Plum Pudding

Plum pudding-A delicious soft and spongy cake with a hint of vanilla and cinnamon.The sweetness beautifully complimented with the tartness of the red plums.

Ingredients:

1.5 cups all purpose flour (maida)
Sugar 3/4 cup
Brown sugar 2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon Baking powder
Apple sauce 1/2 cup (substitute for 1 egg)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk (approx)
12 plums
1 tablespoon confectioners sugar for dusting.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade.
2. Grease and flour 12 individual mini loose bottom shallow flan tins
3. Cut the plums in half and remove stone.
4. Cut plums into quarters keep aside.
5. Add the salt,bicarbonate of soda and baking powder to the flour and sieve twice to incorporate it. Keep aside.
6. In a bowl add the apple sauce, 3/4 cup sugar, vanilla essence and oil and mix together thoroughly.
7. Fold in the sieved flour with a metal spoon gently, making sure not to over mix.
8. Add the milk to make dropping consistency batter. (Adjust milk as needed)
9. Divide the mixture equally into the 12 individual pre prepared mini loose bottom flan dishes and place plum quarters on the top .Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of each pudding.

10. Bake in a preheated oven 180 centigrade for approx 25 minutes.
11. Plum pudding is ready when a skewer inserted in cake comes out clean
12. Cool on a wire rack, when completely cool remove from tins and dust with confectioner’s sugar.
Serve with cream, custard or vanilla ice-cream.

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