Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Whole wheat cake

My toddler loves cakes and so do I.I decided to bake cake again this week but i am always concerned about two main ingredients-All purpose flour and sugar,both are not that good for health.I usually control the amount of sugar and he does eat it semi-sweet.This time I decided to twist my recipe a bit.A made two cakes one with whole wheat flour and All-purpose flour and the other just with whole wheat both turned out.Leftovers the next day tasted just divine.I am sure next time when i make these again i am going to wait for a day to have a bite of it.

Ingredients

3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup All purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp flavorless oil
2-3 tbsp milk
1/4 cup cold tap water
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tbsp each raisins,cashew nuts and almonds.

Method:
Sift whole wheat flour+all purpose flour+baking powder+baking soda.Add vanilla,oil,sugar,milk,cinnamon and mix into a smooth mixture with no lumps.Add water to make the dough to the consistency of dosa batter.You may add almonds,raisins,cashew nuts to the batter if you like.Whisk till you see bubble on the top layer of the mixture.Grease a baking tray pour the batter.Bake for 30-40 mins or until you succeed in the toothpick test in a preheated oven at 350 F.When cool unmold.
Note:For the whole wheat version I used 1 cup whole wheat flour and skipped the all-purpose flour completely.I also added 3 tbsp heaped of unsweetened chocolate.