Plum Cake...Rum Loaded

Plum Cake...Rum Loaded

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour – 1 cup

Jaggery (powder) – 1 cup

Cloves, cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger  (powder) – ½  tsp each

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Baking Soda – 1 tsp

Cashewnuts, Walnuts, Raisins,Berries,  Candied peels (mixed)  – ½ cup each

Coconut oil or Butter – ½ cup

Eggs – 2

Vanilla extract – ½ tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Caramel  sauce (thick)– 4 tbsp

Instant coffee (brewed) - 4 tbsp

Red Rum – 1 cup (Soak the nuts and peels in the rum for at least a week)

Method

Caramel Sauce

Mix sugar and 1 tbsp water

Heat on slow flame till it turns brown

Do not stir

You can swirl the vessel a couple of times

Let it turn brown and caramelize

Switch off the flame

Add half cup water gradually taking care it does not splash

Mix it

Let it cool

Cake

Sieve together the dry ingredients

Mix well

Beat eggs

Add the dry mix into it little by little and mix using the cut and fold method

Add oil and mix slowly

Add essence

Add 3 tbsp flour to the nuts and peels to coat well

Add it to the cake batter and mix slowly

Bake in a preheated oven (170 degrees C) for 15 to 20 mins

This time may vary from oven to oven