Eggless Plum Cake (Alcohol-Free)

Finally i m up with this Month's Baking Partner's Post. This month we actually had 3 choices to bake from, i selected Archana's Plum Cake. I m also planning to bake the other two cakes for Christmas. After all, it is Christmas, which is not complete without some delicious Cakes!!!!

I choose to bake an Eggless and alcohol-free Plum Cake. I already have a Eggless Fruit Cake already in my recipe, but then i wanted to try this Boiled Fruit Cake, Which my kiddo was asking me to bake after watching his favorite contestant Callum of Masterchef Australia baking it during Masterclass competition!!! 🙂

My First attempt to bake this cake didn't come as i expected. Though the cake was very tasty, it was a bit dense and didn't rise well. So i tried again, the next day, it came out good.

Ingredients

Dry Fruits n Nuts

½ Cup Raisins (i used a mix of Brown and black raisins)

¼ Cup Chopped Apricots and Figs

¼ Cup Cashews

¼ Cup almonds

¼ Cup Apple Juice

½ teaspoon Orange Zest

For the Caramel Syrup

3tbsp Sugar

1 tablespoon Water

Lemon Juice few drops

¼ Cup Boiling Water

Egg Replacement(instead of 1.5 eggs)

1 tablespoon Apple Cidar Vinegar

1 tablespoon Water

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

For the Cake

¼ Cup Crisco shortening

3 tablespoon oil

¾ Cup Brown Sugar

½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 Cup All-Purpose Flour

½ teaspoon Baking Powder

¼ teaspoon Cinnamon Powder

⅛ teaspoon Ginger Powder

⅛ teaspoon Clove Powder

⅛ teaspoon Nutmeg Powder

2tbsp Whipped Cream (instead of egg whites)

Method

Combine Vinegar, Water and Baking Powder given under Egg Replacement in a small bowl. Keep aside.
In a medium pan, Apple juice, Raisins, Apricots, Figs and Orange zest. Cook for 1 minute on medium heat. Add Cashews and continue to cook for 1 minutes until heated through. Keep aside.

In a small pot, add 3 tablespoon Sugar and 1 tablespoon water and few drops of lemon juice. Swirl pan to mix – do not use spoon. Heat until sugar changes color and becomes caramelized. (approx 7-8 minutes).Add ¼ cup boiling water and swirl pan again to mix well. Keep aside.
In another Bowl Sift together All Purpose Flour, Dry Spice Powders and Baking Powder

In a large mixing bowl, combine softened butter and powdered sugar and beat with hand blender.Add Vinegar + Water + Baking powder Mix and beat again. Add Vanilla Extract and blend.
Add Flour Mix little by little to this and Blend Again.Add caramelized sugar syrup a little at a time into mixing bowl and blend.Add fruit/nut mixture, Whipped cream into mixing bowl and mix with a spoon.

Preheat oven to 160C.Lightly coat baking pans with spray cooking oil or regular oil.Pour batter into greased baking pans and bake for approx 50-60 minutes. Remove cake from oven and allow it to cool Completely.

Just noticed, this is my 400th post!!! yay!!!! Thank you guys for all the support!!!!