Plum Cake: Christmas Special ( Rum Essence Only)

It’s time to sing a song together, it’s time to dance in a tune, it’s time to see snowflakes falling from the sky because it’s Christmas. Once in every year all over the world people celebrate this special occasion with friends and family.  I think Christmas has its own essence, the decoration all over the street, Shops, Houses, Malls make you feel that it’s Christmas.

This is also one of the best times to purchase gifts for your near and dear ones. I think when it comes to gifts we all want to be kid again so that we can ask whatever we want from Santa. The price of the gift or the size of the gift actually does not matter, what matters is the feelings of love. From last few months my husband asked me what I want in coming Christmas which actually gives me an immense pleasure. But he only decided to buy a DSLR camera for me which can help me to take some nice Photos for my blog. And can help me to become a little better in food photography. Which I loved was his thinking about my passion of photos. 

So my Santa is going to bring a big smile on my face this year, hope each and every people of the world get his or her smile from Santa clause. Christmas cannot be completed with a perfect cake and this is the best time to bake an authentic PLUM CAKE. My husband, daughter, friends everybody liked it very much and that's why I am really satisfied after everybody's reaction. This authentic Plum cake used to make with RUM but my daughter is going to have it so I just added Rum essence, but if you don’t have any issue then you can use any normal RUM or Spiced RUM which is available in any big super market. 

Ingredients:
For Soaking dry fruits
1.Dry fruits: raisins, currents, cherries, orange peels, apricot, prunes, cranberries, cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds, pistachios. (1 cup chopped)
2.Two table spoon powdered sugar.
3.One tea spoon water,
4.One tea spoon lemon juice.
5. Rum or Rum essence one cup.

At least 7 days before baking the cake, you have to soak the dry fruits for that you have to prepare caramel sauce.

First  in a heavy bottomed vessel add two table spoon of sugar then slowly add the water and lemon juice in medium heat and slowly your sugar will become dark brown in color, don’t use any spoon just shake the vessel . And don’t allow it to burn also so stand in front of the stove still it become dark and thick like sauce. Then add 2 table spoon water.

Now in an air tight container add all chopped dry fruits then add the caramel sauce then add the Rum essence or normal Rum and keep it aside for at least 7 days.

Caramel Syrup for cake:
Sugar : 1 cup.
Water: one cup and Two table spoon
Lemon juice: 1 tea spoon.

First  in a heavy bottomed vessel add one cup of sugar then slowly add the water and lemon juice in medium heat and slowly your sugar will become dark brown in color, don’t use any spoon just shake the vessel . And don’t allow it to burn also so stand in front of the stove still it become dark completely.

Then allow it to cool a bit then add the one cup warm water and your caramel syrup is done.

Ingredients for cake.
1.All-purpose flour: 2 cup.
2.Sugar: 2 cup. And One tea spoon
3.Egg: 4 (separate the egg yolks and egg white).
4.Spices powder: Nutmeg powder, Cinnamon powder, Clove powder (1/2 tea spoon of each item).
5.Few almonds and few walnut : just make dry powder with the nuts.
6.Butter: 1 cup.
7.Vanila essence: one table spoon.
8.Baking powder: one table spoon.
9.One tea spoon orange zest.
10.Pinch of salt.

Process:

Pre heat the oven in 350D F. And grease one round loaf pan with butter and flour.

First in  a bowl mix all the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking powder, spices powder, dry nuts powder) and keep it aside.

Now in a bowl mix the butter and sugar till it become smooth, then slowly add the egg yolks one at a time and mix it nicely till it become smooth and creamy.

Then add the butter sugar mixture into the dry ingredients bowl and combine together, now slowly add the caramel syrup, orange zest, vanilla essence and mix together.

Now drain the rum from the soaked dry fruits save the rum. Then add some flour on to the dry fruits and slowly add them in to the mixture and with wooden spoon just folds the dry fruits in to the mixture.

Now in a separate bowl mix the egg whites with one spoon of sugar and whisked them till it become smooth.

Now add the egg white mixture into the cake batter and fold it carefully with the wooden spoon.

Now pour the cake batter into the greased pan and bake it for 55 mints to 1 hr or till it done, to checking insert a toothpick inside the cake if its come smoothly then your cake is done.

Now take the cake out from the oven and slowly take out from the pan, now allow it to cool. Now brush the saved rum on top of the cake for at least one day. 

Your authentic super yummy PLUM CAKE is ready enjoy your CHRISTMAS with your family and friends.

Fresh Fruit Cake (Blueberry,Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry)

My 22 month old daughter loves fruits very much instead of vegetables. So I love to give her all kinds of fruits. In every month I bake at least two cakes because my husband and my daughter love cake very much. Today I planned to make a nice cake but wanted to add something which I never added in cakes before. Few days before I saw a nice Fruit cake in one of my blogger friends Chitrangada’s page, and after that it’s difficult to resist. But instead of adding one fruit I added all the fresh summer fruits like Blueberry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry. And with all the fresh fruits my cake turned out a super hit.

With the smell of all fruits the cake becomes nice and melts in mouth. If you love berries then this cake is a perfect summer dessert for you.

Preparation time: 20 mints.
Backing time: 45 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour: 3 cup.
2.Sugar: 3 cup.
3.Eggs: 5.
4.Butter: 1 cup (softened)
5.Baking powder: 1 tea spoon.
6.Salt: ½ tea spoon.
7.One table spoon sour cream.
8.One table spoon fruit essence.
9.Fresh Strawberry: 4 to 5 chopped.
10.Fresh blueberry’s: 15 to 18.
11.Fresh Raspberry: 8 to 10 chopped.
12.Fresh Seedless Cherry’s: 4 to 5 chopped.
13.Butter Milk: 1 cup.
14.Some extra butter and flour for greasing.

Process:

Preheat the oven in 175 C.

In a big bowl add the sugar and butter mix till it light and fluffy about 5 mints.

Now add eggs one at a time and beating well after each addition.

Now add the sour cream and the fruit essence and mix well.

In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and baking powder nicely.

Now slowly add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.

Now whisked the blueberries with some flour, and in a separate bowl add the chopped raspberries, chopped cherry’s, chopped strawberries. Sprinkle some flour into the chopped berries also.

Now divide the cake mixture into two different bowls, and in one add the blueberry’s And add the chopped berries into the other bowl mix them slowly.

 Now flour and grease one cake pan and pour blueberry’s mixture into the bottom of the pan, then add the other mixture in top of that.  And bake it for 45 to 50 mints or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool it for 10 mints, then take out the cake form the pan and place it in a cool rack.

Enjoy your oven fresh FRUIT CAKE with a cup of coffee.

Lemon Pound Cake

Every day will be a cake day if it’s homemade one, and for us homemade cake is always the first choice. My husband just loves the homemade plain cake. So I always try to make a simple cake. Yesterday while watching a cookery show I learnt a very easy and nice lemon cake. First time I made a lemon flavor cake and this one turned really very good.

A oven fresh hot cake is a best evening snack in my place because my kido also loves to have cakes. So I prefer to give her a homemade one. 

Preparation time: 20 mints.
Backing time: 45 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour: 2 cup.
2.Sugar: 2 cup.
3.Eggs: 3.
4.Butter: 1/2cup (softened)
5.Canola oil or Vegetable oil: 3 table spoon.
6.Baking powder: 1 tea spoon.
7.Salt: ½ tea spoon.
8.One full lemon zest.
9.One table spoon lemon juice.
10.One table spoon lemon essence.
11.Milk: 1 cup.
12.Some extra butter and flour for greasing.

Process:

Preheat the oven in 175 C.

In a big bowl add the sugar, butter and canola oil mix till it light and fluffy about 5 mints.

Now add eggs one at a time and beating well after each addition.

Now add the lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon essence and mix well.

In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and backing powder nicely.

Now slowly add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.

Now flour and grease one cake pan and pour the mixture into the pan and bake it for 40 to 45 mints or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool it for 10 mint, then take out the cake form the pan and place it in a cool rack.

Your easy LEMON POUND CAKE is ready serve and enjoy.

Valentines Day special Bi Color Cake

Today is a very special day for all of us, because the is the Valentine’s day when we want to spend all the moments with ours loved ones. This is the day when most of the couple wants to express their feelings in front of the person who is so closed to their heart. Almost every country celebrates this special day but for me all the day is special when I am with my loved one. 

I really wanted to give him a surprise treat and that’s why I made one special cake for him. The specialty of this cake is I used one extra color with batter and made this red and white cake. A perfect color for valentine ’s Day. The moment he saw the cake he was just super excited which I can see in his eyes and  that's the best gift for me.

Preparation time: 15 mints.
Cooking time: 35 to 40 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 and ½ cup.
2.Granulated sugar: 350 gm.
3.Eggs: 4.
4.Butter: 180 ml or one stick.
5.One table tea spoon baking powder.
6.One tea spoon fruit essence.
7.One tea spoon red food color.

Process:

Preheat the oven into 175 degree C.

Put the butter in microwave for 20 seconds. 

Now in a large bowl add the melted butter and the sugar, mix well nicely.

Now whisked the eggs with a fork and slowly add them into the bowl and mix well.

Now add the vanilla essence and the baking powder, mix well.

Now add the all-purpose flour and mix well with everything.

Now take one separate bowl and put half of the mixture into that bowl. Now add the red food color into that bowl and mix well.

Take a loaf pan and grease this with little butter and sprinkle some flour into that.

Now pour the batter into the pan and bake it for 35 to 40 mints or till the inserting of a tooth pick into the cake doesn't come out with unbaked batter.

Give this vibrant red color treat to your loved one. 

Pound Cake with Yogurt

Few days back one of my friend asked me some cake recipe where instead of butter we can use vegetable oil. And I asked my Ma about that because in my child hood days she used to prepare cakes for us and once she used some vegetable oil in cake because that time the butter was not at home. So I confirmed about one thing that we can make cake without butter also.

And I prepared some simple pound cake without butter and extra I added some yogurt this idea I got from a cookery show. And the result is fabulous, a very easy way to make your family 
happy. 

Preparation time: 20 mints.
Baking time: 50 to 55 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour: 1 ½ cup.
2.Eggs: 3.
3.Granulated sugar : 1 ½ cup.
4.Vegetable oil:  170 ml or ¾ cup.
5.Vanila yogurt : 170 ml or ¾ cup.
6.One table spoon baking powder.
7.One table spoon vanilla essence.
8.One small lemon's zest.

Process:

Pre heat your oven in 175 degree c.

Now take one big bowl and add the yogurt into this beat well, now add the sugar and beat till the sugar mix nicely.

Now add the eggs into the bowl and mix nicely.

Next add the vegetable oil and make the mixture smooth.

Now add the baking powder, vanilla essence and the lemon's zest and mix with everything nicely.

Finally add the all-purpose flour and mix well doesn't beat so much.

Take a loaf pan and grease this with little butter and sprinkle some flour into that. 

Now pour the batter into the pan and bake it for 40 to 45 mints or till the inserting of a tooth pick into the cake doesn't come out with unbaked batter.

Your yummy and very easy Pound Cake is ready enjoy with a cup of Coffee.

Dry Fruit Christmas Cake

Merry Christmas to all of you, hope you all had a blast on Christmas Eve. I was just busy backing cake and preparing dinner. Santa can come anytime so have to make everything ready.

 

I made one dry fruit Christmas cake. I hope Santa likes the cake but my home Santa (my husband) liked it a lot. For me Christmas has lots of memories, especially almost all 25th December most of our family members  used to arranged some get together or picnic. And my Maa used to prepare the Christmas Cake in an old cake oven.

Wish you all a warm Merry Christmas. Hope Santa brings lots of joy and happiness for all of us.
 


Preparation time:15 mints.
Cooking Time: 40 to 45 mints.

Ingredients:

1.All-purpose flour: 2 cups.
2.Two Eggs.
3.One Cup Salted Butter.
4.One cup sugar.
5.Two tea spoon vanilla essence.
6.Half cup cream milk.
7.One tea spoon dark brown sugar.
8.Two tea spoon baking powder.
9.One tea spoon baking soda.
10.A pinch of mixed spices (clove. Cinnamon and Nutmeg).
11.Half tea spoon of lemon extract.
12.Half cup dry fruit (cashew nuts, raisin, walnut, dry cherries, dry cranberries).

Process:

In a bowl add the all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder and mix well.

Now in another bowl add the butter and sugar and mix well till the butter and sugar melt. Now add the brown sugar and mix well.



Now add eggs one at a time beat nicely. Now slowly add the flour mixture with the milk and vanilla essence. Mix well.

Now add all dry fruits and the spices powder. Mix well, finally add the lemon extract.

Pre heat the oven in 175 C. Now grease and flour one loaf pan and baked it for 40 to 45 mints. Check between with a tooth pick.



Enjoy your Christmas with my cake.

Tuti Fruti Cake

“Santa Clause is coming to town” so we have to get ready with cake and Milk. I know he likes cookies too which I made few days before only. Let’s bake some nice Fruit Cake. The idea of making this fruit cake got from my Friend Tanushri Dan. She is a fabulous cook.

This cake reminds me my school days. This one is very famous school tiffin cake. I think we all have some sweet memories with this fruit cake. Especially for picnics and all kind of trips this cake is must for all of us. I made two cakes and within just few hours my husband finished almost 80%. It’s not that tough to make all you need the color full dry fruit and other ingredients are easily available at home.

 

With a cup of coffee and a slice of fruit cake my before Christmas day is going to rock. Let’s cherish your childhood memories with my Tuti Fruti Cake.

Preparation time:15 mints.
Baking time: 40 to 45 mints.

Ingredients:
1.One cup all-purpose flour.
2.One egg.
3.One cup granulated sugar.
4.One tea spoon baking powder.
5.Half tea spoon baking soda.
6.One table spoon pineapple essence.
7.Half cup Dry Tutti Fruti.
8.Half cup butter.
9. Half cup Milk.

Process:

Pre heat the oven into 175 C.

Mix all-purpose flour with baking soda and baking powder.

In a bowl mix the butter and sugar till the sugar mix completely with butter. Now add the egg and mix nicely.


In that bowl add the all-purpose flour slowly and mix nicely with the egg mixture. Now add the pineapple essence and the milk and beat for 2 mints.

Before adding the tutti frutti, toss them into little all- purpose flower and then slowly add them into the mixture. Now no need to beat more just once mixes them with the batter.



Take a loaf pan and grease them with little butter and sprinkle some flour into that. Now pour the batter into the pan and bake it for 40 to 45 mints or till the inserting of a tooth pick into the cake doesn’t come out with unbaked batter.



Make it cool down now slice it and enjoy with a cup of Tea or Coffee.