EGGLESS FRUIT CAKE

EGGLESS FRUIT CAKE

I baked 2 cakes for my son's birthday (December). A chocolate cake and a fruit cake. Below is the recipe for the fruit cake. I usually bake eggless cakes.

Ingredients :

2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
50 gms butter
1/2 cup sunflower oil
200 gms condensed milk
1 cup water
150 grams mixed tutti fruti fruits

Method of Preparation:

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda together.
2. Mix the butter and tutti fruti. Add this to the flour.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients one after another and mix everything well.
4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease the cake mould.
5. Pour the batter into the mould and bake for 40 mins.

STRAWBERRY CAKE WITH FRESH STRAWBERRY & CREAM TOPPING

STRAWBERRY CAKE

Today is my daughter's birthday. She wanted a strawberry cake. Since strawberries are in season, i got some fresh strawberries from the market yesterday. This is my first cream topping cake. It came out very well and not much work involved at all. My daughter loved it and that is very important for me. I had baked a tutti fruti cake for my son's birthday in december, yet the update the recipe though, will do it along with this recipe, today. 

Ingredients:

for the cake:

1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp strawberry syrup (i used Hershey's)
2 drops strawberry essence
50 gms butter + 50 gms sunflower oil
50 ml full cream milk
1/2 cup water
3 tbsp castor sugar (adjust to your liking)

for the cream topping
1 pack whipped cream powder (blue bird)
3 + 1 tbsp icing sugar
1 cup fresh strawberry (cut into very small pieces)
1/4 tsp lime juice

Method of Preparation:

1. Whisk the butter and castor sugar together. Add the strawberry syrup and essence and mix well.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda together. Add the butter mix to this and mix.
3. Add milk and water to this and mix thoroughly.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
5. Grease the cake mould with butter and pour the batter in it.
6. Bake for 35 mins in 180 degrees.

Cream Topping:

1. Cut the strawberries finely. Mix this with 1/4 tsp lime juice and 1 tsp icing sugar and keep aside.
2. Whip the whip cream as instructed on the box and refrigerate for 15 mins.
3. After 15 mins, mix 1/4 cream with the strawberry mix and keep 3/4 as is, aside.

After the cake is baked, keep it for cooling. With a fork, poke the cake on the top and pour strawberry syrup. After the cake is cooled, first spread the strawberry cream mixture on the cake and then layer the cream on top.