Plum Cake || Eggless

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 A very rich, nutty, egg less plum cake for the holiday season.


 

Nutritional value

This cake has different kind of dry fruits and 300gms flour. The cake gives almost 15 small pieces and each contains around 150 k cal each.

Ingredients

For filling

(soaking of dry nuts in juice)

1 cup- Orange Juice

1 tsp- lemon jucie

100 gms- Tutti fruity

100 gms- Raisins

100 gms - Mix dried nuts

For cake

Dry Ingredients

1 and 1/2 cup (300gms) - All purpose flour/Maida

1/2 tsp- salt

1 tsp- Baking Powder

1/4 tsp- Baking Soda

1/4 tsp - Cinnamon Powder

1/4 tsp- Nutmeg Powder

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup- Hung curd

1/2 cup- Refine Sugar

1/2 cup- Jaggery Powder

1/2 cup- Butter/Ghee

For Folding Keep half cup chopped Almonds and Cashews.

 Method

First soak all the dry nuts in orange juice and lemon mix and let it sit in fridge for overnight.

In morning let the mixture come to room temperature and now add the wet ingredients in it along with jaggery, butter and sugar and mix it thoroughly.



Now add the dry ingredients one by one and mix thoroughly with the chopped folding dry nuts.


Put the mixture in a greased pan and bake it in 180 ç for almost 30 to 35 minutes or unless the toothpick comes out clean when put in center.


Sprinkle the top with more dry nuts or anything that you like.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!




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