Monday, November 20, 2006

Wholemeal Butter Cake



Ingredients:

160 gm. Butter
120 gm. Sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
200 gm. eggs
10 gm. Rum
30 gm. Fresh milk
50 gm. Dairy Whip cream
100 gm. wholemeal flour
150 gm. cake flour
1 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda

some melted chocolate for piping - decoration

Method:

(1) Cream butter , sugar and salt till creamy.
(2) Add in eggs a little at a time till well incorporated.
(3) Add in run, fresh milk, whip cream into beating butter mixture.
(4) Fold in wholemeal flour, cake flour and bicarbonate of soda.
(5) Spoon into a muffin pan or an iron gem muffin mould, greased and dusted with flour.
(6) Bake at 175C for about 20 mins.
(7) Remove from oven, then cake from mould and leave it to cool.
(8) When cool, turn over and pipe some chocolate on top of cakes.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2006 4:12 pm

    hi yochana,
    1. will there be any different if i use non-diary whip cream instead of diary?
    2. may I know wat´s the purpose of adding Bicarbonate of Soda?
    tia...

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  2. Aunty YochanaNovember 22, 2006 11:08 pm

    Hi vic,

    Dairy whipped cream has got 35% fat than non-dairy but they are more delicious. The non-dairy whipped cream is more tasteless but good for decorating purpose.

    Bicarbonate of Soda is a leavening powder and it reacts later than baking powder giving rise to the cake.

    rgds

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2008 9:47 pm

    Hi yochana,

    May I know if rum can be omitted from this recipe or can I replace it with brandy?

    Thanks and Best regards,
    Huikie

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  4. Aunty YochanaFebruary 18, 2008 10:10 pm

    Hi Huikie,

    yes you definitely can use brandy..

    rgds

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  5. WhynneApril 13, 2009 5:09 pm

    Hi,Aunty Yochana,wat s Rum n anything else things can replace Bicarbonate of Soda?

    Thanks

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