Various Cakes
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                                        Tutti fruity sponge Cake
Ingredients:
1½ cup          Plain flour (Maida)
3/4 cup         Sugar
1 cup           Yogurt
1/3 cup         Tutti fruity
½ cup           oil
1 ¼ tsp.        Baking powder
½ tsp.          Baking Soda
Pinch of        Salt
2 tsp.          Vanilla extract
1 tsp           Plain flour to coat Tutti fruity
½ tsp           Orange zest (optional)
Method:
   1. Grease 8” round or 4”X7” loaf tin with oil and sprinkle 1 tsp flour OR line the tin with right size of wax paper.
   2. Mix plain flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and keep aside.
   3. In a mixing bowl mix sugar, yogurt, oil, vanilla extract and orange zest using electric hand mixer.
   4. Then add plain flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt mixture and mix for 2-3 minute or until it forms
      batter.
   5. Then coat tutti fruity with 1 tsp flour and add in the batter. Mix tutti fruity in the cake batter with spatula.
   6. Pour this batter into prepared tin.
   7.   Preheat oven at 350F. Bake this cake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes OR insert the toothpick in the
        center of the cake to check. If tooth pick comes out clean, cake is ready.
Coconut Cake
Ingredients:
½ cup           Un-salted Butter
1 cup           Sugar
3+2 = 5 tbsp.   Yogurt
1 ¾ cups        Coconut powder
1 ¼ cup         Plain flour (Maida)
1 ½ tsp.        Baking powder
½ tsp.          Salt
2 tbsp.         Milk
¼ tsp.          Fresh lemon juice
2-3 pinch       Yellow food color
½ tsp.          Vanilla extract
Method:
   1. Mix/beat well ½ cup butter (soften) and 1 cup sugar in a mixing bowl.
   2. Add 3 tbsp. yogurt, yellow color and beat until fluffy.
   3. Add 1 ¾ cup coconut powder and mix well.
   4. Add 2 tbsp. milk and 2 tbsp. yogurt to the mixture.
   5. Add plain flour, baking powder, salt and mix again.
   6. Add ¼ tsp. fresh lemon juice & ½ tsp. vanilla. Beat mixture for 2-4 minutes.
   7. Lay down butter paper in a baking pan.
   8. Pour mixture into a baking pan.
   9. Bake at 350F/180C preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
   10. Once he cake is cooled off, drizzle with a powder sugar icing made by combining ½ cup powder sugar, 1 tbsp.
       milk and ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
                                               Banana Nut Cake
Ingredients:
3/4 cup        Sugar
1/3 cup        Oil
2              Medium ripe bananas, each cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cup          Plain flour (all-purpose flour)
1 tsp          Baking powder
1/2 tsp        Baking soda
1/2 tsp        Salt
1/4 cup        Buttermilk
1/3 cup        Chopped walnut
Method:
Blend sugar, bananas and oil using food processor. Then add rest of the ingredients except walnut and blend again.
Put that mixer in baking pan. Garnish with walnut. Let oven warm at 300F. Bake mixer for 1 hour.
                                                     Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
2   cup     Powder sugar
1   tsp     Baking powder
1   tsp     Baking soda
1   tsp     Cinnamon powder
1   cup     Oil
3 cup       Carrot (shredded)
2 cup       Plain flour (all-purpose flour)
Method:
Blend sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and oil using food processor. Then add rest of the
ingredients and blend again. Put that mixer in baking pan. Let oven warm at 300F. Bake mixer for 1 hour.
                                                 Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 cup              Powder sugar
3 tbsp             Cocoa powder
1 tsp              Bicarbonate of soda (Not baking soda or baking powder)**
1+1/4 cup          Milk
3/4 cup            Oil
1/2 tsp            Vanilla Extract
2+1/4 cup          Plain flour (all-purpose flour)
Method:
All ingredients except plain flour blend using food processor. Then add plain flour and blend again. Put that mixer in
baking pan. Let oven warm at 300F. Bake mixer for 1 hour.
For Iceing:
1/2 cup            Butter (Unsalted)
4 cup              Powder sugar
1/4 cup            Milk
1 tsp              Vanilla Extract
mix 2 cup powder suger and butter. mix milk and vanilla extract and rest of the suger.
** This is available in the Indian Grocery store.
                                    Coffee Cake (without Coffee)
Ingredients:
1 cup          buttermilk
1 tsp          Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup        oil
2 tbsp         oil
1 cup          sugar
1/2 cup        powder suger
2+1/4          cup plain flour (all-purpose flour)
2 tbsp         plain flour (all-purpose flour)
1 tsp          baking powder
1 tsp          salt
1/2 tsp        baking soda
1 tsp          cinnamon powder
1/3 cup        1/3 cup chopped walnut
Method:
Blend buttermilk, Vanilla Extract and oil using food processor. Then add rest of the ingredients except walnut and
blend again. Put that mixer in baking pan. Garnish with walnut. Let oven warm at 300F. Bake mixer for 1 hour.
                                                     Fruit Cake
Ingredients:
2 cup               Fresh Cherry (pitted pieces)
1½ cup              Pinapple (small pieces)
1 cup               apple(chopped in very fine pieces)
1 cup               dates (small pieces)
2 cup               rasin (from Indian store taste better)
1 cup               Almonds (slice OR slits)
1 cup               Walnut (chopped)
1½ cup              Dry Fruit Mix (optional)
1¾ cup              Plain flour
¾+¼ cup             Sugar
¾ cup               Light brown sugar
½ cup               Butter (at room temperature)
½ cup               Plain Yogert (curd)
1 tsp               Cinammon Powder
½ tsp               Baking Powder
¼ tsp               Mix Fruit Essense
Method:
   Mix all fruits and nuts together. (First 8 ingredients)
   Add ¼ tsp Mix Fruit Essense and ¼ cup Suger.
   Keep this aside for about three hours.
   Add all other ingredients in mixing bowl and mix them at low speed for about two minutes. then at high speed for
    about two minutes with electric mixer.
   then mix fruit and nut mixer in it.
   put this in the cake pan about 1½ inch layer (You may use more than one cake pans)
   preheat oven at 2500F. cook this about 2.5 hours OR until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
   then let it cool to make pieces.
                                                   Orange Cake
Ingredients:
2½ cup              Plain flour
2 tsp               Baking Powder
1 tsp               Baking Soda
½ tsp               Salt
1 cup               Fresh orange Juice
14 oz               Condensed Milk
2 tsp               Vanilla Extract
¼ cup               butter
How to make 14oz Condensed Milk : Mix          ½ cup Hot Water, 1 cup Milk Powder, 1 cup Sugar, 1 tbsp Melted
butter.
Method:
   Preheat Oven at 325F. Grease 9x13inch pan.
   Mix Plain Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt Well. (First 4 ingredients)
   Add orange Juice, Condensed Milk, Vanilla Extract and butter. Beat well until all ingredients well incorporated.
   Pour in greased baking pan and bake for 30 to 45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.