Eggless Christmas Plum Cake | How to make Eggless Christmas Plum Cake

How to make Eggless Christmas Plum Cake

1. Chop all the dry fruits and nuts and keep aside.
2. For the caramel sauce, in a non-stick pan heat brown sugar on a low flame without adding any water.
3. Keep stirring as the sugar melts and gets dark in color.
4. Put off the flame when a smooth glazy syrup is formed. Pour ½ cup water to the caramel syrup. The caramel will harden.
5. Now put on the gas and allow the mixture to boil again until the caramel dissolves in the water. Keep stirring until it gives a dark brown color caramel sauce.
6. Add the chopped nuts to this sauce and cook for 1-2 minutes. Put off the flame and allow the dry fruits to soak in the caramel sauce for 2-3 hours.
7. Sift the flour with spice mix, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.
8. Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10-12 minutes.
9. Grease the cake pan and line it with parchment paper at the base.
10. In another bowl take milk, sugar and oil. Mix well.
11. Fold in the dry ingredients with the wet ones with a spatula.
12. Add the dry fruits along with caramel sauce, vanilla extract, lemon and orange zest.
13. Mix everything very well. At first the batter will be thick and difficult to spoon. Keep mixing gently until the batter is without any lumps.
14. Spoon the batter in the greased cake pan. Tap the pan twice to remove the trapped air.
15. Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 30-35 minutes or until a tester toothpick comes out clean.
16. Allow the cake to cool down completely. Run a knife through the edges of the cake pan. Now keep a plate above the cake pan and invert the pan to flip the cake on the plate. Remove the parchment paper gently.
17. Slice the cake and enjoy it as it is or sprinkle some powdered sugar over it.