24/11/2025
Here's my Rich Rum Plum Cake, which is exactly described in one word... Yum!! π This one is a holiday classic, especially popular around Christmas, and is often given as a gift or enjoyed with coffee or wine.
A rich rum plum cake is a dense, moist, and deeply flavorful fruit cake made with a generous mixture of dried fruits and nuts that have been traditionally soaked in dark rum for weeks, months, or even a year prior to baking. The "plum" in the name refers to dried fruits like raisins and currants, rather than fresh plums. This one's been soaked for a year! Key ingredients include an abundance of mixed dried fruits and nuts such as raisins, sultanas, currants, dried figs, apricots, dates, cashews, almonds, and cashewnuts. And the aroma is ecstatic π The baking process fills the home with a wonderful, festive aroma of spices and rum.
I never really favoured plum cakes in my childhood but this one made me keep coming back for more. A definite must - try, u guys! π₯°ππ
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