Recipe Time: Learn how to bake a plum cake

by Radhika Jose seo

Christmas is near and with that comes the season of joy, laughter, fun, food, gatherings and loads of cake. Yes, you heard it right. But, it’s 2018 and you may get busy with life. So, a quick tip for you to ensure you have enough time to get your plum cake ready before advent is to bake this cake on Stir-up Sunday. It’s the last Sunday before Christmas Advent – the traditional start of the Christmas Season.

Without further ado, let’s get started with our plum cake recipe. Also, if you are short of time, you can buy dry fruits online or flour, wine or other ingredients as mentioned below.

INGREDIENTS:

· Oven temp: 150 C-300 F

· 1 Cup Butter

· 1 1/2 Cup Sugar

· 6 Eggs

· 125 Gram Almonds , chopped

· 2 tsp Vanilla essence

· 2 1/2 Cups Mixed fruits (sultanas, raisins, candied peels and cherries), chopped

· 2 Cups Refined flour

· An 8-inch round cake tin, lined with a double layer of grease-proof or brown paper at the bottom and on the sides.

Plum Cake Recipe:

Step 1: Mix the chopped fruits along with almond in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp maida to the mix and keep aside. If you are short of food items and away from the nearest store you can opt to buy flour online and other ingredients in advance to avoid the shortage.

Step 2: Next, in a bowl add cream butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla butter together. Mix well.

Step 3: Add all the ingredients from step 1 and step 2 in a bowl. Fold the flour and then the fruit mixture.

Step 4: Transfer it into the cake tin and bake in a pre heated oven. Pre heat the oven at 150 C or 300 F and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

And your plum cake is ready. This is a no-wine needed plum cake recipe but you can add a notch of wine to your preparation before baking to add to the flavour of it. Merry Christmas, in advance!

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