It's Christmas Season! Here's Where To Get The Best Plum Cakes in Hyderabad

Baking instructor Arundati Rao has been conducting baking workshops in Hyderabad for the last thirteen years through her venture - Escapades Culinary Studio. The Plum Cake recipe she uses has been in her family for over a hundred years, and was passed down from her grandmother. All the fruit that goes into her Plum Cakes is soaked for over five years! That's correct - a rich selection of fruit, including raisins, currants, cranberries, dry fruit, prunes, dates, figs and apricots are soaked in a cauldron mixed with brandy and dark rum. The fruit is topped every year, after some of it is used in the cakes for Christmas. The home baker makes small batches every year and runs out of them fast, so place your orders ASAP!

Real Bakery in Tarnaka has been serving excellent rich Plum Cakes to various families in the twin cities over the last ninety years. The hole-in-the-wall bakery that sells baked goods all year round comes alive during Christmas and Wedding season. The family recipe is over 70 years old, and the bakery has been supplying to St. Ann's High School for six decades now. Their service is known to be super warm, so the next time you're craving some plum cake, you know where to go! 

Home baker Sheeba's Plum Cakes contain more than 15 varieties of nuts and dry fruit soaked in dark rum, flavoured with spices like Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg. All their cakes are freshly baked at home sans any preservatives. Margarine or any artificial ingredients are a strict no-no as well. They have non-alcoholic Plum Cakes with fruit soaked in apple juice, if you prefer that. The baker also curates gift hampers for children, families and corporates, so hit them up for your Christmas gifting needs! 

Doh Raising Inc's Plum Cakes follow a traditional recipe with no artificial essences, or food colours. All their cakes are made with dry fruit soaked in rum for six months, with heavily caramelised sugar along with spices that give their cakes a distinctive taste. They also offer Plum Cakes with Marzipan. If you're looking to try some traditional Christmas goodies aside from the Plum Cakes, check out their season's special beverages - Spiced Eggnog, Creamy Coffee Bourbon along with other yummy treats available only during Christmas! 

Fonce Chocolatier's Plum cake is made with an assortment of dry fruits like currants, dried berries, apricots, prunes, dates, dried blueberries, dried currants, cherries, figs, cranberries almond flakes, raisins, orange peel and lemon peel along with spices like cinnamon, star anise, dry ginger powder and nutmeg. All the fruit is soaked soaked in rum and brandy for at least two months prior to Christmas. Once the cake is out of the oven, it is brushed with rum before serving. We're drooling! Since it's winter, do check out their hot chocolate mixes as well - they're perfect to add to your festive gift hampers! 

Plum Cakes from Sourir Bakehouse contain a dry fruit mix of cranberries, prune, yellow raisins, black raisins soaked in a combination rum and whiskey. Almonds and walnuts are added in at the time of baking the cakes. They offer non-alcoholic and eggless Plum Cakes, on a made-to-order basis. Spices like Cinnamon & Star anise to give their Plum Cakes a spicy kick. Don't miss their elegant tin packaging - it's picture perfect for gifting this Christmas season! 

Conçu has a super pretty set-up every Christmas season with little baubles, and season-special treats at their outlets. If you can, definitely visit their CBI Colony, Jubilee Hills outlet to soak in the Christmas spirit. Their Plum Cakes are made with macerated dry fruit soaked in spices and rum along with prunes, plums, raisins and almonds. Their festive gift packages this year are pretty fab too, so check them out! 

Golden Bakery is a seventy year old establishment, and is one of the OG places in Secunderabad. The Plum Cakes here are strictly non-alcoholic, if that's something you prefer. Do try their sponge cakes too. Their quality is one of the best in town! 

Plum Cakes at Spero are an adaptation of traditional English and Kerala style recipes which cater to the Indian palate. The dry fruit and nuts used in the cakes are soaked for over a month prior to baking. The Plum Cakes are available in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic variants too! 

Subhan Bakery at Nampally is known for their Dum ke Roat, but did you know that their Plum Cakes are pretty legendary too? Get yourself a Victorian Rich Plum Cake or a Dry Fruit Plum Cake this season, and thank us later! 

The best part about Karachi Bakery is that they have branches all over town. So if you're shopping last minute or are looking for great budget-option Plum Cakes, get yourself some from Karachi. They're also known for their fruit biscuits, but you already knew that, didn't you?

Finance expert turned baker Amandeep Kaur started El Pastel out of her passion for baking in 2015. She bakes everything from customised cakes, wedding cakes, and specialty desserts. The baker's plum cakes are made of dry fruit that has been curated for over a year. The cakes have a mix of prunes, dates, figs, raisins, cranberries, blueberries, black currants and are basted for a few days/weeks with a generous amount of rum and brandy. The soaked alcohol makes El Pastel's cakes extremely rich in taste and texture. Brb, we're drooling!