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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