Cherry Nut Cake

 

 

 

 

 

Cherry Nut Cake

Ingredients.

 

1) All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

2) Sugar – 1 Cup

3) Egg – 3 nos.

4) Unsalted Butter – 100 gm.

5) Yogurt – ½ Cup

6) Baking Powder- 1 teaspoon

7) Baking Soda- ¼ teaspoon

8) Salt- ¼ teaspoon

9) Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon

10) Cherry & Nuts – 1 cup

10) Orange or lime Zest – 1 ½ teaspoon (optional).

Method

1)         Combine the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt and sieve it twice or thrice and keep aside.

2)         In a large bowl, combine eggs and sugar (for better results make the sugar powdered) and beat well till it thickens.

3)         Add the melted butter to the egg- sugar mixture and beat well (if your butter is not melted properly, use a microwave to melt it and set aside to cool before use.)

4)         Add the flour mixture slowly in to the egg mixture along with yoghurt, vanilla essence and orange/lime zest and combine well using a wooden spatula.

5)         Pour the batter into the greased pan along with cherry and nuts

6)         Pre-heat the microwave in 180 c and bake it for about 35- 40 mints.

 

7)      Remove the cake pan from the oven and put on a cooling rack for about 20 mints.