NOLEN GURER CAKE (Date Palm Jaggery Cake)

As I have already shared before my experience while baking cake in kadhai. Here I am sharing my first experience in making simple cake with date palm jaggery (Nolen gurer cake). It was my son's birthday and thought its the best time to do this experiment. It came out really delicious. So, here is the simple recipe to make this in kadhai, however you can make this on oven / microwave as well. 

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour - 1 cup
2. Date palm jaggery (Nolen Gur)  - 1/2 cup
3. Baking powder - 1 tsp
4. Butter - 1/2 cup
5. Milk (boiled and cold) - 1/2 cup
6. Black raisin - 1 tsp
7. Eggs - 1 
8. Salt - pinch of

Process :

1. Grease the cake tray. Dust with flour evenly and set aside.

2. Pour milk and jaggery in a mixing bowl and stir until jaggery dissolves. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Gently mix until the flour is combined well. Add egg and keep mixing. 

3. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.

4. Heat the heavy bottom kadai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place cake tray in the kadhai. Sprinkle raisins and cover with a lid.

5. Let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes. After 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife side the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes. I have added some choco chips when the baking was almost 90% done. 

Your cake is ready to serve. You can garnish it as per your choice. 

Do share your experience while trying this cake.
Happy Baking. 

COFFEE CAKE

December is here and we are experiencing our Instagram and Facebook feeds flooded with yummy cake posts. So I thought to bake my favorite cake and enjoy my piece of cake with everyone. I have not used any coffee essence for baking this, only Nescafe coffee powder and some chocolate chips and I just loved the cake.

Also note, this is baked in Kadhai, not microwave.

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Baking powder - 1 tsp
4. Butter - 1/2 cup
5. Milk (boiled and cold) - 1/2 cup
6. Chocolate chips- 1 tsp
7. Eggs - 2 
8. Salt - pinch of
9. Nescafe coffee powder - 1 tsp

Process :

1. Grease the cake tray. Dust with flour evenly and set aside.

2. Pour milk and suger in a mixing bowl and stir until sugar dissolves. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Gently mix until the flour is combined well. Start adding eggs one by one and keep mixing. Lastly add coffee powder and mix well.

3. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.

4. Heat the heavy bottom kadai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place cake tray in the kadhai. Sprinkle chocolate chips at the top and cover with a lid.

5. Let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes. After 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife side the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes. 

Your Coffee cake is ready to serve. You can garnish it with some more chocolate chips and dust with coffee powder. 

EGGLESS SPONGE CAKE

We do not need an occasion to eat cake. Since I have started baking cake in Kadhai and every time it turns out so fluffy I am actually in love with this experimental journey. Today I have tried egg-less sponge cake and it turned out not only fluffy but yummy too. Here is the recipe, if you do not have a microwave at home, no worries, you can still bake a cake in kadhai. 

Ingredients :

1. Whole wheat flour - 1 cup 

2. Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Baking soda - 1 tsp

4. Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

5. Milk - as required to make the batter

6. Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

7. Oil - 1 tsp (for greasing)

Process :

1. In a mixing bowl, add powdered sugar, atta, baking soda and baking powder and mix everything together. Add vanilla essence and gently pour milk to get the mixture into a batter consistency. It should not be very thin but should be of pouring consistency.

2. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.

3. Heat the heavy bottom kadhai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadhai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place the cake tray in the kadhai. If you want to add fry fruits, sprinkle them at the top of the cake and cover with a lid.

4. Let it cook for 15-20 minutes, after 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife inside the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes and re-check.

5. Let it cool down to room temperature and then remove from the cake tray. The sponge cake is ready and can be serves with some topping or icing, if you wish to.

CHOCOLATE CAKE - EGGLESS

This is my all time favorite cake. I love chocolate cake. Tried for the first time to bake an egg-less chocolate cake at home, in kadhai. This recipe has sugar moist crumb yet light texture. Once you try and get to eat such a nice cake at home, this will soon be your favorite too. You can also prepare chocolate layer cake, once your chocolate cake is baked, you can cut the cake into layers, pour more chocolate sauce one after one, and finally cover the whole cake with chocolate cream or chocolate sauce. Mine one is not a layered cake, its a simple and easy chocolate cake.

Ingredients:

1. Supar - 1 cup

2. Maida - 1 and half cup

3. Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup

4. Baking powder - 1 tsp

5. Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

6. Curd - 1 cup (you can also use eggs, if you want to)

7. Milk - 1/2 cup

8. Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup

9. Vanilla extract - 1 tsp (optional)

10. Water - Lukewarm 1 cup

Process:

1. Grease the cake tray, Dust with flour evenly and set aside.

2. Add all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and gently mix until everything is combined well. Add lukewarm water if the batter is very thick.

3. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.

4. Heat the heavy bottom kadhai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadhai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place the cake tray in the kadhai. If you want to add fry fruits, sprinkle them at the top of the cake and cover with a lid.

5. Let it cook for 15-20 minutes, after 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife inside the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes and re-check.

Your home made chocolate cake is ready to serve. You can garnish it as you like. Also you can do plating with chocolate sauce and some colorful fruit pieces of your choice and if available at home.

Do share your experience after baking this cake.

Happy Baking.

CARROT CAKE

Most of the carrot cakes are egg less cakes. My recipe of carrot cake contains carrots mixed into the batter of simple sponge cake with eggs. This is my third experiment in baking a cake in Kadhai and this is soft and tasty. I have used eggs and all the other ingredients used in a sponge cake, additional ingredient is just grated carrot. Unlike the other cakes, carrot cake is heavy and not fluffy. I just loved the cake.

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Baking powder - 1 tsp
4. Butter - 1/2 cup
5. Milk (boiled and cold) - 1/2 cup
6. Eggs - 2 
8. Salt - pinch of
9. Grated carrot - 1/2 cup

Process :

1. Grease the cake tray. Dust with flour evenly and set aside.
2. Pour milk and suger in a mixing bowl and stir until sugar dissolves. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Gently mix until the flour is combined well. Start adding eggs one by one and keep mixing. Finally add the grated carrots and mix well (Remember : Do not mix too long after adding carrots)
3. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.
4. Heat the heavy bottom kadai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place cake tray in the kadhai. Sprinkle dry fruits in the top and cover with a lid.
5. Let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes. After 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife side the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes. 

Your Carrot cake is ready to serve. You can garnish it with some more grated carrots and chocolate sauce, if you like to have chocolate in everything, like i do. 

Do share your experience while trying this cake.
Happy Baking. 

ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

It's my niece's birthday today (19th June 2020). Though she is far away from me, I just thought to make a cake so that when she is cutting her birthday cake, I can also enjoy my piece of cake. This is my second experiment in baking a cake in Kadhai and this time also it came out fluffy, soft and tasty. I have used used normal Nescafe coffee powder, not any coffee essence. I just loved the cake.

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Baking powder - 1 tsp
4. Butter - 1/2 cup
5. Milk (boiled and cold) - 1/2 cup
6. Dry fruits - 1 tsp
7. Eggs - 2 
8. Salt - pinch of
9. Nescafe coffee powder - 1 tsp

Process :

1. Grease the cake tray. Dust with flour evenly and set aside.
2. Pour milk and suger in a mixing bowl and stir until sugar dissolves. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Gently mix until the flour is combined well. Start adding eggs one by one and keep mixing. Lastly add coffee powder and mix well.
3. Once the batter is ready, pour this in the cake tray.
4. Heat the heavy bottom kadai for 10 minutes and then place a steel stand (optional) inside the kadai and place the cake tray. If you do not have a steel stand, you can directly place cake tray in the kadhai. Sprinkle dry fruits in the top and cover with a lid.
5. Let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes. After 15 minutes you can check by putting a knife side the cake, if the knife comes out clean, means the cake is done, else you can cook for another 5 minutes. 

Your Almond Coffee cake is ready to serve. You can garnish it with some more chopped almonds. 

Do share your experience while trying this cake.
Happy Baking.