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(131)Dry fruit cake.

Ingredients

  • 100 gms. Raisin.
  • 100 gms. Black raisin.
  • 100 gms. Cranberry.
  • 100 gms. Fig. cut into small pieces.
  • 50 gms. Apricot. cut into small pieces.
  • 200 ml. Black grapes juice.
  • 250 gms. butter.
  • 300 gms. powdered brown sugar.
  • 50 ml. oil.
  • 130 gms. curd.
  • 300 gms Maida.
  • 50. gms. Almond powder.
  • 1 tsp.baking powder.
  • ¼ tsp.baking soda.
  • ¼ tsp. salt.
  • ¼ tsp. clove powder.( optional)
  • ¼ tsp. cinnamon powder (optional).
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 1 cup water

Method

  • In one big sauce pan mix all dry fruits with fresh black grape juice.
  • Cover the lid and refrigerate for 24 hours for soaking.
  • After 24 hours remove from the fridge and mix thoroughly and keep aside.
  • In another big mixing bowl sieve dry ingredients like flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, clove and cinnamon powder.
  • In another big sauce pan beat butter and sugar with medium speed till it turns creamy.
  • Add curd and oil in it and again beat for few minutes. Scrape the sides and will get super creamy consistency.
  • Now add flour and Almond powder and mix with cut and fold method for 2 minutes.
  • Add soaked juicy dry fruits and again mix with cut and fold method for 2 more minutes.
  • Grease disposable cake mould and pour batter and fill upto ¾ mould . Level the poured batter by taping twice or thrice.
  • Preheat oven at 160 °centigrade for 10 minutes.
  • place mould in to oven at 160° centigrade for 70 minutes.
  • After 70 minutes check the cake with the help of skewers.If it come out clean then cake is ready. If doesn’t come out clean then bake for 10 more minutes.
  • Switch off the oven and after 10 minutes remove from the oven.Separate all sides of cake from mould and unmould the cake.
  • With the help of skewers poke the cake.
  • Prepare sugar syrup ( mix sugar and water, syrup is ready after boiling for 2 minutes) and pour generously in the cake.
  • Wrap cling film and keep aside for 4-5 hours.
  • After 5 hours remove the film and cut the cake into 1 inch thick slices.
  • Serve cake slices with herbal tea.

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(03) Suji Cake

Ingredients:

Cake is a flour confection made from Wheat flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. But as time goes each and every field grows and so does the Confectionery Industry. People start giving a twist to the traditional recipes and making something new yet tasty and healthy. As Suji has less gluten, cake is more fluffy and easy on our intestine.

  • 200 gms. Rava (Suji).
  • 50 ml. Milk.
  • 50 gms All purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1 tsp. Baking powder.
  • ½ tsp. Baking soda.
  • 30 ml. Paneer with water( 30 ml.milk+2 tsp. Lemon juice).
  • 150 gms Sugar powder.
  • 120 ml. Melted butter.
  • Butter or ghee for greasing cake vessel.

Method

1) In one big mixing bowl soak rava with milk and keep aside for 30 mins.

2) After 30 mins put kadhai on gas for preheating and grease cake vessel.

3) Add melted butter and sugar in suji .

4) Mix all dry ingredients and sieves in mixing bowl.

5) Add paneer with water and mix it. 

6) Pour cake mixture in greased vessel.

7) Bake it for 30 mins on slow flame.

8) After 30  mins check with knife and if clean knife then cake is ready if not then continue baking till knife comes clean.

N.B.It may takes upto 80 mins. depending upon size of vessel and quantity of batter.

9) Serve your cake with love and smile.

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