Plum Cake

Name: Plum Cake
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup All purpose flour(Maida); 1 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 2 tsp milk powder(optional); 1/4 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1/4 tsp ginger powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder; Pinch salt; 1 cup Sugar; 1 cup milk; 3/4 cup oil; 1 tsp Vinegar(to be mixed with milk); 1/4 cup Chopped Almonds,Walnuts,Cashews; 6-7 chopped Dates; 2-3 tsp tuti fruti; 1/3 cup Apricots,cranberries,Raisins; 1/2 cup any Fruit juice(mixed fruit,orange,grapes)

Anshu Dua @cook_20161567

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Ingredients

2 cupAll purpose flour(Maida)
1 tspBaking powder
1/2 tspBaking soda
2 tspmilk powder(optional)
1/4 tspCinnamon powder
1/4 tspginger powder
1/4 tspnutmeg powder
Pinchsalt
1 cupSugar
1 cupmilk
3/4 cupoil
1 tspVinegar(to be mixed with milk)
1/4 cupChopped Almonds,Walnuts,Cashews
6-7chopped Dates
2-3 tsptuti fruti
1/3 cupApricots,cranberries,Raisins
1/2 cupany Fruit juice(mixed fruit,orange,grapes)

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Steps

1

Take fruit juice in a bowl and soak chopped dry fruits,tuti fruti,apricots,cranberries,raisins.Nuts and fruits can be added or skipped as per choice.Keep soaked for atleast an hour.
2

Caramelized sugar Syrup-Take 1/4 cup sugar in a pan and let it get melt.Keep stirring.When sugar melts and starts bubbling. Add 1-2 tsp water.Keep stirring.Be careful while adding water.Syrup will get ready.Let it get cool.
3

Sieve together all the dry ingredients;Maida,milk powder,cinnamon powder,ginger powder,nutmeg powder,baking powder,baking soda and salt.
4

Take 3/4 cup sugar,milk(mixed with vinegar for half an hour) in a mixer.Also add 3/4 cup oil.Blend together.
5

Mix together caramelized sugar syrup with soaked fruits.Add these in flour.Later mix milk paste in flour using cut and fold method.Add milk if needed to make thick flowing batter.Pour batter in greased cake tin.
6

Bake the Cake.It can be baked at 180 degree in a preheated oven for 40-45 minutes.For baking in cooker,spread a layer of sand/salt in cooker and place a stand.Keep cake tin on stand and close the lid without using whistle and gasket.Bake for 40-45 minutes.Check using tooth pick
7

Let the cake cool down.Demould it. Sprinkle powdered sugar on cake