Christmas Special: Easy Homemade Plum Cake With Soft, Melt-in-Your-Mouth Recipe

Make this Christmas extra special with a healthy homemade plum cake that requires no oven, no maida, no sugar, and no baking agents, just simple ingredients and an easy method for a delicious festive flavour.

When you hear Christmas, the first thing that comes to mind is plum cake. Now you don’t need to buy it from a bakery—you can prepare this healthy, delicious version easily at home.

How to Prepare

This is a no-baking powder, no-baking soda, no oil, no sugar, no jaggery, no maida plum cake recipe. You don’t need a beater or an oven, just simple ingredients and an aluminium uruli.

Step-by-Step Recipe

1. Prepare the Cake Tin

• Line a half-kilogram cake tin with butter paper.
• Grease the paper with butter and keep it ready.

2. Prepare the Citrus Mix

• Take ½ cup orange juice and 2 teaspoons orange zest; keep aside.
• Take ¼ teaspoon lemon zest and set aside separately.

3. Prepare the Flour Mix In a 120 ml cup:

• Add 1 tablespoon cornflour,
• 1 tablespoon ragi flour,
• 1 tablespoon oats flour,
• Fill the remaining space with wheat flour. Sift this flour mixture three times and keep aside.

4. Make the Fruit Base

• Soak 30 deseeded dates in water, then blend lightly.
• Boil this mixture in a pan.
• Add 50 g black raisins and 50 g brown raisins; cook until it thickens.

Add:

• ½ tsp mixed spice powder (cloves + cinnamon + cardamom)
• A pinch of nutmeg powder
• ¼ tsp dry ginger powder
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• Mix well and add the orange and lemon zest.
• Let this mixture cool completely.

5. Prepare the Egg Mixture

• Separate 1 egg.
• Beat the egg white with a whisk or fork until frothy; set aside.
• Beat the yolk for 2 minutes.
• Add half the orange juice and beat for another minute.

6. Combine the Mixtures

• Add the cooled date–raisin mixture to the yolk mixture.
• Add more orange juice if needed to loosen the mixture.
• Add 25 g melted butter and mix.
• Add the sifted flour mixture and mix gently.

7. Add Nuts & Fruits Add:

• 10 g chopped almonds
• 10 g chopped cashews
• 10 g chopped cherries
• 10 g tutti-frutti Fold everything well. Now fold this mixture into the beaten egg whites.

8. Cook the Cake (Without Oven)

• Preheat an aluminium uruli with its lid on low flame.
• Pour the cake batter into the prepared tin and level the top.
• Decorate with almonds, cashews, and cherries.
• Place the tin inside the heated uruli, cover it, and cook on low flame for 1 hour 10 minutes.

9. Check & Serve

• Insert a skewer; if it comes out clean, switch off the heat.
• Let the cake cool completely before slicing.
• Your soft, healthy plum cake is ready to enjoy!
• Tip: If you prefer less sweetness, reduce dates to 20 instead of 30.