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Ragi Chocolate Cake

May 9, 2014 by Geetika Leave a Comment

Ingredients;

1/2 cup Finger Millet flour/ Ragi flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. Cocoa powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup curd/yogurt
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp. cinnamon powder

Method;

Sift the Ragi flour, all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon in a large vessel. Take another vessel and add curd, oil, milk and sugar in it, beat the liquid mixture with a fork till the sugar is dissolved.

Preheat the oven to 180°C for about 10 minutes. Grease a round cake tin with oil.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet liquid mixture and fold lightly making circular motions.

Pour the cake batter into the greased cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or till the cake is done. Check the cake by inserting a clean knife in it, if it comes out clean the cake is fully baked.

Filed Under: Cakes, Dessert

Walnut and Banana Cake

December 11, 2013 by Geetika 1 Comment

Ingredients

1/2 cup wholewheat flour
1/2 cup refined flour
1/4 cup milk
1 big ripe banana
1/4 cup of Walnuts
2 tbsp of Yogurt or curd
2 tbsp of oil
3/4 cup of Castor sugar
A pinch of Salt
1 tbsp of Cocoa powder
A pinch of Cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp of Baking powder
1/4 tsp of Baking soda

Method

Grind together the banana slices, sugar, yogurt, milk, and oil in a blender. Keep it aside.

Add the baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon to both the flour in a big vessel. Sift all the dry ingredients together.

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients by mixing with light hands.

Crush the walnuts into small chunks and add it to the batter.

Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 180°C. Grease a cake tin with oil and dust it with dry flour. Pour the batter into the baking tin.  Bake the cake at 180°C for 30 minutes or till the cake is done. Check the cake by inserting a knife in it, if the knife comes out clean the cake is fully balked.

Filed Under: Cakes, Dessert, General Tagged With: baking, cake, Dessert

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