Kerala Style Christmas Plum Cake
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 ...