Christmas Rum and Raisin Cake

My simplest Christmas cake with amazing flavor of rum ,raisins , prunes and chunky walnuts ....love it....Hope you'll also enjoy it.

Ingredients :

• Refined Flour/ Maida: 250 g
• Powdered Sugar: 150 g
• Nutmeg powder: 1 tsp
• Unsalted Butter: 250 g
• Egg: 2
• Milk: 100 ml
• Baking Powder: 1 tsp
• Almond essence: 2-3 drops
• Raisin: 50 g
• Prune: 50 g
• Walnut: 50 g
• Cocoa powder: 1tbsp
• Instant Coffee Powder: 1 tbsp
• Rum: 300 ml( my favorite one is "Old Monk")

Process:

1. Soak all the dryfruits and Prunes and o in 250 ml rum at least for one week or more.
2. Preheat the oven to 180”c.
3. Mix Refined Flour with Baking Powder, Nutmeg powder, powdered sugar, Cocoa Powder and instant coffee powder properly.
4. Now melt the butter and mix it properly with the cake mix.
5. Now add desired quantity of milk and 50 ml rum to prepare a smooth batter.
6. In a separate bowl beat eggs till they turn fluffy and mix it with the batter prepared already.
7. Drain Raisin and Prune and cut into small pieces and chop Walnuts and mix them with the batter.
8. Add 2-3 drops of Almond essence onto the mixture.
9. Now Grease and flour a 18-20 cm baking pan and pour the batter.
10. Bake the cake at 180”C for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Note : Refined Flour/Maida and Powdered Sugar can be replaced with “Vanilla Cake Mix” and 50g Powdered Sugar