Cake flour recipe/Homemade cake flour

Cake flour can be easily made at home. You only need 2ingredients. Using this you can bake any recipes that calls cake flour. It is not a big task or recipe.

I baked a cake using this flour and it was too soft and moist. I'll also post that cake recipe as my next post so stay tuned.

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Vanilla sponge cake without oven

I am here with fool proof vanilla sponge cake. I saw this recipe in an youtube channel Michael Lim. This needs only few ingredients. Luckily I had everything in my pantry. So I started this recipe without wasting time.

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Eggless Strawberry cake using pressure cooker

Hi friends,sorry for a long break the reason is just lazy. I made this cake for my wedding day. It was a huge hit. So very happy to share this recipe in my little blog.

Its egg less version and baked in pressure cooker so anybody can try it. You can have it as such or use any icing like butter cream or fresh cream. I used fresh cream and homemade basic strawberry jelly.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also share your experience with me. Feel free to comment.

Preparation time:10minutes
Baking time:30-40minutes
Makes:16slices of cake

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour/maida 2 1/4cups
• Sugar 1cup
• Curd/yogurt 1.5cup
• Milk 1/2cup
• Oil/butter 3/4cup
• Baking powder 2teaspoon
• Baking soda 3/4teaspoon
• Strawberry essence 2teaspoon
• Rose food colour few drops

My 1cup measures 240ml

Method:

Preheat pressure cooker in high flame for 10 minutes.Click here for more details.

In a wide mixing bowl,add in curd,baking powder and baking soda. Mix it well. Add in sugar and beat well till it dissolve.
Now add in oil and give a good mix and add in essence and food coloring.(l added strawberry milk essence)
Add in flour and fold in gently and add in milk till get desired consistency. Pour the batter in greased pan and bake 30-40minutes. Time depends on many factors like size of cooker,size of pan etc so keep eye .
Insert toothpick in center of pan if it comes out clean then its baked or bake for 5 more minutes and check it.
You can have as it is or use any icing as your wish.
Have a yummy bite.

Stepwise pictures:

Preheat pressure cooker in high flame for 10 minutes. Click here for more details.

In a wide bottomed bowl,add in curd.

Add in baking powder.

Add in baking soda.

Whisk it well. It becomes foamy.

Add in sugar and beat it till it gets dissolved.(I used powdered sugar)

Add in oil and give a good mix.

Add in strawberry essence and food coloring.(I used strawberry milk essence both essence and food coloring is in same)

Mix it well. 

Add in flour.

Fold it gently using spatula.

Add in milk.

Mix well gently till reaches desired consistency.

Pour the batter in greased pan. This is right consistency.

Bake for 30-40minutes in low flame.Time depends on many factors like size of cooker,size of pan etc so keep eye .

Insert toothpick in center of pan if it comes out clean then its baked or bake for 5 more minutes and check it.

You can have as it is.

Or use any icing like butter cream or fresh cream. I used fresh cream and homemade basic strawberry jelly.

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Wheat jaggery cake

Hi friends, Now a days Iam too lazy...so didn't post any recipes few days. Finally i get into mood for baking a cake that too i made just few hours back.

Wheat jaggery cake is famous in srilanka.
This is kids friendly cake. I baked this for my daughter who loves it lot. This is simple cake made with handful of ingredients which are already available in your pantry.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share your experience with me.

Preparation time:10minutes
Cooking time:20-25minutes
Makes:8slice of cake

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour 1.5cup
• Powdered Jaggery 1cup tightly packed
• Oil(any vegetable oil) 1/2cup minus 1tablespoon
• Baking powder 2teaspoon
• Table salt a small pinch
• Cardamom powder 1/2teaspoon
• Vanilla essence 1teaspoon
• Water 1cup

Method:

Preheat pressure cooker in high flame for 10 minutes. Click here for more details.prepare the cake pan by greasing oil in the pan and dust the flour well.
Sieve wheat flour,baking powder,cardamom powder and mix it well and set aside.
Dissolve jaggery in a cup of water and strain it to discard the sediments. Add in vanilla essence.
Add this to flour mix and mix it well using spatula or spoon.
Add oil to it and give a good mix. Transfer this to prepared cake pan. Spread it evenly. Sprinkle dry fruits as your wish. Bake this for 20 to 25 minutes in low flame. Check by inserting tooth pick in center of cake if it comes out clean then cake is done else bake for 5more minutes.
Unmould it and cut into slices and enjoy.

Stepwise pictures:

Preheat pressure cooker for 10 minutes in high flame. Click here for more details.Prepare the cake pan by greasing oil in the pan and dust the flour well.

Take powdered jaggery in a bowl.

Add in a cup of water and dissolve it. If you can see any dirts or sediments strain it.

Add in vanilla essence. Mix it well and set aside.

In a wide bowl,add in whole wheat flour.

Add in baking powder.

Add a pinch of salt.

Add in cardamom powder for more flavour.

Mix it well.

Make a well in center.

Add in jaggery,vanilla mix.

Mix it using spoon or spatula.

Add in oil.

Mix it well.

Transfer this to prepared cake pan.

Spread them evenly as and sprinkle dry fruits as your wish.( I used cashews and raisins)

Bake this in low flame for 20 to 25 minutes.Check by inserting tooth pick in center of cake if it comes out clean then cake is done else bake for 5more minutes.

See how beautifully it gets baked.

Unmould it.

Cut into slices.

Have a great snack with your kids.

Notes:

• Don't use whisk or beater for mixing flour and jaggery mix else it will become dense.
• You can use any dry fruits.
• Even you can add any dry fruits before transferring the batter to cake pan and mix well.
• Strain the Jaggery water if you didn't use organic jaggery.
• Sieving flour is optional. I didn't sieve it because I used homemade wheat flour which is already sieved.

Stay tuned for upcoming recipes. Bye bye.

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