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Bake your own Christmas plum cake at home

Does it even feel like Christmas if you do not get to indulge in a slice or two of decadent plum cake? This year, ditch the store-bought dessert and whip up your own Christmas-special plum cake with this simple recipe.

Ingredients

• Butter: 200gm
• Sugar: 200gm
• Refined Flour: 200gm
• Milk: 25ml
• Vanilla Essence: 5ml
• Baking Powder: 5gm
• Eggs:4
• Dry Fruits (soaked in rum or brandy): 200gm
• Caramel Food Colour: 5ml

Method

• Start by mixing sugar and butter together and slowly add the eggs to the mixture
• Once the sugar has melted, add refined flour and baking powder. Continue mixing
• Add milk, vanilla essence and the caramel colour. Add the alcohol-soaked dry fruits and mix slowly
• Pour the prepared mixture into greased baking moulds. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 – 35 minutes at 170-180° Celsius
• Once done, take out the baked cake from the oven and let it cool. Slice into pieces and serve
• Tip: You can swap out caramel colour for cocoa powder

— My Kolkata Web Desk