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Kerala Style Christmas Plum Cake

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Ingredients Soaked Fruits Mixed dried fruits (Blend of nuts , plum , cranberry, resins and apricot)  - 3 cups Rum - 1.5 cups Caramel Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup   Water - 1 tbsp   Warm water - 1/4 cup   Spice Powder: Cloves -  2   Cardamom -  2   Cinnamon powder - 1 pinch Nutmeg powder - 1 pinch Ginger powder - 1 pinch Cake: unbleached bread flour -  2 cups  Baking powder -  1 1/4 tsp  Baking soda - 1/2 tsp  Sugar -  1 1/4 cup  Unsalted Butter at room temperature -  1 cup + 2 tbsp Warmed Eggs (separated) - 4 Vanilla extract - 1 tsp Preparation Fruit soak (3- 4 weeks in advance) Soak  fruits in rum 3-4 weeks in advance Caramel Preparation (few hours in advance) Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tbsp water in a sauce pan.  Heat it and  let the sugar melt.  When the color of the melted sugar becomes dark brown, remove the pan from fire & add 1/4 cup warm water to it. Bring it back to the ...

Banana Cake

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  Ingredients Unbleached bread flour - 3 cups baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp salt - 1/2 tsp unsalted butter - 2 stick sugar - 2 cups eggs- 2  vanilla extract - 2 tsp banana - 3 buttermilk - 1/2 cup Recipe In a bowl , mix flour, baking powder and salt  in another bowl, beat butter till fluffy  Add sugar , beat till it is light and fluffy  Add eggs , one at a time Add vanilla and mashed bananas beat until incorporated Mix dry and wet ingredients  in parts and fold and mix bake the cake for 30-40 minutes till done