Name: Saffron cake recipe by Reena Andavarapu at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Flour (All purpose flour +whole wheat) - 1 1/2 cup; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon; Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon; Salt - 1/4 teaspoon; Sugar - 1 cup; Safron / kesar milk:; Saffron / kesar - 1/2 teaspoon; Milk - 3/4 cup; Butter - 3 tablespoon; Oil - 3 tablespoon; Egg - 1

ABOUT Saffron cake RECIPE

Indian sweets, deserts are incomplete without Saffron. The most loved flavour saffron alongwith it's soul mate cardamom/ Elaichi brings the most richest taste in the dish we incorporate. So here is a beautiful tea time cake with the humble Saffron alongwith cardamom garnished with almonds.

Ingredients Serving: 5

Flour (All purpose flour +whole wheat) - 1 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 cup
Safron / kesar milk:
Saffron / kesar - 1/2 teaspoon
Milk - 3/4 cup
Butter - 3 tablespoon
Oil - 3 tablespoon
Egg - 1

Instructions

Add the safron to the milk and heat it up. Leave aside fir 15 minutes
Preheat oven to 200 °
Whisk and seive twice or thrice the first five ingredients. Keep aside.
Now beat an egg in a clean bowl and whisk the remaining ingredients In it one after the other alongwith the safron milk
Now spoon in 2 tbsps of flour mixture at a time into the wet mixture and mix using the cut and fold method
Pour the batter into a prepared cake tin. Decorate with slivered almonds.
Reduce the oven temperature to 170° and bake the cake for around 20 to 25 minutes
Check for doneness in the last few minutes

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