Tutty Fruity Choc Chip Cake

Baking this cake is so simple, as it doesn't require you to pull out your electric beater! All you need is a whisk and you are ready to bake this simple cake with no fuss at all. This is by far the simplest cake I have baked.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 2 cups

Granulated Sugar - 1 1/4 cups

Tutti Fruity - 1/2 cup

Choc chips – ¼ cup

Unsalted butter - 2 tbsp

Milk - 3/4 cup

Egg - 2 at room temperature

Baking soda - 1 tsp

Vanilla essence - 3 tsp

Chopped Cashews - 2 tsp (or any other nuts of your choice)

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda and keep aside. Combine the butter and sugar; it will look somewhat like breadcrumbs.

Mix tutti fruity and the choc chips with little flour say 1-2 tbsp, set aside.

Add eggs one at a time to the sugar butter mixture and beat well.

Add in vanilla essence and mix well. Now add in the milk beat well till all is combined.

Next add the flour, baking powder, soda mixture. Mix until a creamy batter is formed without lumps. Fold in tutti fruity – choc chip mixture. Grease your cake pan with butter and flour, tap to remove off excess. Pour the batter in the pan.

Add in the chopped nuts on top. 

Bake for 35-40 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Once baked leave it in the oven for 5mins. Then leave the cake upside down on a cooling rack and allow it to cool completely and then slice it.

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Homemade Butter

Since I love baking, I always make sure I never run out of butter or ghee. When you make them both at home, why buy them from outside? It’s cheaper and without any preservatives. It’s very simple and easy.

Ingredients:

Malai – 1 cup

Cold Water – 2 cups

Method:

When you cool boiled milk, a thick layer of cream is accumulated on the top. This is ‘malai’. Collect this malai everyday until your container is full. Now you are ready to make the butter.

Transfer the collected malai to your mixer. Add the cold water. Blend it for a while until the malai curdles and it gets collected on top.

Once the malai has been collected on top, squeeze out the excess water and collect it in a bowl of chilled water. This makes it easy to handle as the butter gets thick. Wash it with some more cold water. That’s it! Homemade unsalted butter is ready. You can use it for all your baking needs!

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