Plum Cake recipe - How to make Plum Cake
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To Soak Fruits:- Clean all the fruits deseed them & divide them into two parts; divide the cashewnuts into two parts
- Mince one part of the fruits & cashewnuts in the mincing machine
- And finely cut the other half of the fruits & cashewnuts - now mix both the minced fruits & cashewnut + the cut up fruit & cashewnuts
- Put this in a ceramic bow add the rum/brandy + spice powder + scraped nutmeg + the powdered pineapple flower
- Mix well cover & leave to soak do this the previous day morning.
- Melt the 1/4 kg white butter (if you don''t get white butter use the normal butter - i use lurpak unsalted butter).
- Take a bowl put the 1/4 kg rava pour the melted warm butter over it mix well & leave to soak do this the previous day morning.
- The next day before you start making the cake cut & grease the butter paper for the base & sides of the cake trays with butter sprinkle a little flour over the greased paper & line the cake trays & keep.
- Sieve the maida/baking pwd, & salt & keep aside.
- Separate the eggs - beat the yolks well & keep - beat the whites till stiff & keep aside.
- To the soaked fruit sprinkle a little flour & toss or mix nicely - this helps the fruit not to sink to the bottom of the cake.
- Now take a big mixing bowl put the butter & churn till the butter is light & fluffy,
- Add the powdered sugar & continue churning till the grating of the sugar.
- Add the soaked rava & continue to churn till the rawa has bloated well, add the beaten egg yolks little at a time & churn till light & fluffy,
- Add the jam & the caramelized sugar syrup and mix well.
To caramelize sugar for colouring the cake.- 2 cups sugar add 2 cups water place on heat & keep on stirring till sugar dissolves & the colour starts changing.
- When the colour becomes brown go on adding a little water at a time ( do this 2 or 3 times)till you get a good rich dark brown colour- remove from heat & keep warm.
- To check if the cake is done insert a metal skewer into the center of the cake - if the skewer comes out clean - your cake is done - if there is still batter sticking to it lave to bake till done.
- Pn: if you plan well - you could soak yr. fruits 6 months in advance & make the cake.