Most homes before they even have their Christmas tree up, make sure that a plum cake is atop their dining table. No Christmas season is ever complete without plum cake. Amidst all the usual creamy flaky sweet cakes covered in the bright and sunny frosting, plum cakes cut through with their dark red brown exterior that comes with its deep robust flavour that takes over your taste buds and really leaves behind an impression. But most usual plum cake manics would not know the fact that there are several other different varieties they are yet to try out in plum cakes. And we can promise that after trying all of these plum cake types that we have listed here, we are sure that it will forever change the way you see, even taste plum cakes.
Kerala plum cake
Christmas has always been huge in Kerala, and so is the plum cake made for this holiday. But if there is one secret that you don’t know of, it is that Keralalites make their plum cakes a little different when compared to your average plum cake. The Kerala plum cake brings the perfect contrast with rich caramel which coats the cake balancing out the mix of the spices melded in the cake, bringing out the best out of both these ingredients. If you want to go a step further with your recipe, you can always dust your cake with some powdered sugar to give it the perfect finish. If you ever in the mood to experiment, throw in some dried cherries, pistachios or even a hand of tutti fruttis to add to the taste. One last tip, make a little extra than your usual batch because we know that you might have a little more to enjoy for yourself after you’re done sharing with your friends and neighbors.
Last minute Plum Cake
Christmas might be a holiday, but there’s still a lot of anxiousness and pressure that comes with it, what with fulfilling neverending gift lists and cooking Christmas for your huge family, and that you could just get caught up in that way and forget a lot on your Christmas to do list which might include the chore of having to soak your fruits for months if you are looking to make just the right kind of plum cake. But not all hope is lost, when you have the recipe for the “Last Minute Plum Cake”. This short cut to the traditional plum cake is still such that the final product is as moist and lush as any other plum cake should be. Trust us when we say that when you take a bite into this cake you will never know the difference.
The 1820s ‘Plumb Cake’
The plum cake has been around for a long time and this cake especially is just a testament to that statement. Orginally known as the ‘Plumb Cake’, this cake has its own charm with its unique ingredients and all of them really come together to make the perfect splash of surprise in your mouth. The recipe for this delicacy contains ingredients that aren’t used in our usual plum ckaes nowadays such as currants, almond flakes, candied orange and citron. Another speciality about this recipe is that this is one of the rare cake recipes which doesn’t use baking soda. During these fimes, this cake was usually known as ‘fruit cake’ or ‘black cake’ before it came to be known as we know it now.
Whole Wheat Plum Cake
It can prove to be very hard to watch one’s eating habits when its time for the holidays and making the healthy choice takes the last place in one’s list of priorities. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t change that and this is where you should consider getting the recipe for the whole wheat plum cake. We wouldn’t say that you won’t know the difference, cause we know that this cake is so much more wholesome and scrumptious than the normal plum cakes that you might be used to. If you are looking for an upgrade here, you can also try thr crunchy topped whole wheat plum cake where the top of the cake is garnished with fresh plums and Demarara sugar which gives you a crunchy exterior when you pull it out of the oven.
We hope that now we have filled your head with enough ideas about what kind of plum cake you would like to make to ring in the incoming Christmas season.
