Eggless Plum Cake Recipe

Eggless Plum Cake is a rich and festive dessert packed with dried fruits, nuts, and warm spices, adapted to suit vegetarian preferences without using eggs. Moist and flavorful, it relies on ingredients like yogurt, buttermilk, or fruit purees to achieve a tender crumb. Infused with cinnamon, nutmeg, and soaked dried fruits, this cake is a beloved treat during holidays and celebrations. Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee, it brings all the traditional warmth and indulgence of plum cake in a thoughtful egg free version

Soaking Dried Fruits Ingredients

50 gram black raisins

50 gram brown raisins

50 gram green raisins

25 gram dried blueberries

50 gram tutti fruity

As needed orange juice

Step:1

Use a glass bowl and add all the dried fruits further add orange juice as needed so all the fruits are totally submerged in it , now keep it for soaking for at least 24 hours , you can also keep it for as long as a week , the more you soak the better the cake will be , make sure to keep refrigerated while the soaking process

Step:2

Once the fruits are soaked well in the juice , use a sieve and strain the excess orange juice , reserve the orange juice to be used later in making the cake

Molasses A.K.A Blackjack Ingredients

1/4 Cup sugar

1/4 Cup jaggery

As needed water 200 ml

Step:1

Set a wok on medium heat , prefer taking a little deep cavity utensil , add sugar and let the sugar caramelize on medium heat , do not stir initially , as the sugar starts to get some colour , stir once and cook until the sugar melts and becomes dark brown in colour

Step:2

Once the sugar caramelizes add the jaggery and stir continuously , cook until the jaggery dissolves completely and it turns blackish in colour , once you get that colour , switch off the flame and allow it to cool down a little bit

Step:3

Further carefully add water gradually and stir continuously , switch on the flame and cook on medium low heat until it becomes semi thick in consistency , once that consistency is achieved , switch off the flame and allow it cool down completely , as the molasses cool down it’ll become very thick , that’s the consistency we need

Step:4

Use a weighing scale and measure 50 gram of the prepared molasses , keep it aside to be used in making the plum cake

For Making The Cake Ingredients

1/4 Cup refined flour

1/4 Tsp salt

1/2 Tablespoon cinnamon

1/4 Tablespoon clove powder

1/4 Tablespoon nutmeg powder

1/2 Tablespoon ginger powder

1/2 Tablespoon baking powder

1/8 Tablespoon baking soda

100 gram butter

75 gram orange juice

1 Tablespoon brown sugar

50 gram prepared molasses

140 gram condensed milk

5 ml vanilla enssence

40 gram almonds

Lemon peel grated

1/4 Orange peel grated

Topping Dried

cranberries

Tutti fruity

Walnuts

Almonds slivered

Step:1

Take a little big size mixing bowl , add all the dry ingredients in sieve and sift well to add it in the bowl , keep it aside . Further , set a pan or a wok on medium heat , add butter , orange juice , brown sugar , prepared molasses , stir and cook until the butter melts , further bring to a boil

Step:2

Now switch off the flame and allow to cool down a little bit , now add the soaked fruits , condensed milk and vanilla essence , stir and mix well . Further add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix once further add almonds , orange zest and lemon zest , use cut and fold method to combine the mixture well

Step:3

As all the ingredients are mixed well , when you check the consistency of the batter , it is little check the consistency of the batter , it is little thick as needed , to make it a little thick as needed , to make it a little thin , add the reserved orange juice that was used for soaking the dried , fruits , I’ve totally used 6 tablespoon of reserved orange juice , mix well and you’ve got the perfect consistency of the cake batter

Step:4

Line a loaf tin with butter paper , I’ve used an 8 inch by 4 inch rectangle loaf tin , you can use a round cake tin as well , this batter will give you around 900 gm of cake so you can decide accordingly

Step:5

Pour the batter in the tin and tap it on the counter table so to remove any air pockets in the batter top it with some dried cranberries , tutti fruity , walnuts and almond slivers , bake it in a preheated over at 150 C for 1 hours

Step:6

Do not disturb the cake for at least an hour , make sure to check the process of baking keeping the over doors closed . Check the cake after an hour for its doneness by inserting a toothpick if it comes out clean your cake is baked to its perfection , there will also be cracks on the top surface and it denotes its baked perfectly , if the toothpick is not clean you need to bake it a little more

Step:7

Once baked , carefully take out form the over and allow it to cool down for few minutes . After cooling down , run a clean knife form the sides and gently pull up the cake , remove the butter paper and your christmas plum cake is ready . Slice it and consume accordingly , it can be stored in the fridge for up to a week

Eggless Plum Cake Recipe