Merry Christmas everyone!! Cookd brings you the ultimate combo of recipes for this Christmas – Plum cake, Christmas fruit cake and Grape wine😍
Plum Cake:
Rum fruit mixture:
Mixed Nuts – 100 gms
Pitted Cherries – 50 gms
Currents – 50 gms
Seedless Dates – 60 gms
Candied Ginger – 40 gms
Prunes – 100 gms
Tutti-frutti – 100 gms
Rum – 60 ml
Orange – 1 no
Spice mix:
Cinnamon – 1 stick
Cardamom – 3 nos
Nutmeg – A small chunk
Sugar – 1 tbsp
Other Ingredients:
Butter – 200 gms
Brown Sugar – 220 gms
Maida – 200 gms
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Eggs – 3 nos
Cooking Instructions:
1. Deseed and chop all the dry fruits and nuts.
2. Grind the whole spices with a tablespoon of sugar.
3. Mix all the dry fruits, nuts, powdered spice, orange zest, and rum together and store it for 1 to 20 days.
4. In a pan melt the sugar, add a little water to it and add all the fruit mixture to it and cook it for 5 mins.
5. After cooking the mixture remove the pan off the flame and add butter to it and let it cool,
until the mixture reaches room temperature.
6. Powder the sugar in the mixer grinder.
7. In a separate bowl add eggs, powdered sugar and beat until fluffy, with the use of a hand mixer.
8. Add sieved flour, baking powder to the egg mixture and also the fruit mixture and mix well.
9. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
10. Add the mixture to the baking tray.
11. In the preheated oven, bake the cake for 40 mins at 170-degree celsius.
Christmas Fruit Cake:
Butter – 175 gm
Brown Sugar – 175 gm
Maida – 160 gm
Cookd’s Christmas Spice mix – 1 tbsp
Rum Soaked Fruits – 200 gm
Egg – 3 no
Oil – 35 ml
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Almonds (de-skinned) – 10-15 nos
Cooking Instructions:
1. Cream the butter, brown sugar and Cookd Christmas spice mix.
2. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well in between each addition. Add the vanilla essence.
3. Add the soaked fruits and nuts and combine the mixture well.
4. Finally add the flour and baking powder and fold to mix well.
5. Finally add and mix in the oil.
6. Pour in a lined mold and bake at 180C for 40-45 mins
7. Cool completely prior to consumption.
Grape Wine Recipe:
Black Grapes (with seed) – 1 kg
Sugar – 3 Cups (1 ½ Cups + 1 ½ Cups)
Water – 1 litre
Whole Wheat – 3 tbsp
Cloves – 4 nos
Cinnamon – 1-inch piece
Cooking Instructions:
1. Boil water and allow it to cool completely.
2. Remove the stems from the grapes. Make sure there are no spoilt grapes. Wash and dry them completely. Tie the whole wheat in a pouch.
3. Add in half the grapes in a completely dry glass or ceramic jar. Add in half the sugar.
4. Add in the remaining grapes and sugar. Add the spices and the whole wheat on top.
5. Pour in the cooled water into the jar.
6. Cover with a cotton cloth and tie tightly. Allow it to rest for 21 days in a dark place.
7. Stir every day for 1 week, and then stir every alternate day for the next 2 weeks. Strain and bottle the wine in a cool, dark place. It is now ready for consumption.
Cooking Tips:
1. Make sure that the grapes and all the equipment used are completely dry, or else the wine may spoil.
2. Only use a glass or ceramic jar to make the wine. Do not use plastic or metal.
3. Use a wooden spoon to stir the wine. Do not use metal.
4. Make sure that you never touch the wine or the inside of the jar with your hands.