Ingredients non vegetarian 10 servings

• 1 1/2 cup maida
• 1/2 cup cocoa pwd
• 1 2/3 cup home made or unsalted butter
• 2 cups brown sugar or white sugar
• 2 tsp baking pwd
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 1 tb. hot water
• 1 tbsp lemon rind chopped
• 1 tbsp orange rind chopped
• 1 tbsp raisins chopped
• 1 tbsp black currants chopped
• 2 tbsp almond roughly chopped
• a pinch of lemon zest or lemon essence
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon pwd
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg pwd

Directions

1. Mix maida, cocoa pwd, cianamon pwd, nutmeg pwd, baking pwd and sieve.
2. In a bowl mix lemon rind, orange rind, raisins, currants and roll n 1tbsp of maida.
3. In a big bowl beat butter+sugar with an electric mixer till light.
4. Add vanilla essence+coffee+lemon zest, mix well.
5. Add one egg, beat,add 1 tbsp. maida, beat, repeat and use all eggs, finally add rest of the maida.
6. Mix till light and fluffy.
7. Add raisin+currants+lemon rind+orange rind and fold lightly with a spatulla.
8. Pre-heat oven at maximum temperature.
9. Take 9 inch tin,grease with butter, apply aluminum foil inside the tin and grease it with butter.
10. Take out batter in the tin and level with a spatula.
11. Sprinkle almond on top.(optional)
12. Bake at 150 degree on the centre rack, for 20-30 min.
13. Check with a knife if comes out wet bake for some more time.
14. When done take out and let it cool.If you want to cover it use a napkin.
15. Once it is at room temp remove from the tin carefully.
16. Cut and serve.

Comments

Divya

Dear Ankita,sorry I've never made this recipe without eggs.But you can try adding 1/2 cup beaten curd and 1 t.sp. soda bi carb instead of eggs.Mix soda with dry ingredients and curd with wet.If the consistancy is thick you can add little milk.Hope this will help.

shwetashetty

@ Ankita, 2 tbsp corn starch, for thickening 2 tbsp arrowroot flour, as thickener, emulsifier 2 tbsp potato starch, as thickener, emulsifier 1 heaping tbsp soy powder + 2 tbsp water, in doughs, biscuits 1 tbsp soy milk powder + 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water, for cakes and for binding 1 banana, in cakes. 200 ml hung curd is equal to 3 eggs. Cheers, girl, bye.

ankita

plzz suggest substitute of eggs..??

Divya

Hey Christy, happy New year.Did you try ?

Divya

Thank u Rajeswari.

rajeswari

i voted for u as u ve explained neatly and home made special cake is an excellent treat for us

Divya

Thanks and let me know!

christy gerald

Hi Divya!.Its a mouth-watering recipe.I'm willing to try this Christmas.