Eggless Plum Cake

My family can never get enough of Plum Cake when the holiday season rolls around. But traditional Kerala Plum Cake recipes include eggs and alcohol which is a big no-no for serving to the lil ones. So of course I had to make my own version. Enter: Eggless Plum Cake recipe that has the same texture and flavor as the real deal!

I have an older last minute plum cake recipe on the blog. Both the recipes are essentially the same, the only change I made to the original recipe was adding more butter. And let me tell you the results are phenomenal!

This Christmas Eggless Cake is always such a hit and is the most perfect recipe to share with your friends and family. This year, I made this recipe with my kids and I think I’m going to make this holiday baking activity a thing now!!

Ingredients Overview

For this Eggless Plum Cake recipe, we need lots and lots of dry fruits. Everything from dates, raisins, tutti frutti, prunes, cranberries, apricots, cashews, almonds, walnuts, and chironji. We cook these with some apple juice and water instead of using alcohol.

For the cake batter, we bring together maida with butter, oil, curd, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cashews and some cinnamon and nutmeg powder.

How To Make Eggless Plum Cake

1. In a saucepan, take apple juice and water and bring to a boil.
2. Add chopped dry fruits and nuts and cook for 8-10 minutes on low heat till the dry fruits absorb all the juices. Set aside to cool.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together butter and sugar until they lighten in color & become fluffy & creamy, preferably using an electric whisk. See note 2
4. Add oil and curds & whisk further to get a fluffy mixture.

5. Use a sieve to sieve all the dry ingredients into the bowl – maida, almonds powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg powder, cinnamon powder.

6. Gently fold in dry ingredients and mix until it’s just combined and there are no large flour pockets in the batter. Do not over mix at this stage.

7. Add the cooked dry fruits and gently fold into the batter without over mixing.

8. Transfer the batter to the prepared cake tin and top with halved cashews & tutti frutti.

9. Bake at 160C for 50-60 minutes till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

10. Cool and serve.

Frequently Asked Questions

Richa’s Top Tricks

• This recipe is super customisable. You can add whichever dried fruits, nuts and spices that you like. Some other additions are pecans, hazelnuts, figs. You can also add ginger powder if you’d like.
• You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar in a pinch.
• If you’re making this for the adults, feel free to replace (or use half-and-half) apple juice with some wine, rum, or any other liquor of your choice.

Get your holiday baking on with this Eggless Plum Cake recipe that’s going to put you in all the Christmas-y feels! 🎄

‘Tis the season for it! Stay tuned for more holiday-themed recipes to come. For a boozy version of this cake, check out my Last Minute Plum Cake recipe.

If you recreate this recipe, be sure to send me pictures over on my IG @my_foodstory 🙂

This article was written and researched by Navya Khetarpal.