Name: Fruit And Nut Cake recipe by Prathima Nithin at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For Basic vanilla cake batter ( 200ml measuring cup used); Condensed milk – ½ tin; Vegetable oil (odourless) – 1/3 cup; Castor/ powdered sugar – 1 tbsp; Maida/ plain flour – 1 cup; Baking Powder – 1 tsp; Baking soda – ½ tsp; Milk – 1/3 cup; vanilla essence – 1 tsp, if making only a basic vanilla sponge cake, else skip this; Other ingredients; Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp D; Chopped nuts – 2 tbsp – like walnuts, cashew, almonds; Vanilla essence – ½ tp; ry fruits, chopped – 2 tbsp – like raisins, cranberries, prunes, tutti fruity; Strawberry essence – ½ tsp

Ingredients Serving: 10

For Basic vanilla cake batter ( 200ml measuring cup used)
Condensed milk – ½ tin
Vegetable oil (odourless) – 1/3 cup
Castor/ powdered sugar – 1 tbsp
Maida/ plain flour – 1 cup
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Milk – 1/3 cup
vanilla essence – 1 tsp, if making only a basic vanilla sponge cake, else skip this
Other ingredients
Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp D
Chopped nuts – 2 tbsp – like walnuts, cashew, almonds
Vanilla essence – ½ tp
ry fruits, chopped – 2 tbsp – like raisins, cranberries, prunes, tutti fruity
Strawberry essence – ½ tsp

Instructions

Grease a 7” round tin OR 8”x4” loaf tin. (I used a bundt pan). Preheat oven at 1800 C (or 150 C for plain vanilla cake).
Measure maida, add baking powder and baking soda to it, mix. Set aside. Measure milk and set aside. Chop nuts, dry fruits, set aside.
In a mixing bowl beat together condensed milk, oil, sugar for a minute or till well mixed (hand whisk or electric beater).
Seive into the mixing bowl half of the maida mixture and add half the milk. Beat well.
If making only a basic vanilla sponge cake, add 1 tsp vanilla essence now. Else skip this proceed below
Seive in the remaining flour and add remaining milk. Beat 2 to 3 mins till mixture is light.
For plain vanilla cake, pour batter into greased tin & bake at 150 C for 30 mins or till toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Else, proceed as below.
Divide the batter into 2 parts.
To remaining portion of batter, add dry fruits, ½ tsp strawberry essence. Mix with a clean spatula..
Pour on top of cocoa batter and spread on top. Do not mix. May sprinkle some chopped nuts on top.
Bake for 20 to 25 mins or till toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove and cool in tin for 10 mins. Un mould and cool completely on wire rack. Cut and serve/ store in airtight box in refrigerator.

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