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  • Zebra Cake How to make zebra cake

    Zebra Cake How to make zebra cake

    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:

    • All purpose flour 1 1/2 cup

    • Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon

    • Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon

    • Castor sugar 1 cup

    • Yoghurt (curd) 1/2 cup

    • Oil 1/2 cup

    • Milk 1/2 cup

    • Vanilla essence 1/2 teaspoon

    • Cocoa powder 2  teaspoon

    • Dry fruits 2 tablespoon

    • Tuty fruity 1 tablespoon

    Method :

    1. Take flour, sugar, baking powder and soda  and sieve them together.

    2. Put them in a bowl. Add curd, oil and milk, slowly mix them together to form a smooth batter. No lumps should be formed.

    3. Divide the batter into parts.

    4. To one part, add vanilla essence and dry fruits.

    5. Pre-heat the micro wave.

    6. Grease the tin and pour the batter.

    7. Microwave it for two minutes.

    8. Add cocoa powder to the other part that you had kept aside.

    9. Pour this batter over the half set cake and bake further for three to four minutes.

    10. The fork pricked should come out clean and you get a good aroma also.

    11. Once done, keep it in the micro wave for ten minutes.

    12. Later, remove it and cut into required shapes.

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    Zebra Cake

    A delicious cake with the goodness of both chocolate and vailla.
    Print Recipe
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    Servings: 6 people
    Course: Dessert
    Calories: 280
    Ingredients Method Notes

    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

    Method
     

    1. Take dry ingredients and sieve them together.
      dry ingredients
    2. Add yoghurt.
      yoghurt
    3. Add oil
      oil
    4. Add milk, mix them to a smooth batter. Divide it into parts.
      milk
    5. Take one part and put vanilla essence and dry fruits to it. In the meanwhile, pre-heat the microwave.
    6. Grease the tin with a little ghee or oil and put the  vanilla batter into it.
    7. Bake it for two minutes.
    8. To the other part, sieve the cocoa powder and mix with it. 
    9. Pour it over the half baked cake.
    10. 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
    11. Later, slowly remove from sides and tilt it to a wide plate.
    12. 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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  • orange zest cookies

    Baking has been one of my interests, though I have not advented much. It had always been with microwave, but this time I thought of trying in my OTG which had been lying unused. Yes, it is again the time of our blog hop with the theme “baking ” and today I am sharing with you delicious orange zest cookies.

    These cookies with orange zest and juice along with tuti fruiti  and cashews is flavourful and makes me get back to baking it again.

    A few pointers to use Oven Toaster Grill.

    Preheating of  the oven is a necessity. Mine is Bajaj Majesty 700QT . Here I have used 2 on the dialer.

    Different time is necessary for baking different dishes. Refer catalogue and your experience is the best outcome.

    One needs to keep a watch, lest the food may get burnt. The aroma of baked dishes reaches outside first.

    Do not touch with hand.

    Cooling on the rack is essential.

    If you are on the lookout for bajaj appliances, you can check them here

    Here is the recipe of my cookie :

    Ingredients :

    • All Purpose Flour / maida 2cups
    • Unsalted butter 225 grams
    • Castor sugar 1 cup
    • salt  1/4 tsp
    • baking powder 1/2tsp
    • orange zest of 1 orange
    •  orange juice 1/4 cup (fresh )
    • tuti fruti  1/2 cup
    • cashew pieces 1/2 cup

    • orange zest cookies
      orange zest cookies

    Method :

    1. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and orange zest together. For the orange zest, I have grated the skin of orange and used it. Be careful not to use the pith of it.
    2. Beat the butter and sugar, till it is soft and fluffy.
    3. Now, add the juice and the flour to it and gently mix them together to form a dough of thick consistency.
    4. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.
    5. Before baking ,pre-heat the oven
    6. Line the tray with parchment paper and grease with little butter and dust with flour.
    7. Shape them into cookies and keep them in the oven to bake.
    8. Initially I put the time dial on 3 . Then again I put it for 1
    9. Remove them slowly and keep them on the wire rack to cool.
    10. Store orange zest cookies in air tight container.
    11. Alternatively, you can bake in microwave oven too.
    ingredients for cookie
    ingredients for cookie
    dough for the cookie
    dough for the cookie
    orange zest cookies
    orange zest cookies

    These are the various other delicacies of my friends .

    And here are the links of those tasty bakes

    Garlicky pull apart buns by Shubha

    Rosemary Zucchini bread by Padma

    Jam filled cookies by vani

    Coconut lemon muffins by Piyali

    Eggless Pumpkin Bread

     

     

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