The Pink Café

This was the showstopper cake on Christmas day, and it almost took my 2 hours to come together. The effort was worth it as everyone loved it so much and also being a replacement for my usual plum cake of the season, this has kept it's word. With the whole lot of apples , golden syrup , spices powder it stand stood in my Christmas spreads ramp so proud,making me feel proud too. The interesting part of it was the crumble layer where each bite will give you a crunch before you indulge in the apple layer. The crumble later was made of oats, whole wheat flour, and lots of dried cranberries. When it came out of oven the dried cranberries took the roasted flavor which enticed everyone towards it. Over to recipe! Ingredients Cake layer: Wheat flour - 2 cup All purpose flour - 1/2 cup Baking soda - 1 tsp Baking powder - 3 tsp Cinnamon powder - 2 tsp Ginger powder - 1 tsp Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp Cloves powder - 1/2 tsp Brown sugar - 1 1/4 cup Butter - 3/4 cup Sa...

This is the time of year when I make plum cakes, and you know the reason why I call it Royal Plum cake? Ok let me tell you, because my Plum cakes would have all the nuts and dry fruits which I can catch hold of. Plum cake is the most loved cake at my home, and I used to bake big multiple batches of it and stock during this season. Made in bunt pan My amma and achan are not big fans of other cakes and they rarely even taste some of the buttery, creamy, chocolaty icing cakes I make. Same with my in laws. But Plum cakes are always their favorites and the whole family can munch over it during the family chit chats around a table. Very lately I realized that Plum cake is not an easy recipe and it is a cake choice of class. Growing up as a kid, I was thinking plum cake is the easiest and cheapest one, as it doesn't have any beautiful icing or designs around, and look so bare and naked. But realized that this cake doesn't need an advertisement, and it is the word of mou...