Kerala Plum Cake / Christmas Cake Recipe

Kerala Plum Cake is a rich, full of flavor fruit cake. It is a perfect cake for Christmas or any other festivals. With the help of below mention methods, you will be able to make Kerala Plum Cake at home very easily. Kerala plum cake is spiced, caramelized, and packed with rum-soaked fruits and nuts as compared to other plum cake.

List of Ingredients:

Soaked Fruits

Mention below list of fruits will be soak for at least 1 week and ideally for 1 month

Dry Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

Nuts

Instructions:

1. Soaking of fruits: Take dry fruits from the list (Black raisins, Prunes, Apricots, Dates, Dried figs, Cranberries) and chopped it all. Now mix all the chopped dry fruit into rum and orange juice. Soak it for a week and max up to a month.
2. Pan Preparation: Take a 9-inch circular pan with parchment paper. Before starting baking, heating of oven is very important. Pre-heat oven by 170'C.
3. Mix of dry substances: Take a bowl and add flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda and spices and mix them well together.
4. Cream wet elements: Beat oil and brown sugar till fluffy. Add curd and vanilla extract.
5. Combine: Slowly add dry elements to moist combination. Add in soaked fruits and nuts.
6. Bake: Pour batter into the pan. Bake for ninety mins or until a skewer comes out easy. 
7. Cool down: Leave the cake to cool. Wrap the cake in butter paper , and put in an airtight box. 

Tips & Traditions:

• Serving the cake: Pour a spoonful of rum over the cake weekly to deepen flavor.
• Gifting: Bake in mini pans and wrap for festive presents.
• Eggless model: This recipe is certainly egg-less and uses curd for moisture.

Why It’s Special

Kerala Plum Cake is more than a recipe - it’s a ritual. Families soak culmination weeks earlier, bake together, and percentage slices with friends. The flavor of caramel, spices, and rum fills houses with nostalgia and joy.