Plum cake in cooker - using grape juice and nuts

 

Hi guys ! Heartly welcomes you all to Christmas season . Not even a week more for Christmas . It is a season of a great joy , a time for remembering of past and hoping for the bright future . So , quickly make yourself to ready for preparation to welcome this warm Christmas season and to rejoice it , we are going to celebrate it with preparations of a yummy and delicious cake recipes . In my last post , I shared you a chocolate Lava cake . Now , in this blog I'm going to share you , a simple plum cake recipe .

Plum cake in cooker 

Content : 

1. Introduction to plum cake 
2. Ingredients list 
3. Note 
4. Its Preparation 

• Soaking / boiling nuts 
• Caramalizing sugar 
• Batter preparation 
• Baking cake - In cooker 

                              In oven 

4. Short review 

5. Tips 

Introduction to plum cake : 

Plum cake is one of all our delicious and yummy recipe which is especially made of during this Christmas season . It is made of with dry fruits , grape juice/ red wine , caramalized sugar and with other batter making ingredients . 

Note : 

⏲️ Soaking time : 2 days soaking / 5 minutes boiling 

🕰️ Caramalizing time : 5 minutes

⏱️ Preparation time : 10 minutes

⏰ Baking time : 40-50 minutes in cooker , 70-80 minutes in a oven . 

🔖 Pan size : about 8 - 10 inch pan

🔖 Course : dessert 

Ingredients :

• All purpose flour / maida - 2 cups
• Unsalted butter - 1 cup
• Sugar - 2 cups
• Eggs - 5 
• Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
• Baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon 
• Sugar - 1/2 cup 
• Water - 1/2 cup 
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoon 
• Black raisins - 1/2 cup
• Cherry - 1 cup
• Tutti fruit - 1 cup 
• Nuts - 1 cup ( walnut , raisins , cashews )
• Grape juice - 2 cup 

Let's start it's preparation :

Soaking/ boiling nuts :

• In a mixing bowl , add 1 cup of cashews , almond and walnut . The nuts should be chopped . 
• Then , add 1 cup of cherry , 1 cup of tutti fruit , 1 cup of raisins . 
• To this add , add the grape juice upto 2 cups or till the nuts and fruits sunk completely . 
• Boil it for 5-10 in a medium flame . 
• It should be boil well . 
• Let it cool . 

Tip : If you want to soak and use , then you need to soak for 2 days . 

Caramalizing sugar :

Caramalizing sugar is commonly known method by many . 

• In a pan , add 1/2 cup of sugar , and 1/4 cup of water . 
• Boil them for 5 minutes . 
• After 5 minutes , the boiling water starts to turn a brown shade with bubbles . 
• Wait till it gets a dark brown colour . 
• Once the colour reached , add another 1/4 cup of water . 
• Boil for another 5 minutes and turn off the flame . 

Batter preparation : 

• Take a big mixing bowl , add 5-6 eggs ( both yellow and white ) , melted butter ( unsalted ) 1 cup , 1.5 cup of powdered sugar ( grind the sugar in a blender as a fine powder ) , mix all these once well . 

• Then , to this add 2-2.5 cups of maida or all purpose flour , 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder , 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda . 

• Mix well and start to whisk for 5 minutes . 

• Then , add the caramalized sugar and soaked/boiled nuts which you prepared and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract .  

Tip : if you soaked the nuts for 2 days in a grape juice , while preparing batter after 2 days , the grape juice quantity will be reduced to 1/4 cup in the nuts . So , while preparing batter add this 1/4 cup of grape juice . If you boiled the nuts , kindly add the remaining grape juice according to the batter consistency . 

• Mix them once well . 

Tip : The consistency of batter should be not too watery or too thick . 

• Before transferring the batter to the baking pan , grease the pan with the butter on all the sides of a pan and  place a butter paper on the bottom/base . 

• And , transfer the batter to the baking pan .

 

• Tap , the baking pan once or twice to avoid the air bubbles inside the batter.  

Baking cake : 

In a oven :

If you want to bake it in a big size of pan , then bake it for 70 - 80 minutes in 360°F / 180°C . If you want to use a medium size pan then 40 - 50 minutes is enough . 

In a cooker : 

Preheat the cooker for 15 minutes in a medium flame . Before pre heating , add one layer of salt to the base of the cooker , above that place a stand and a plate on that.

Tip : You can reuse the salt for cake baking . 

Choose the pan which suits your cooker . Place the batter filled pan in a cooker without interacting with the sides of the cooker . 

Tip : If you cooker is small , according to that you prepare the batter quantity . So , that you will place a small pan inside it . ( You just reduce the given quantity into half of the amount ) 

In a medium flame , let it bake for 40 - 50 minutes . 

To check whether the cake is baked completely , you can use knife . By inserting the knife gently into the cake you can check . If the cake is non sticky then it is perfect . If the batter sticks to the knife , let it bake for another few minutes . 

Short review : 

• In a mixing bowl , add  6 eggs , 1 cup of butter , 1.5 cups of powdered sugar , 2 cups of maida , 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder , 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda , 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder , 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract , caramalized sugar and soaked nuts , raisins , cherry , tutti fruits .

• Mix altogether well and whisk for 5 minutes .

• Grease the baking pan with butter and place a butter paper . 

• Transfer it to the baking pan and TPA the pan twice gently . 

• Bake for 70-80 minutes in 360°F in a oven .

Tips : 

Vanilla extract : 

Vanilla extract or essence is a natural solution made from the pods of vanilla plant which is used to give a flavour to some of the dishes .  It is a essential ingredient to provide a vanilla flavour in desserts , ice creams , cakes , brownies , cup cakes , puddings , custard .