It is a cloudy evening.
Cloudscapes meld into a thick gray cover looming over the sky. A soothing
warmth pervades. At night, we smell the scent of wet Earth. It is raining.
Another cold day in store we assume, clutching our quilts tighter. Next
morning, it is cloudy and foggy as expected. A movement in the dry bushes catch
our attention.
It is a Taiga Flycatcher
hopping in the branches and returning to her perch after catching insects from
the ground.
She is all fluffed up, letting out a sonorous light pitched note periodically.
Our kitchen smells heaven. Marmalade Cake is almost baked.
An Orangee aroma and flavour of spices is intoxicating.
The cake is sliced next
day. Everyone relishes it and gets over same evening.
Marmalade Cake – Whole grain and Egg
less
A Delia Collection recipe adapted from www.tastegoblet.com
Ingredients
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
¾ cup brown sugar or powdered white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon each of powdered green cardamom, cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg and dried ginger
½ cup (100 gms) butter softened
¼ cup mixed dry
fruits (candied orange peels, apricots, cherries etc.)
¼ cup tutty fruity
Finely grated zest of an orange
Finely grated zest of a lemon
1 tablespoon white vinegar
160 ml milk, plus more if needed
1 heaped tablespoon marmalade
½ tablespoon fine sugar to sprinkle on top
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease one 6 ½ inch round
cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
Whisk together first four ingredients in a big bowl.
Cut butter into small cubes and add to ingredients in the
bowl. Mix with hands till the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
Add dry fruits, tutty fruity and
zest.
Mix well. Add milk, a little at a
time followed by a little vinegar.
Stir well till the ingredients mix
well. Stir in marmalade. The batter should be of dropping consistency. Add more
milk if required.
Pour the batter into the prepared
pan. Sprinkle sugar evenly on top. Bake for 55-60 minutes till the cake shrinks
from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven. Let it cool
in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the sides. Invert in the rack. Cool.
Slice next day. This is important.
The cake really tastes beautiful after a day.
That little fly catcher is so pretty Namita. She looks tiny but if she is like our tiny little blue wrens, she is most probably very vocal ;). This is why I adore your blog. It's an incredibly wholesome mix of amazing food and recipes as well as your lovely nature and plants all melded together to form something wonderful. Thank you so much for posting your blog posts Namita. I love every single one of them :)
ReplyDeleteYum! Thinking of making some clementine marmalade this coming week- maybe be some will get made into cake :)
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