Delicious English Plum Cake/Fruit cake recipe

This delicious fruit cake also known as English Plum cake and Indian Christmas cake is effortless to make with easy to get ingredients.

Effort
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 8

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Ingredients
Sugar – one and a half cup
Sea salt – 1 Tablespoon
All-purpose flour – one and a half cups
Orange zest and dates soaked in rum – 1/4 cup
Raisins soaked in rum – 1/4 cup
Crushed cashews – 1/4 cup
Maraschino cherries, tutti-frutti – 1/4 cup
Cloves – 4
Cinnamon powder – 1/2 teaspoons
Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon
Butter – 1/2 cup
Coconut milk – 3 tablespoons
Eggs – 3 Large
Milk – 2 Tablespoons
Instructions:
1. Soak orange zest and raisins in rum overnight.
2. Heat one cup of sugar into a pan over low heat until it caramelizes(view here).
3. Add half cup of water. The caramelized sugar immediately becomes sticky and starts to harden. Roll it into a mass with a spatula and set aside to cool.
4. Add half cup all-purpose flour, soaked orange zest and dates, soaked raisins, crushed cashews, maraschino cherries and tutti-frutti to a bowl. Mix them well together.
4. Sift together one cup flour, crushed cloves, cinnamon powder, baking powder, butter, eggs, half cup of sugar and vanilla essence into a bowl.
5. Beat them all together until it forms a smooth batter.
6. Add the prepared dried fruit mix, milk and caramel to the batter.
7. Mix them well together on low speed.
8. Pour the finished batter into a greased cake tin.
9. Bake for 40 minutes at 180°C/350°F
13. Serve with cup of tea and enjoy!!!

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