I can certify with full conviction that my mother is fantastic at baking cakes. She has been making them since i was a kid and continues to enjoy doing it, even today. Her walnut and date cake is to die for and marble cake a feast for the eyes. Hence, when i share this basic recipe of hers with you, be sure to follow it blindly. Its the basic structure of the cake, which can be further modified. I have tried making cakes in the microwave, but the taste and colour you get from baking in a basic convection oven, cannot be matched. Also, for those who love to eat and not break in a sweat when you cook. There are no shortcuts to making a good cake, have loads of patience and do it on a day when you want to indulge and are relaxed. This basic recipe can be altered by adding tuti-fruti to the batter or wlanuts or cinnamon powder , the list is endless. But, first master the basic cake.
Ingredients-
Maida or flour - 1 and half cup
Oil - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Baking powder - I heaped teaspoon
Vanilla essence - 3 to4 drops
Eggs - 3
In a dish break the eggs and start beating them. Now add sugar and keep beating. Add the essence.
Remember when you beat a cake, you only do it in one direction, changing directions will help the air to escape.
Add the oil and keep beating. Now separately, add the salt and baking powder to the maida. Sift it two to three times. Now, keep adding the maida in spoonfuls and keep beating.
Test for cake- When your batter is ready, lift your spoon and let it slide down, in a count of three.
If it falls swiftly its a little loose. If it take more time, then add some milk.
Once the batter is ready, oil your tin with some oil and sprinkle some flour all over and on the sides, to prevent the cake from sticking to the tin. At this stage, if you intend to add any nuts or other confetti to the cake, remember to roll it in some dry flour and mix it lightly after you add it to the batter. Or else all of it will settle at the bottom.
Always remember to preheat your oven. Now cook this cake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and 15 mins. Remember to check with a needle or a knife, after an hour if its baking properly. Once the cake starts rising and the top starts cracking, be assured that you have a winner at hand. I made a birthday cake for my elder daughter last Friday. Sharing the pictures with you. Enjoy !
Ingredients-
Maida or flour - 1 and half cup
Oil - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Baking powder - I heaped teaspoon
Vanilla essence - 3 to4 drops
Eggs - 3
In a dish break the eggs and start beating them. Now add sugar and keep beating. Add the essence.
Remember when you beat a cake, you only do it in one direction, changing directions will help the air to escape.
Add the oil and keep beating. Now separately, add the salt and baking powder to the maida. Sift it two to three times. Now, keep adding the maida in spoonfuls and keep beating.
Test for cake- When your batter is ready, lift your spoon and let it slide down, in a count of three.
If it falls swiftly its a little loose. If it take more time, then add some milk.
Once the batter is ready, oil your tin with some oil and sprinkle some flour all over and on the sides, to prevent the cake from sticking to the tin. At this stage, if you intend to add any nuts or other confetti to the cake, remember to roll it in some dry flour and mix it lightly after you add it to the batter. Or else all of it will settle at the bottom.
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| Tuti - Fruti cake with chocolate butter cream icing |
Always remember to preheat your oven. Now cook this cake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and 15 mins. Remember to check with a needle or a knife, after an hour if its baking properly. Once the cake starts rising and the top starts cracking, be assured that you have a winner at hand. I made a birthday cake for my elder daughter last Friday. Sharing the pictures with you. Enjoy !
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