hrs.
*For making the caramel, take a pan and add sugar and heat until it
melts.
*Keep stirring in the middle and keep the flame low.
*After the sugar melts and starts to change colour, add warm water,
stir for a while and take it off heat.
*The syrup should be if flowing consistency. Let it cool completely.
*Now take a large mixing bowl, add milk, oil, vanilla essence and
cinnamon powder and mix well.
*Now sieve together all the dry ingredients.
*Fold the dry into the wet ingredients. Do not overmix. Fold only till
all the flour pockets have disappeared.
*Now add the prepared caramel sauce and the soaked dry fruits. Gently mix
it.
*Now add vinegar and give it a quick mix.
*Immediately pour the batter into a 6 inch tin[ greased and lined]
*Place this in a preheated kadhai and bake this cake for 40-45 mins on
medium to low flame.
*Let it cool and cut it into slices.
*Delicious bakery style plum cake is ready.
*try this recipe and let me know in the comments how it turned out.
