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INGREDIENTS: for 1/2 kilo sponge cake condensed milk(milk maid)-- 1/2 tin melted butter/margarine---- 60 ml self raising flour--------- 125 gms vanilla essence------------ 1 tsp baking powder-------------- 1 levelled tsp water---------------------- 75 ml soda bicarbonate----------- 1/2 tsp sugar---------------------- 2 tsp METHOD: sieve the flour, bicarbonate and baking powder 3 times. dissolve the sugar in water (use wooden spoon). add condensed milk and mix well. add flour 1 tsp at a time mixing well after each addition. add vanilla essence and melted and cooled margarine , blend well grease and dust a 6-7" cake tin . pour the cake mixture into the cake tin and bake in a hot oven at 200'c for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 150'c and bake for a further 10 minutes . the cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is spongy to touch when ready take out of the oven. leave for 1 minute invert the tin over a rack and tap sharply ...

Ingredients 10 eggs 300g sugar Less than 300g flour (maida in India ) {first add cocoa pd in the weighing pan and then add maida to measure total 300g} 5 tbsp cocoa pd 2(5/6) tsp vanilla essence 2 (5/6) tsp baking pd Sieve maida, cocoa pd and baking pd at least 3 times. Grease a cake tin. Dust it with the sieved flour.Separate eggs. Beat egg whites till stiff. Add egg yolks 1 at a time. Beat till creamy. Add sugar little at a time and beat till dissolves. Continue until all sugar has dissolved. Add vanilla essence. Preheat the oven at 180 deg. Fold in the sieved flour. Pour into greased container and bake till done(abt ½ hr). For butter icing 500g icing sugar 125g margarine 125g butter Cocoa pd for chocolated icing For melted chocolate icing 120 ml fresh cream 120 g dark chocolate Method for icing the cake: turn the cake upside down on a board. Separate the cake into 2 halves.Mix 1 tbsp sugar with 1 mug water and spray on both layers. Apply chocolate butter icing o...

INGREDIENTS: Maida 240g Baking pd 1tsp Powdered sugar 240g Margarine 160g butter 80g dates 240g walnuts 12og baking soda a pinch eggs 6 vanilla essence 1 tsp Method : Grease and line a cake tin. Sieve maida and baking powder at least 3 times. Soak dates in warm water with baking soda for 15 mins. Chop dates after removing seeds and chop walnuts the same size. From the sieved flour add some to the chopped dates and walnuts so that they are coated in flour. Take a bowl and add butter and margarine. Beat with a wooden spoon till soft and fluffy. Slowly add the sugar 1 spoon at a time.Beat till light and fluffy. Separate eggs. In the mixture add only egg yolks 1 at a time. Beat till creamy. Add vanilla essence and mix. Now take a metal tablespoon and fold in the date and walnut mixture.(Folding in means to use the spoon to cut into tbe mixture first at the centre from top to down and then turn clockwise.) Continue to add and fold in till the mixture is mixed well. Now do the sa...