Orange
scientific name is CITRUS × SINENSIS
- High content of Vitamin C, defending the body against germs & viruses, absorbing iron from food, preventing the body from anemia.
- Fiber content helps in maintaining healthy digestive system, reducing constipation.
- Content of Vitamin A & antioxidants helps in protecting the body against age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
- High content of water to keep the body hydrated and joints lubricated.
Ingredients
| Orange: 1 | Jaggery: ½ cup |
| Butter: ¼ cup | Milk: ¼ cup |
| Eggs: 2 (whipped) | Cashew Nuts: 1 Tbsp |
| Almonds: 1 Tbsp | Golden Raisins: 1 Tbsp |
| Dried Apricot: 1 Tbsp | Cranberries: 1 Tbsp |
| Cinnamon Powder: ½ tsp | All Purpose Flour: 1 cup |
| Baking Powder: 1 tsp | Baking Soda: ½ tsp |
| Vanilla: 1 tsp | Salt: ¼ tsp |
Procedure
Step 1: Cut the dry fruits (golden raisins, cranberries, cashew nuts, dried apricot & almonds) into pieces.
Step 2: Take out some orange zest from the hard outer skin of the orange.
Step 3: Peel off the hard outer skin of the orange and separate the carpels (half of the carpels for pieces and other half for juice). Soak the dry fruits in orange juice for 10 minutes.
Step 4: Cut the rest of the carpels into pieces.
Step 5: Melt the butter in microwave for 15 seconds. Keep the bowl aside.
Step 6: Mix melted butter (room temperature), jaggery, milk & cinnamon powder and prepare a smooth liquid paste.
Step 7: Mix all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Strain the mixture in a strainer for 2 times.
Step 8: Whip 2 eggs in mixer-grinder.
Step 9: Mix whipped eggs, vanilla & butter mixture. Add flour mixture in small amounts and mix properly each time. Add soaked dry fruits, orange zest & pieces and move the batter smoothly.
Step 10: Prepare the cake mould with baking paper.
Step 11: Pre-heat OTG: temperature 200; baking option; timer 30
Step 12: Grease with butter. Pour the batter in the cake mouls.
Step 13: When the OTG timer reaches 20, insert the cake mould and reduce the temperature to 150.
Step 14: When the OTG turns off automatically, rest for 15 minutes.
Step 15: Take out the cake. Test the cake with a tooth-pick.
Step 14: Enjoy the Orange Jaggery Cake.
Tips
- In Step 2,never take out the white portion, else it will get bitter.
- In Step 3, remove white portion and seeds from each carpels before extracting the juice.
- In Step 8, egg liquid should be foamy and white colour.
- In Step 15, if no piece of cake stickes with the tooth-pick, after inserting it and taking it out from the cake, it means that the cake is perfectly made.