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Ingredients:

  • Eggs  : 4
  • Flour : 2 level cups
  • Sugar : 2 cups powdered
  • Butter : 1 cup.
  • Baking powder : 2 tsps
  • Scraped coconut : 2 cups.

Method :

Mix everything as for other cakes and bake at 180 degrees C  or 350 degree F for about 25 to 30 minutes until done.

Coconut Cake

Ingredients:

  • Maida (flour) 180 grams.
  • Butter 150 grams
  • Sugar 200 grams powdered.
  • Baking powder ½ tsp.
  • Salt ½ tsp .
  • Cocoa 4 tbsps
  • Nescafe (instant coffee) 2 tbsps
  • hot water 100 ml
  • Eggs 2
  • Vanilla essence 1 tsp
  • Soda-bi-carb ½ tsp
  • Vinegar 1 tsp

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F. Grease & dust a baking dish.
  2. Dissolve the Nescafe & cocoa in the hot water. Sift maida , salt, soda & baking powder. Cream the butter with sugar. Beat the eggs, add vinegar , vanilla essence & add the butter. Add maida & the Nescafe mix. Mix well with the hand blender or cut & fold & mix well. Pour into the baking dish.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven at 350 deg F for 25 minutes or till done. Put a knitting needle or a toothpic in the middle of the cake .It should come out clean & non sticky .Then it is done.
  4. Sprinkle Castor sugar over the done cake to get a glazed look.

Chocolate Coffee Cake

    Ingredients
    6 cups maida (white flour)
    6 tsp. milk powder
    200 grm. oil or margarine
    1 cup evaporated milk
    6 tsp. sugar
    2 tsp. baking powder
    1 egg
    3 tsp. yeast

    Instructions
    1. Mix all the ingredients and knead into a dough.
    2. Cover with a damp cloth and leave at room temperature for 2-3 hours.
    3. Then divide it evenly into 12 parts.
    4. Roll out into flat chapati which is as thick as a pizza crust. You may roll out the dough round or length wise. (it’s optional to sprinkle kalonji or till (sesame) on it)
    5. Bake in oven at 350* F (that’s Gas Mark #4) till light brown.

    Note: Can also be frozen after baking for later use.

    Naan