Gluten -Free Plum Cake |Oat Flour Fruit cake

It is my favorite month of the year as its all about merry-mas baking unique delicious goodies and desserts.This year, I want to share a couple of my favourite christmas recipes with you so do try out some lovely merry recipes. 

Now christmas is incomplete without the plum cake . My mom has been making plum cake since the time I remember and as kids we use to help her out beating butter to even tasting the batter( trust me this is yum).She starts by soaking chopped dried fruits in rum around 6 -8 months prior  to christmas and  uses the remaining fruits to bake the easter cake.

So,Plum Cake refers to cakes made with dried fruit and in India, plum cake has been served around the time of christmas.

This holiday season is different as unlike the past years we have cut down on refined flour and have intentionally stayed away from high calorie sweets and my cocoa allergy has got me to stay away from any cake that contains even a little cocoa powder. 

So  this year thought of making a gluten free version of plum cake and make it special .

So let’s make a gluten-free plum cake that is made with love and is rich and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients

 2 eggs 

1 1/3 cups oat flour 

1/2 cup jaggery syrup *

 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

 1 tbsp Instant Coffee Powder or 1tsp cinnamon powder 

 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

 1 teaspoon vinegar  

1 teaspoon baking soda 

1/8 teaspoon salt 

1/3 +1/4 cup of chopped fruits soaked in rum/juice **

Notes

* The quantity of jaggery syrup can be increased  as we prefer sweetness on the lower end of the scale. 

**If dried fruits are not soaked in rum then use a  method of cooking the chopped dry fruits with orange juice, lemon juice and some water and cook till the mixture thickens and the dry fruits absorb all the juices.Refer:Bake with Shivesh

***Dried fruits used  Raisins, dried figs and dates, dried cranberries,dried blueberries, walnuts, ginger preserve, orange peel and almonds for this plum cake. 

But you can use any dry fruits you have in your kitchen!

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C .

2. Add  all the ingredients except the eggs and fruits into a blender and blend well. 

3. Now add the egg and blend again ( do not over beat it in the blender) 

 3. Coat the fruits with some oat flour and add it to the batter. 

4. Transfer the batter to a medium sized loaf pan  or circle baking pan  lined with parchment paper or greased with oil.

 5. Bake at 180C  for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out looking clean.

 6. Let the cake cool to room temperature before slicing.