Eggless plum cake

Name: Eggless plum cake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 peoples
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g black and yellow raisins; 100 g dry strawberry and plum; 50 g dates; 50 g apricot; 50 g dry figs; 100 g cherries; 100 g Tutti fruity; 1 cup fresh orange juice; 200 g chopped cashews, almond, walnut; 2 cup maida; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 3 inch cinnamon sticks; 6 cloves; 4 cardamom; 1 pinch nutmeg; 1 tsp orange and lemon zest; 100 g butter; 3/4 cup brown sugar for caramel; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 100 g unsalted butter; 2 tbsp curd; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp vinegar

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

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Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

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6 peoples

100 gblack and yellow raisins
100 gdry strawberry and plum
50 gdates
50 gapricot
50 gdry figs
100 gcherries
100 gTutti fruity
1 cupfresh orange juice
200 gchopped cashews, almond, walnut
2 cupmaida
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
1 tbspbrown sugar
3 inchcinnamon sticks
6cloves
4cardamom
1 pinchnutmeg
1 tsporange and lemon zest
100 gbutter
3/4 cupbrown sugar for caramel
1 tsplemon juice
1/2 cupbrown sugar
100 gunsalted butter
2 tbspcurd
1/4 cupmilk
1 tspvanilla essence
1 tspvinegar

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Steps

1 hour

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Mix all the Dry Fruits in a bowl with fresh Orange Juice.. mix well and soak for at least 8 hours or until the dried fruits absorb all the juice. But if not, then simmer them on LOW HEAT for 5-6 mins till the berries become plump. Let them cool down.
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Prepare the Caramel Syrup by heating 3/4cup brown Sugar on LOW HEAT. Do not use Spoon, keep tilting the pan for an even color. Once color changes to dark golden, then switch off flame. Add Hot water immediately from the sides carefully bit by bit. BE careful of any hot splashes. Add Lemon Juice (so its doesn't crystallise) and switch on the Flame. Cook for another 9-10mins on LOW HEAT till the quantity reduces by half.
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Chopped nuts and dusted with a tsp of maida...
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In a mixer jar, add the cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, and a spoon of brown sugar and grind it well...
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Firstly, in a large bowl take 100 grams butter and 1/2cup brown sugar.
beat well until the butter and brown sugar turn creamy. if you do not access to brown sugar then use white sugar. adding brown sugar makes cakes moist and gives good colour.
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Add milk, yogurt, and the prepared caramel and mix well...
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Place a sieve in it and add maida, baking powder, baking soda, and ground powder. Sift it well and mix it.
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Add orange, lemon zest, soaked dry fruits, vanilla essence, vinegar and mix well...
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Add nuts to it and mix...
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Transfer this cake batter to the prepared baking pan and spread evenly. Garnish with more nuts, dried fruits, and cherries if desired.
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Place the cake pan into the preheated oven and bake at 160 degree for 1.5 hours. insert a toothpick and check if the cake has baked completely. cool the cake and then unmould the eggless plum cake.
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Now ready to serve....