Thursday, 31 December 2015

Honey Cake

Happy New Year!!!!

To celebrate new year , prepared 2 cakes this year. My son's fav Chocolate cake and wanted to prepare something spl - Honey cake.
There is 40 years old iyengar bakery near my house.When you pass that lane in the eve, you can smell the fresh aroma of bread, cakes. Wow.. Sooo yum. Forget all those diet and feel like just munching...
The best in  iyengar bakery is dil pasand, honey cake. People who stay in blore are aware of this awesome cake. I used to love the jam and coconut on top of the cake. This is soo juicy.
Dad used to pack them while coming back from office. There used be a small newspaper cut and on top of it was honey cake packed in a cover.Newspaper used to be soaked in that juice and the cover had cream attached to it. Finger licking good:)
Enjoy this cake!!!




Basic Cake 

Maida: 3/4 cup
Sugar : 1/2 cup
Baking Powder: 1tsp
Yoghurt : 1/2 cup
Milk : 1/4 cup
Oil: 1/4 cup
Vanilla Essence: 1tsp
Baking Soda: 1/4 tsp

Method:

Sieve the dry ingredients well.
Preheat the oven at 180 degree for 20 mins.
Mix all wet ingredients and then dry ingrdients.
Grease the pan and line up a butter paper.

Now pour the cake mix and bake at 180 degrees for 30 mins.

To Make Honey cake.
Boil 1 cup water , add 3 tbsp honey and let it boil for 5 mins. Let it cool .
Now pour this mixture on the cake so that it soaks well.

Heat 4-5 tbsp fruit jam in a non stick pan .
Spread the jam mixture on the cake .
Now sprinkle dessicated coconut on the cake,

You can decorate with whipping cream

Happy Baking:)