HOW TO MAKE HONEY CAKE? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR THE HONEY CAKE
Table of Contents
- Maida (all-purpose flour)-1 cup
- Milk-1/2 cup
- Curds-1/4 cup (sweet) at room temperature
- Powdered sugar-1/3 cup
- Oil-any 1/4 cup
- Baking powder-3/4 teaspoon
- Baking soda-1/2 teaspoon
- Vanilla essence-8-10 drops
PREPARATIONS TO BE DONE FOR MAKING HONEY CAKE.
- Sieve Maida, Baking powder, and Baking soda to mix them uniformly and remove lumps if any.
- Grind the sugar granules, to a fine powder.
- Now take a mixing bowl.
- Put curds and oil and beat it with a whisk or electric beater till light. (for 2 mts)
- Now add powdered sugar to it and blend again till light and creamy.
- Now is the time to incorporate maida, slowly adding milk.
- Mix in the cut and fold method, till you get an Idly batter consistency.
- Add vanilla Essence at this stage.
PREPARATION FOR BAKING HONEY CAKE
- Take a baking tray, preferably square-shaped.
- You can smear oil and dust with dry maida or use parchment paper to oil it. (no need to dust maida)
- MEANWHILE, PREHEAT THE OVEN FOR 10 MTS AT 180 * C
- Put the cake batter in the prepared pan and keep it in the oven to bake for 20-25 Mts.
- You can see the surface becomes brown and the cake swells.
- SIDES OF THE CAKE PAN STARTS LEAVING THE CAKE, now your cake is ready.
- cool it on a wire rack.
- THIS IS THE BASIC CAKE THAT HAS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A HONEY CAKE
- For this, we need the following ingredients:
- Water-3/4 cup
- Sugar (normal)-3 -1/2 tablespoon
- Honey-3-4 tablespoon
- Mixed fruit jam-2-3 tablespoon
- Desiccated coconut or homemade dry coconut powder,2- tablespoons.
- Heat a saucepan and add 3/4 cup water.
- Add three and a half tablespoons of sugar to it and let it dissolve completely.
- Put off the flame, and cool till lukewarm.
- Now is the time to add honey to that and give a mix.
- PRICK THE CAKE FROM ALL THE SIDES AND ON TOP WITH A TOOTHPICK.(SO THAT THE SYRUP PENETRATES INSIDE THE CAKE WHEN POURED ON IT)
- Keep about 2 tablespoons of this syrup, mix the fruit jam, and put a layer on the cake.
- Spread evenly and on top sprinkle Desiccated coconut powder.
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