Wednesday 19 February 2014

Fascinating, Delightful, Mouthwatering plum cake

The fruit flavored or decorated cakes have their own craze with the people. The toppings and fillings can be made with different kind of nuts and fruits like apple, berries, apricot, fig, papaya, raisins, cashew, walnuts, almonds, and so forth. The Plum cake and other cakes would also be soaked in spirits. This cake is one of the inclusive of “must have” list especially on Christmas, New Year festive time.The mixed fruits, and nuts cake brings the collective health benefits of all the fruits and nuts used. Walnuts are high in protein, vitamins, Omega 3, fatty acids, minerals, lecithin and oils. These nuts have potential health benefits in the area of memory and cognitive function as well. Almonds are rich in nutrients, help reduce heart attack, lowers bad cholesterol, help build strong bones and teeth,improves memory, nourishes the nerve system,and provides healthy fats that aid in weight loss.Figs include good amount of dietary fibers helpful for reducing body weight, contain good amount of calcium helps to strengthen bones ,high in potassium help reduce insulin so it can control diabetes. Raisins increase the supply of energy, aids digestion, enhances bone health, treat infections, protect eyes, treat anemia, prevent cancer and heart disease, and so forth.

Several Plum cake recipes available comprise Plum coffee cake, German plum cake, Rich plum cake, Christmas plum cake, Kerala plum cake, Eggless plum cake, Easy Plum Cake, and so forth. Plum cake business turned around to be huge money making one on account of the desirability and the health benefits of the collective fruits within it. Many innovations can be implemented merging the new untried fruits, vegetables, other edible stuffs with different Plum cake recipes to make new formula to promote the business like carrotplum cake pudding, banana plum cake, pineapple plum cake and so forth.

The making of Plum cake is an easy process with or without frosting. It is an ideal cake to make andserve on the special and festive occasion. The recipe follows below. The ingredients are simple, could be shopped anywhere with no big effort. The precondition is having the good conditioned working oven.

Cake Ingredients:

• 2cups sifted all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

• 1-1/2 cups candied cherries, dried figs, golden raisins,tutti frutti

• 4 pieces of dates

• 20 grams offruit jam

• 100 ml beer, dark rum and red wine

• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon of salt

• 1 cup butter or margarine(softened)

• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar

• 6 eggs

• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, almonds ,cashew chopped

• 2 cups orange and lemon peel all mixed together.

Directions:

• The dried fruits and nuts should be cut into small pieces and soaked in the rum, red wine and beer 5 days in advance before cooking.

• The oven must be preheated to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C)

• The cake pan should be greased with the melted butter.

• Flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt should be sifted together in a bowl.

• Butter or Margarine, eggs should be added in the center part of the flour mix.

• Everything should be gently blended together, beaten until it becomes creamy or fluffy

• Dried fruit mixture, nuts, fruit jam, and orange peel should be sifted together into the batter now and blended, beaten again.

• The mixture now should be poured into the greased cake pan.

• Keep this pan in oven and bake this for about 35 to 40 minutes until the cake starts leaving the pan from sides.

• Knife or wooden pick can be inserted in the center of the cake to take it out clean.

• The cake should be removed from the oven and made to cool off for few minutes only.

• Run a knife around the edges to loosen the cake and place a flat plate over the cake pan turn it over to transfer the cake onto the plate.

• The cake should be made to cool completely.

• This cake will keep several weeks or it can be frozen.

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