My son requested to bake a cake for our afternoon tea and for lunch
boxes. Instead of buying from the store, decided to bake an easy cake using ingredients available in my pantry. The advantage of baking your own is that you can decide what goes inside, choosing a wholesome and better quality ingredients and make them healthier. My preference goes to easy method and as simple as possible
Raisin Citrus Cake is a great and quick cake to make, even tasted awesome without frosting. You can substitute with other fruit like apricot, cranberries or dates. Add more sugar for sweeter version.
Here goes the recipe:
Yield 7 in loaf
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3 tablespoon butter
1 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 to 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup mixed citrus peel
1/2 cup raisin
1/4 tsp salt
METHOD
Preheat oven @ 170 C and grease 7 in cake pan.
Combine butter, raisin, citrus peel and baking soda in a bowl. Pour in boiling water. Let sit 5 minutes.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Now add the flour to the water mixture. Stir until well incorporated.
Pour onto prepared pan, bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Leave in pan 5 minutes, transfer onto rack to cool. Enjoy!
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you are an expert in baking ..... very yummy ....
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wow...a great looking cake dear...:)
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Delicious citrus cake, the sweetness from raisin also enhanced the flavor.
ReplyDeleteDelicious cake, love the addition of raisin in the cake which enhanced the flavor.
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Beautiful cake and that looks so moist and yummy!
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That must have been really tangy and a perfect tea time cake...
ReplyDeleteOMG,it looks gorgeous and so so so soft,
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I am huge fan of raisins. Lovely cake.
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ReplyDeleteperfect teatime snack.nodoubt ur son enjoyed a lot
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wow easy,simple and quick..i know ur son loved it
ReplyDeletewow perfectly baked cake:)
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I love raisins in everything, particularly cakes! Looks great and what a bonus for those with allergies that there are no eggs.
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ReplyDeletei must say it was damn simple...must have smelt wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWe can't have real butter do to allergies. Would tub margarine work?
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Wow, looks awesome. Great cake.
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nice combination...
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The cake look so delicious.Loved the addition of citrus peel and wheat flour.
ReplyDeleteThats really the best decision to bake cake yourself :) and it sounds like a delicious cake :)
ReplyDeleteYum. What a nice light cake. Goodies always taste so much better when they are fresh from the kitchen. :)
ReplyDeleteNice recipe..looks sooooo delicious!
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