Eggless Whole Wheat Plum Cake Recipe | Christmas Plum Cake

Archana Doshi

March 30, 2021

27042 Ratings

Time:Prep: 2h 0m|Cook: 40 M|Total: 2h 40min

Makes:12 Servings

Meal:Dessert

Cuisine:Continental

This Whole Wheat Eggless Plum Cake Recipe is a boozy, dark, intense cake that is made in advance for Christmas. The nuts and dry fruits are steeped in the rum and the cake is additionally loaded with nuts making it a wholesome cake full of bite. Everyhome has a way of making a Christmas Cake and over time, I have adapted the recipe to the taste and flavours which we love at home.

This Plum cake is a recipe I have been following for years and is now a foolproof recipe that I turn to every Christmas. For best results, make it in advance and store it in a dark cool place for the flavours to deepen. You can either make it for Christmas or slice it and store it as a tea time treat or a snack box option for your kid too. This cake is rich and wholesome at the same time. Once you have tasted it, you will want to make an extra one and save it for New Year's as well! Serve it at your Christmas party this year, for sure!

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Ingredients

Ingredients to be soaked in rum/ orange juice

1/4 Black Raisins

1-1/4 Prunes, finely chopped

1/4 Apricots, finely chopped

1/4 Dates, finely chopped

1/4 Dried Figs, finely chopped

1/4 Cranberries

100 Rum

240 Fresh orange juice

Main Ingredients

60 Fresh orange juice

200 Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 Almond Meal (Badam Powder)

1/2 Baking powder

1/4 Baking soda

3/4 Oil, or melted butter

1 Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar)

1 Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini)

1 Dry ginger powder

1 Vanilla Extract

1/2 Slivered Almonds (Badam)

1/2 Walnuts, chopped

240 Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)

Instructions for Eggless Whole Wheat Plum Cake Recipe | Christmas Plum Cake

To begin making the Eggless Plum Cake recipe, prepare all the ingredients and keep ready.

Traditionally the dry fruits are soaked in juice and rum for about 2 days to a week, a month or even a year.

Place the all the dry fruits into a large mixing bowl. Pour over the rum and orange juice and grate the orange zest (optional).

Mix until well combined, then cover the bowl with cling film and set aside overnight or a few weeks or a month or a year. The longer you soak, the richer the taste of the christmas cake. Here in this recipe, the dry fruits have been soaked for a month.

Proceed to the remaining steps once your soaked fruits are ready.

Preheat the oven to 170 C.

Sift the flour, baking powder and the spices together and keep aside.

Line the base and sides of a 9 inch springform cake pan with a layer of parchment paper, making sure the paper reaches the top of the tin. You can also optionally grease and dust the pan.

In a large bowl or a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, whisk the butter/oil and sugar together until fluffy.

Gradually beat in yogurt. Add in the flour slowly until well combined.

Finally add in the soaked dried fruits, its liquids, the chopped nuts and combine it into the flour mixture.

Don't over beat at this stage, we just want all the ingredients to be well combined.

Spoon the above cake mixture into the springform pan and level the surface with the back of a spoon. Bake for 1 and a half hours approximately or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

The Eggless Plum Cake typically tends to darken a lot during baking, if this happens cover the top with parchment paper or aluminum foil in the middle of the baking process.

Once the Eggless Plum Cake is baked remove it from the oven and allow it to cool completely in the pan.

Store the Christmas Cake/ Whole Wheat Eggless Plum Cake in an airtight container, wrapped in greaseproof paper and aluminium foil, for two to three months.

You can also bake the Christmas Cake/ Whole Wheat Eggless Plum Cake in smaller pans and gift them to your family and friends during the holiday season.