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Rich Plum Cake

Ingredients

Eggs 3 nos
Dark brown sugar- 3/4 cup
Vanilla essence - 2 thpns.
Veg. oil - 1/2 a cup
Dried fruits and fruit peels 1 1/2 cup
Grape juice - 1 cup
Nutmeg powder - 2 teaspoons
Cinnamon powder - 2'
Caramel - made out of 1 cup sugar
Self raising flour - 1 cup.

Method:

1. Soak the dried fruits and fruit peels in grape juice for 2 to 3 days.
2. Then strain and keep aside, mix a little flour in it, so that the fruits dont sink to the bottom of the cake. keep aside.
3. Then in a bowl beat the eggs, add sugar and keep beating it till it get in volume, add the vanilla essence and oil, and then followed with the nutmeg and cinnamon powder, beat it for another 10 mins.
4. Then add in the caramel after it cools.
5. Stir with a wooden spoon.
6. Fold in the flour and the dried fruits, mix evenly (do not use the beater now , as the cake will become dense).
7. So only use the spoon and fold in careully and there should not be any lumpy flour in the batter.
8. In the meantime grease your cake tin or line it with butter paper and pre heat the oven for 10 mins first.
9. Bake this cake for 60 mins or till done, with the temp. setting at 170 %.
10. When done, it should get nice and brown. Let it cook

Optional

You can spread any jam on the top and put almond icing to give it that delicious taste. To prepare almond icing you can get it ready made in any superstore or you should powder almonds according to the quantity you will require and then with a little water and icing sugar let it cook in a heavy bottom pan till it get like a ball. Then you roll out and spread this on the cake. Cut into pieces and consume the next day for a better flavour. Hope u will enjoy this.