Happy Birthday: Tutti Frutti Cake | Indian Plum Cake Recipe

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Five years ago, an angel was born. Words can't express how much happiness and joy she brought into our lives.

She is Shriya, my niece.

Shriya, during her trip to Alaska. Image Credit

It feels like yesterday when she was so tiny that she barely fit into both of my hands. Now, she can talk non-stop, make you really think and many at times, stump you with questions which we barely can answer. One Curious George this kid has grown into. ;-)

Sadly, this year I am not with her to celebrate and squeal for her birthday. Hence, gifts were sent with loads of love & kisses from her uncle and aunt along with this Tutti Frutti Cake, which I am sure she would have totally loved.

So here I am celebrating Shriya's birthday virtually atleast , with all of you. 

Love you baby. 

This is such a splendid recipe for a moist cake with just few tablespoons of butter. I made two loaves (doubling the original recipe). One was for my family here in Hyderabad and other for office colleagues in Bangalore. All of them loved it and went for seconds. Just perfect for any occasion and anybody, especially for kids.

Enjoy!

{Recipe} Tutti Frutti Cake | Indian Plum Cake

Makes two loaves - one for round 9 inch cake pan and another for 9 inch loaf pan. This recipe can be easily halved for just one cake.

Adapted from Sharmi

Ingredients:

4 cups all purpose flour/maida
2.5 cups granulated white sugar
1 cup tutti fruitti pieces (these are chopped, candied fruit pieces)
4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
2 cups milk
4 eggs, at room temparature
2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
6 tsp vanilla essence
few mixed nuts like cashews, walunts etc, to sprinkle on the top

Preparation:

1. Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix tutti frutti pieces with little flour and keep aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar. Using at electric mixer or whisk, add one egg at a time and beat well until creamy. Add vanilla essence and milk. Mix well.

3. Add flour+baking powder+ baking soda mixuture one cup-at-a-time, mixing with spatula scraping through the edges each time. Fold in tutti frutti.

4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease the pan with butter and flour, tap to remove off excess.

5. Pour the batter in the pans and pat it on floor to ensure the batter is evenly distributed. Bake for 35-40 mins until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Once out of the oven, cool completely on a wire rack and then serve.

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[Update- August 7th 2012] - I made an eggless version of this cake for my little sister's and cousin brother's birthday by substituting 2 eggs with 200ml of sweetened condensed milk and reducing the sugar to 5 tbsp. Everybody loved the cake and were thrilled to know if was eggless, especially my aunts who are staunch vegetarians. Here is a pic from the celebrations. 

until next time,

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