PARIBHRAMIN: ORANGE CARROT TEA CAKE

ORANGE carrot TEA CAKE
(A POUND CAKE Eggless version)

BY TROPICAL SPICE TRAILS

Finally, decided to start publishing my recipes through my blog. The day could not have been a better day as it is my brother's birthday- 5th April 2020 I decided to embark on this trail too. TROPICAL SPICE TRAILS journey started with opening a Facebook page (link given at the end of this page) to satisfy my burning desire of sharing certain facets of what passionate cooking can be to like minded foodies. With over 100 dishes covered over a journey of couple of years hope the forces of nature bless it for lasting eternally. As I am passionate about cooking so am I passionate about my roots. Brought up in a convent education background in a religious Hindu family with a mixed cultural neighborhood gives you the necessary ingredients for a masala mix in your taste buds. Naturally you tend to imbibe the qualities of how to relish a fully blown sadhya (full fledged thali or meals in a banana leaf from Salt to Sweet which I will cover separately) as well as how to enjoy your evening coffee/ ginger tea with a freshly baked tea cake in the same jest as you would enjoy a street food snack and end it with a Bombay Biryani or a Butter Naan with Butter Chicken late night. In our childhood the brand "MONGINIS" was a name to reckon with in the Slice Cake market. A tea cake quite naturally reminds me of mornings I used to have the slice cake as part of my breakfast with my friend Vikas Kapoor along with a piping hot masala cutting chai before attending some rubbish Maths classes.The only thing that lingered was the buttery taste of the slice cake at the tip of your tongue while the nostrils and throat emanated the masala chai sensuality.

Orange Carrot Tea cake is a tribute to many of such mornings.

Here goes my first recipe on the blog...I assure you that in each recipes I will share my special tip which I call Kaveri Magic (that's my Grandmom) which will help you in making your dish special.

THE ORANGE CARROT TEA CAKE...(Masala Chai ka Sathi) ….Trust me you must try it when it is hot on a cold winter evening or if its raining outside..

INGREDIENTS

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1 Cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 Cup Castor Sugar

1/4 Cup Plain Sugar

1/2 Cup Yoghurt/ Hung Curd

1/2 Cup Melted Butter

100 ml Orange Juice (Valencia preferable. I have used Nagpur Oranges)

1/2 Teaspoon Baking soda
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
1 Teaspoon of Orange Rind

2 Teaspoon of Grated Carrot
Butter Paper
Butter / Oil for Greasing

PROCESS

a. In a Mixing Bowl put the Yoghurt , castor sugar, plain sugar and some orange rind and whisk it
until the batter turns a dusky orange hue.

b. Add the butter and whisk it again.

c. Add the all purpose flour through a sieve along with the baking powder and baking soda.
Gently add the orange juice and make the cake batter fluffy with constant whisking avoiding any
lump formations.

Kaveri Magic Tip : 1. Keep whisking such that you put more air into the mixture.

2. Put 10 ml of orange juice at a time and keep whisking

You can have your kids help you during vacation. Be safe and don't allow them to handle dangerous items or be near electric machines or fire. Here my daughter helped me.

d. Add the balance Orange Rind, Carrot and keep whisking till the batter looks like this.

e. Now place a butter paper with greasing inside the cake mold or put ample greasing so that it

could avoid the bottom sticking. That purely depends on how skilled a baker you are. To start

with I would suggest use a butter paper with ample greasing.

f. Thump the mold a bit to avoid any air bubble else the cake could crack.

g. Bake it in a preheated oven at 200 c for 40 - 50 minutes or alternatively you can also place in
stand inside a Closed pan which is heated for 10 minutes and cook in slow flame for 60 minutes.

h. Insert a tooth pick to check its consistency.

ENJOY IT WITH PIPING HOT MASALA CHAI or if you are Coffee connoisseur...Have it with a CUPPA..

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