Thursday, April 18, 2013

FRUIT AND NUT CAKE

dry fruit cake
A healthy and delicious home made cake for your kids. Filled with whole lots of goodness of dry fruits, this cake is eggless. This can also be a tea time snack for you. Give it a try. I am sure you will want  to make it every time.
INGREDIENTS
  • Maida                     2 cups
  • Sugar powder       3/4 cup
  • Butter                     1/2 cup 
  • Vanilla essence      1 tsp.
  • Baking powder      2 tsp.
  • Baking soda            1/2 tsp.
  • Any aerated cool drink  1/2 cup 
  • Condensed  milk      1/2 cup
  • Dry fruits                Raisins, dates, cherries 
  • Nuts                         Cashews, walnuts, Almonds
  • Chocolate chips      optional
PROCEDURE
Cut all the nuts and dry fruits into tiny pieces. Measure them to 1 cup approx.
Sieve the maida, baking powder and baking soda twice.
Take the room temperature butter, add the sugar powder to it. Run the hand mixer on a medium speed and mix well.
Now add the condensed milk and mix well.
Add the maida little by little and keep mixing for about 3-4 minutes. Add the cool drink(coke/ Pepsi/ sprite/ 7 up) and run the mixer on a medium speed in one direction for 1  minute and not more than that. Every thing should be well incorporated well with out lumps.
Finally add the fruits and nuts, vanilla essence, chocolate chips(optional). Slowly mix with a ladle. The consistency of the batter should be that of a thick dosa batter.
If needed add more of the cool drink.
Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease the cake mold with butter and dust it with flour. Pour the cake batter and bake it for 30 minutes. Check the cake if it is well cooked from the inside by piercing a tooth pick into it.
Cool it and serve it with hot coffee.
 dry fruit cake

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