Sunday, 27 December 2020

Christmas fruit cake


Ingredients:
Orange juice 1 cup
Chopped dry fruits, nuts, fruits, candied fruits
Whole wheat flour 2.5 cups
Sugar 1.5 cups
Milk 1 cup
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Baking soda 1tsp
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence 1tsp
Oil 1 cup
Cardamom powder

Method:
Soak the dry fruits,nuts etc in orange juice and refrigerate in airtight container for 1-2 days

Sieve the wheat flour, baking powder, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder and keep aside. Add the soaked nuts asking with the orange juice to the dry sieved ingredients and mix
Add sugar and oil and mix
In the bowl where nuts were soaked in orange juice, pour the milk. Add vinegar to it and then spread baking soda on it. Mix thoroughly then add it to the cake mixture.
Combine the ingredients very well making sure no lumps are left

Pour the mixture half at a time and bake 2 separate cakes. 

Saturday, 26 December 2020

Carrot cake

Ingredients:

Grated carrot 3/4 cup
Milk 1 cup
Sugar 1/2 cup
Oil 1/4 cup
Vinegar 1tbsp
Salt 1 pinch
Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
Baking soda 3/4 tsp
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Wheat flour 1 cup
Nuts and tutti frutti
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp

Method:

Mix sugar , milk, vinegar, vanilla and oil. Beat them properly. Sieve the dry ingredients together: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt. Combine the dry ingredients to the wet ones and then add the grated carrot. Mix well but not too much
Pour the batted in the cake mould.
Bake the cake at 180° for about 35 mins.