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Christmas special plum cake

Dairy-free
Sugar-free
Homemade

Ingredients

Dry  Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Khapli (Emmer) wheat flour /whole-wheat flour/millet flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder/ 1+1 baking soda & powder  
  • 2 tbs flaxseed powder  
  • 1/2 Cup aggery +  dates
  • 1/2 Cup desiccated coconut  powder

Spices

  • 1/2 tsp  ginger powder
  • 1/4 tsp Himalayan salt
  • 1/4 tsp each of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg powders

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/3 Cup coconut butter (Use 1/2 cup mashed banana or pumpkin puree for butter free version) 
  • 1.5 Cup coconut/nut  milk
  • 2 tbs dark Molasses (optional)
  • 1 tbs Apple cider vinegar +1/2tsp rum extract (optional)

Fruits and Nuts

  • 1.5 Cup chopped dried fruit & nuts A mix of golden and dark raisins, dates, figs, cherries cranberries, walnuts, pecans, almonds  & cashews.
  • 1-2 tbs orange zest
  • 1 Cup orange juice/grape juice /apple juice /half juice +half rum to soak/ soak in the wine for at least 3-10 days Never soak nuts in the juice /wine ( only dried fruits)

Instructions

Method

  • *Soak chopped dried fruits in juice/combination of juice & liquor/wine, overnight in the fridge (few days/weeks) at least 5-6 hrs. 
  • Preheated the oven at 180C -200 C

Mixing

  • In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients & spices.
  • In another bowl, mix in all the wet ingredients & the soaked fruits. Add in nuts too.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix till everything looks combined.

Baking

  • Bake for 40 minutes, then lower the heat to 170-75 C and bake for another 10-20 minutes.

Notes

Take a "toothpick test."
Stick a skewer/ toothpick into the middle of the cake and if it comes out clean, the cake is done.
 
Cool completely before slicing. 
Tastes best the next day 
 
Please avoid Molasses and Jaggery if you are reversing any chronic disease.