Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe with Rum l Kerala Plum Cake Recipe

Learn how to make Kerala plum cake recipe in easy steps

Christmas cake is an yearly sweet indulgence around December. This Kerala plum cake will make you nostalgic.

Here dry fruits are soaked in rum. If you don’t favor alcohol, you can substitute with orange juice, apple juice, grape juice or even homemade wine.

What makes Kerala plum cake different from other fruit cakes is the preparation of a caramel or browning of sugar. Here we are looking for a deep burnt brown color for the syrup, which gives a distinct flavor and taste.

Here browning of sugar is explained in detail to get perfect color for the cake

A homemade spice mix is made, which gives rich aroma to Christmas cake.

Finally egg whites are folded gently to make perfect dense cake with soft fruit studded interiors.

This is a last minute Christmas cake that can be done without much hassle.

Ingredients
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For soaking of fruits and nuts
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Black Raisins – 125 gm
Golden Raisins – 100 gm
Dates – 150 gm
Prunes – 50 gm
Tutti Frutti – 50 gm
Almonds – 100 gm
Cashews – 100 gm
Zest of two oranges

Rum/brandy/orange juice/ apple juice/ homemade wine – 1/2 cup

If using juice for soaking, please refrigerate it.

For caramelizing
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Sugar – 1 cup
Warm Water – 1/2 cup

Homemade Spice mix
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Cinnamon – 2 inches
Cloves – 5
Cardamom – 5
Nutmeg – 1/4

Dark brown sugar/powdered white sugar – 250 gm
Butter – 310 gm
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Flour – 250 gm
Flour – 3 tsp to coat soaked fruits
Eggs – 6
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Aniseed (optional) – 1 tsp
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Christmas wines
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Rice wine – https://youtu.be/f6vJYTwb69g
Banana wine – https://youtu.be/Mr-OeWK1Ev4
Pineapple wine – https://youtu.be/_YqMudBBzxY

Vattayappam – https://youtu.be/YSZHf0yyUU8
Sharkara vattayappam – https://youtu.be/HROQg7wZk24
Ariyunda – https://youtu.be/iNWtdO9xHY8
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