Name: Orange & Chocolate - Indian Ghee Cakes recipe by Manini Badlani at BetterButter
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups - all purpose flour; 1 tsp - baking powder; 1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp - baking soda; 1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp ghee/ clarified butter; 1 cup - powdered sugar; 4 eggs (yellow and white separate); 1/2 cup - milk; 2 tsp - sugar; 1/2 tsp - vanilla essence; Orange Cake:; Fine zest of 2 oranges; 1/2 cup - orange juice; Chocolate Cake:; 1/2 cup - cocoa powder; 1/2 cup - water; 1 tbsp - sugar; 1 tbsp - sugar; 1 tsp - coffee; 1 tsp - vanilla essence

ABOUT Orange & Chocolate - Indian Ghee Cakes RECIPE

This is my 200th post on a superb food page on Facebook. Dedicated to Bakhtawar, who introduced me to this page and his mom Alka for accepting me as a part of their family. My friend Jasdeep Kaur gave me the basic recipe but I tweaked it. I've used organic cow's ghee for these cakes and I think it is the best medium.

Ingredients Serving: 8

2 cups - all purpose flour
1 tsp - baking powder
1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp - baking soda
1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp ghee/ clarified butter
1 cup - powdered sugar
4 eggs (yellow and white separate)
1/2 cup - milk
2 tsp - sugar
1/2 tsp - vanilla essence
Orange Cake:
Fine zest of 2 oranges
1/2 cup - orange juice
Chocolate Cake:
1/2 cup - cocoa powder
1/2 cup - water
1 tbsp - sugar
1 tbsp - sugar
1 tsp - coffee
1 tsp - vanilla essence

Instructions

Basic Cake: In a bowl sift all purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda. In another bowl, beat ghee and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks one at a time. With the beater on low speed, alternately add flour and milk to ghee mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
In another bowl whisk egg whites, then gradually add 2 tsp sugar and vanilla essence and continue to beat until stiff.
Fold an egg white mixture in to the ghee mix. Pour in to a well-greased cake tin and bake in a preheated oven of 180°C for 50-55 minutes.
Orange Cake: Add orange zest to ghee and egg yolk mix before adding to flour mix. Once the cake is ready pour orange juice over it and let it soak.
Chocolate Cake: Substitute 1/2 cup of maida with 1/2 cup of cocoa and follow the method for the normal cake.
Make a thin syrup of water, sugar, vanilla essence and coffee. Pour it on the chocolate cake when just baked and let it soak in while it is cooling.

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