I’ve always been into baking, mainly cakes and sometimes cookies and a quiche or two. But till recently I’ve never had access to a proper oven. I’ve always made them in a microwave and needless to say, microwave bakes are far from the real thing! I remember, when I was in college, I didn’t even have a microwave and made a cake on the stove with the help of a pressure cooker (this process is quite popular in middle class Indian homes), which was a complete disaster! But yes, I’ve always hoped to have an oven someday!
About a week or two back, we finally got an OTG (oven/toaster/grill)! And the first few days, my husband didn’t even let me touch it since he was so immersed in grilling and baking meat and all kinds of goodies! His new found interest in baking is I guess is largely fuelled by the latest season of Masterchef!
But anyway, I finally baked my first cake and this is how it turned out! I’ve named it “First baked cinnamon and almond cake”. Alternatively since I used a star shaped dish I also called it “The Star of David”. The recipe is not entirely mine but is a combination of different recipes from various sources, so I guess it is mine! So, I’ve decided to share it with you! So, here goes:
The Star Of David
Ingredients:
Eggs – 3
Flour – 125 gms (about 1& ½ cups)
Baking powder – ¾ table spoon
Cinnamon powder – 1 table spoon heaped
Sugar – 130 gms (I used 1 cup since I like my cakes a little less sweet)
Almonds – ½ cup (chopped or coarsely ground)
Method:
Grind almonds ( spare about 6/7 and keep aside) in their jackets and keep aside.
Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder in a bowl and keep aside.
Separate the egg yolks and egg whites.
Beat the egg whites till they become foamy. Now mix the egg yolks one by one beating well. Add the sugar and beat well. (you could use an electric beater or do it by hand)
Fold in the flour mixture evenly.
Mix the ground almonds to the batter.
Grease the cake tin with butter. Pour the batter in.
Pre heat oven at 180 degrees C for 10 min. Then place the cake mix in the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees C.
After the baking is done, let it cool down gradually inside the oven. After taking out the cake from the tin, decorate the top of the cake with the rest of the whole almonds.
And you Start of David cake is ready to serve!
