Eggless Plum Cake Recipe is a boozy, dark, intense cake. The nuts and dry fruits are steeped in the liquor of choice or in fresh orange juice, and the cake is additionally loaded with nuts making it a wholesome cake full of bites. Enjoy this delicious Eggless Plum Cake Recipe loaded with fruit & nuts from Chef Kunal Kapur.
Ingredients:
For Soaking
Cashewnuts (crushed) – ¼ cup Almonds (crushed) – ¼ cup Pista (crushed) – ¼ cup Raisins – ¼ cup Candied fruits – ¼ cup Dried Blue Berries – handful Dried Cranberries – handful Orange juice – ⅔cup For Batter
All purpose Flour(maida) – 1cup Cocoa powder – 3 tbsp Clove powder – ¼ tsp Cinnamon powder – ½ tsp Nutmeg powder – ¼ tsp Ginger powder – ¾ tsp Sugar(fine grain) – ¾ cup Butter(melted, salted) – 5 tbsp Vanilla Extract – 1tsp Baking powder – 1½ tsp Chocolate chips – ½ cup Milk (room temp) – 1cup Salt – a pinch
Steps:
Soak the dried fruits in either rum or brandy and in case you do not wish to use alcohol then you can soak the fruits in orange juice. Soak them for at least 2hours, overnight is preferable.
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon powder. Add in sugar, melted butter, vanilla milk and chocolate chunks. Add in the soaked dried fruits and mix them together.
Line a baking mould with butter paper and pour in the batter. We now have 2 methods to prepare the cake.
Place the filled cake tin in a steamer and cook it for approx 30-35mins. Insert a knife to check if it comes out clean. If yes remove the cake and let it cool. If the knife is still wet then steam the cake for another 5-7mins or till it gets cooked completely.
METHOD 2
Preheat an oven at 180c for 35-40mins or till the cake is completely cooked from the centre. Insert a knife to check if it comes out clean. If yes remove the cake and let it cool. If the knife is still wet then steam the cake for another 5-7mins or till it gets cooked completely.
