I Remember as a child I would wait for Christmas season to come as my friend use to gift us this plum cake. I never thought I would one day end up making my own. It is a rich cake full of dry fruits soaked in water(not rum). 
Preparation time :20 minutes
Cooking time :45 minutes
Ingredients
Soaking the fruits
- Dry fruits (walnut, raisins, almonds, apricots and figs)
- Half cup sugar
- 1 cup water
I soaked the fruits a week before.. It turned up nice.
For the cake
- 3 cup maida
- 3 eggs
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- Half tsp baking soda
- 250 grams butter
- 2 cup sugar
Some crushed dry fruits
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Grease the cake pan
- Gently mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and keep it aside
- Now Mix eggs and sugar.. Until it reaches fluffy position. To it add the soaked dry fruits, crushed one and mix.
- Add all this slowly to the flour batter and whip it nicely. Keep. Lifting the batter up and down to mix it properly.
- Pour the cake batter into the pan and bake for good 40 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
