Christmas plum cake, a festive tradition rooted in English plum pudding, requires early preparation. Soaking dried fruits enhances moisture and flavour. Key tips include using quality ingredients, ...

Christmas and plum cake go hand in hand. Whether it's a readymade version bought weeks in advance, a homemade cake wrapped carefully for gifting, or that one cake you're saving "for later", most of us ...

Interestingly, the plum cake that we so fondly associate with our Christmas celebrations was not even the part of festivities until the 17th century. People used to eat plum porridge on the Christmas ...

Christmas is incomplete without plum cake, a rich fruitcake traditionally made with dried fruits, nuts, and spices, often soaked in alcohol. Its origins trace back to medieval England, evolving from a ...

It’s the last month of the year 2021 and the countdown to a New Year has already begun. With that, it's time to begin the preparation of traditional Plum Cake as well, which everyone loves to have on ...

A decorated red tin box arrives with plum cake, assorted cookies, and festive cheer. The plum cake coated with a thin layer of flat icing holds the assorted toppings of dry fruits in place lending the ...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are hectic time in the kitchen of American Express Bakery in Bandra, Mumbai. The air is thick with the aroma of freshly baked plum cakes being packed for eager ...

If it's early August, it must be time for Damson plums. Gersine Bullock-Prado — a Vermont-based pastry chef and author of Bake It Like You Mean It — has a special place in her heart for them. "They're ...

FOR years, our family recipe for plum cake was so inextricably linked to Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, that I could not even fathom the idea of one without the other. We weren’t alone. Back in ...