Eggless Wheat Plum Cake with soaked mixed fruits. This plum cake tastes exactly like the cake we used to eat as children from our favourite bakery, Rich and fruity. Soaked in orange juice and filled with chopped dry fruits. Have used wheat and almond for flours.
RECIPE
Serves : 8-10 people
Prep time : Soaking takes 24 hours time
Bake time: 45-60 minutes
Tools: 6 inch round cake tin, wire rack, sieve, oven, mixing bowl, hand blender, chopping board.
INGREDIENTS
Soaked fruits 110 g
Butter 1/2 cup
Brown sugar 3/4 cup
Molasses/ Jaggery syrup 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Milk 4 tbsp ( or more as needed)
Wheat flour 1 1/4 cup
Almond flour 1/4 cup
Baking soda 1 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder 1/2 tsp
Dry ginger powder 1 tsp
Clove powder 1/2 tsp
Almonds 2 tbsp
Cashew 2 tbsp
Walnut 2 tbsp
Hazelnuts tbspn
METHOD
Finely chop all dry fruits of your choice, add to glass jar. Add fruit preserve and orange or apple juice.
Mix and store in refrigerator to soak for atleast 15 hours or 2 days.
Dry roast almond, cashew, walnuts and hazelnuts.
Cool and chop them coarsely.
Heat a sauce pan with water and jaggery and reduce till its sticky and thick.
Preheat oven at 170 degrees centigrade.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper and keep prepared.
Cream Butter and brown sugar for 2-3 minutes.
Add vanilla extract, molases and cream again.
Place a sifter on top of the bowl.
Add flour, baking soda, salt and spice powders. Mix gently.
Add chopped nuts and mix a little.
Finally add the soaked fruits mixture. Mix gently.
Pour the batter in prepared pan.
Place in preheated oven at 170 degrees C for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven and keep to cool for 5 minutes.
Invert the cake over wire rack. Let it cool a little. Decorate the cake as you like.
Slice and serve.
Tips
Soak the dry fruits in orange or apple juice for 48 hours. Keep the jar refrigerated while doing so.
As alcohol is a preservative, dry fruits are soaked for many months or even a year.
Whereas orange juice will become stale and get bitter after 2-3 days.
Hence this method works best for people who doesn't soak prior and also for those who avoid using alcohol.
Dried Apricot, candied kiwi, pineapple, papaya can be added, dried figs can be added too.
Jaggery syrup works fine if you don't have molasses.
Milk requirement may wary as per the quality of flour, and its absorption level, so add more of the batter looks dry. But it must not become runny or loose.
Soak the dry fruits in orange or apple juice for 48 hours. Keep the jar refrigerated while doing so.
As alcohol is a preservative, dry fruits are soaked for many months or even a year.
Whereas orange juice will become stale and get bitter after 2-3 days.
Hence this method works best for people who doesn't soak prior and also for those who avoid using alcohol.
Dried Apricot, candied kiwi, pineapple, papaya can be added, dried figs can be added too.
Jaggery syrup works fine if you don't have molasses.
Milk requirement may wary as per the quality of flour, and its absorption level, so add more of the batter looks dry. But it must not become runny or loose.
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