December is the month of holidays and celebrations. I love everything about this month, splendid weather, good food and many holidays. It’s been sometime I have put any cake recipe on the blog. On the occasion of Christmas, I present to you a splendid “Zebra Cake”. It is soft, supple and delicious.
Zebra Cake has stripped layer like zebra, thus the name. They are of vanilla and chocolate.
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour 1 1/2 cup
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Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
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Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon
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Castor sugar 1 cup
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Yoghurt (curd) 1/2 cup
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Oil 1/2 cup
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Milk 1/2 cup
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Vanilla essence 1/2 teaspoon
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Cocoa powder 2 teaspoon
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Dry fruits 2 tablespoon
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Tuty fruity 1 tablespoon
Method :
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Take flour, sugar, baking powder and soda and sieve them together.
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Put them in a bowl. Add curd, oil and milk, slowly mix them together to form a smooth batter. No lumps should be formed.
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Divide the batter into parts.
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To one part, add vanilla essence and dry fruits.
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Pre-heat the micro wave.
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Grease the tin and pour the batter.
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Microwave it for two minutes.
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Add cocoa powder to the other part that you had kept aside.
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Pour this batter over the half set cake and bake further for three to four minutes.
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The fork pricked should come out clean and you get a good aroma also.
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Once done, keep it in the micro wave for ten minutes.
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Later, remove it and cut into required shapes.
Zebra Cake
A delicious cake with the goodness of both chocolate and vailla.
Servings 6 people
Calories 280kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 1/2 cup yoghurt
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoon dry fruits
- 1 tablespoon tuti fruity
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 teaspoon cocoa powder
Instructions
- Take dry ingredients and sieve them together.
- Add yoghurt.
- Add oil
- Add milk, mix them to a smooth batter. Divide it into parts.
- Take one part and put vanilla essence and dry fruits to it. In the meanwhile, pre-heat the microwave.
- Grease the tin with a little ghee or oil and put the vanilla batter into it.
- Bake it for two minutes.
- To the other part, sieve the cocoa powder and mix with it.
- Pour it over the half baked cake.
- Again bake it for four to five minutes. To check if it is done, insert a knife and see, it should come out clean. Keep it on the rack for sometime
- Later, slowly remove from sides and tilt it to a wide plate.
- Cut it to desired shape and serve.
Notes
- I have used the microwave + convection mode for baking.
- Sieving of dry ingredients is essential.
- Even the cocoa powder has to be sieved.
- Standing time is important while baking.
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