Ingredients

• 1 tsp - Baking powder
• 1/2 ounce - Brandy
• 200g - Butter
• 1 tbsp - Cardamom powder
• 10 - Eggs
• 250g - Flour, Gram/Channa Atta
• 5g - Ginger preserve
• 3 tbsp - Milk
• 50g - Plums, large
• 100g - Rava/Sooji
• 1 tbsp - Rose water
• 500g - Sugar

How to Make Christmas Cake with Brandy

• Clean and cut all the plums and almonds into small bits.
• Wipe them and dip them in dry flour and remove.
• Cream the butter and sugar and keep aside.
• Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs and beat well.
• Now add the beaten yolks to the butter and sugar cream.
• Then mix the sooji and flour gradually to this mixture.
• Add Baking powder, cardamon powder, milk and rose water
• Now add the beaten whites slowly and mix well. Then add the plums and almonds.
• Line the tin with buttered paper and pour the cake mixture up to three quarters of the tin.
• Bake in an oven until the skewer comes out clean.
• Recipe Courtesy: Mangalorean Recipes.