Soft & Sweet Plum Cake
Old-fashioned Kerala sweetmaking — no shortcuts, no substitutes. Jaggery, ghee, and coconut come together through slow cooking and patience into something far greater than the sum of their parts.
Ingredientsfor 5 servings
- Butter : 100 gm
- Sugar : 1 cup — powdered
- Eggs: 3 nos
- Plain Flour : 8 tsp
- Baking Powder : ½ tsp
- Milk : ½ cup
- Nuts/ raisins / tutti fruity/ figs : as reqd (cut into small pieces and mixed with 3 tbsp of plain flour
- Sugar : ½ Cup
Preparation
Step 1
Set a pan on the stove melt ½ cup sugar with ¼ cup water and melt completely. Heat on a low flame until it turns brown. Set aside.
Step 2
Beat the butter with powdered sugar and then add the eggs one at a time, whipping continuously.
Step 3
Add milk, and continue whipping.
Step 4
Add the melted sugar to this and mix with a spoon. Fold in the plain flour and baking powder to this.
Step 5
Add the dry fruits and nuts to this and fold in lightly. (they must be mixed with plain flour).
Step 6
Enter Step.
Step 7
Bake in an oiled tray on a low flame for about 30 minutes. Top with icing sugar or sugar powder.
Step 8
Plum cake is ready.
Tip
When working with jaggery, always melt and strain it first. Even the best quality jaggery has some grit that needs to be removed.
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