Tuttti Frutti Cake

 

Yesterday Sep 04-2013 my little one completed 6 months.....OMG time is flying too fast...Seems like yesterday when she came to our world. Luv U my baby . To celebrate this I decided to make the TUTTI FRUTTI cake...Made this for 1st time & it came out really tasty...This cake is my favorite  and I am super excited about bringing this recipe in my blog!! So here we go 

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup All purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1tsp cinnamon powder

Pinch of nutmeg powder

1 stick of unsalted butter (room tempr.)

1 cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1 ½  tsp pineapple essence

½ cup milk

1 tsp orange zest 

2 tblsp finely chopped cherries

1/2 cup tutti frutti

2 tblsp broken cashews

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the rack in the middle of the oven. Grease a cake Pan or line with paper liners and set aside.

Take bowl. Sieve flour, baking soda and baking powder, Baking soda and keep aside.. 

Whisk butter with sugar till light & fluffy. Add in beaten eggs and essence and give a quick whisk. 

 Fold in flour and baking powder, soda & orange zest, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder. Add Milk & mix well. Do not over beat, just mix till well combined in low speed.

Add chopped cherries, tutti frutti,  broken cashews & reserve some for sprinkling on top. Do not beat it but just fold until combined and pour the batter into prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the remaining cherries, tutti-frutti & cashews on the top.

 Bake for 30-35 mins until the cake  turns to  light golden brown and a toothpick or thin knife inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean & cake becomes golden & springy to touch. let it cool for 5-10 min.

Remove cake from pan , Cut as per your desired shapes and enjoy the slices.