Yogurt Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
- 3/4 cup whole-milk yogurt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a standard loaf pan with nonstick and oil spray. Dust with the flour& tap out excess. Whisk all-purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt in a medium bowl. Using your fingers, rub sugar with 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest in a large bowl until sugar is moist. Add whole-milk Greek yogurt, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract; whisk to blend. Fold in dry ingredients just to blend. Pour batter into a pan; smooth top. Bake 50-55 minutes, until the top of the cake is golden brown and a tester inserted into the centre comes out clean. Invert onto rack and let cool completely.
Chocolate Cake in a Pressure Cooker
Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 6 inch round greased baking tin
Instructions:
- Grease the baking tin and lightly dust it with flour.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sugar, salt, water and vanilla, and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
- Add the eggs and beat well until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the flour, Mix well till the mixture is smooth and light.
- Pour the batter into the baking tin.
- Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid but without the pressure, for 5 minutes on high heat, then place the cake tin in the empty cooker, Do not add water to the cooker.
- Close the lid without the pressure, lower the flame and let it cook until done (about 25- 30 minutes).
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
- 150 gm flour
- 125 gm whole wheat flour
- 50 gm cocoa
- 10 gm baking powder
- 225 gm caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 9 Tbsp oil
- 350 ml water
- Cocoa powder and chopped nuts for Decoration
For Chocolate Fudge Topping:
- 50 gm butter
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 250 gm icing sugar
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1-2 Tbsp milk (if required)
Instructions:
- Grease the baking tin and lightly dust it with flour.
- Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sugar, oil, vanilla essence, water and
- beat well until it light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the flour, mix well and pour the batter into the baking tin.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for about 45 minutes.
- Cool before turning out the cake.
For the icing:
- Add milk and melted butter with milk.
- Add icing sugar and cocoa and beat well if required adding more milk
- Spread over the cake.
- Sprinkle cocoa and decorate with chopped nuts.
Vanilla Sponge Cake
Ingredients:
- 225g flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 eggs
- 225g soft margarine
- 225g caster sugar
- 6 drops vanilla extract
- 2 tsp milk
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 160ºC/140°F
- Grease the baking tin and lightly dust it with flour (use 20cm x 30cm rectangular tin, depending on the shape of cake you want to make).
- Sift the flour and baking powder.
- Add eggs, margarine, caster sugar, 6 drops of vanilla extract and 2 tsp milk and beat until the mixture is smooth.
- Pour batter into the tin.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes. Insert a skewer and if it comes out clean the cake is ready.
- Let it cool in the tin(s) for about 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to cool completely – Make sure the cake has cooled completely before decorating.
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