Fruit n Nut Cake

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour- 3/4cup

Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp

Baking Powder- 1/4 tsp

Salt -1/2 tsp

Light brown sugar - 3/4 cup

Dried nuts - 1cup coarsely chopped(nuts of your choice-almond, cashew nut,walnut,pecan ,hazel nut etc.)

Dried fruits - 1 cup coarsely chopped (dried fruits of your choice-raisin,cranberry,apricot,cherries,dates,figs etc.)

Eggs- 3 large

Vanilla extract - 1tsp

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300F,(150 C) and place rack at the center of the oven.Butter the pan.(9 inch round pan,or 9x5 inch loaf pan)

2. In a large bowl,mix all purpose flour,salt, baking powder, baking soda and brown sugar.Stir in all fruits and nuts.Mix with hands and make sure all of them are coated with flour mix.

3. In a separate bowl,beat eggs and vanilla extract using an electric mixer or wire whisk until it is light colored and thick.

4. Add this egg mixture to the fruit-nut-flour mixture and mix well.Make sure the fruits and nuts are well coated.

5. Bake for about 35-45 minutes (depending on your oven)until the  cake is golden brown in color and the edges are pulled away from the pan.

6. Remove from the oven and cool it on a wire rack. To store remove from the pan and cover with aluminium foil or plastic wrap.You can store it in room temperature or refrigerator.

This cake tastes best after one or two days..

Moist Eggless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

All Purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup

Granulated Sugar- 1 cup

Cocoa powder- 1/4 cup unsweetened,sifted -not dutch processed

Baking powder- 1 tsp

Baking soda- 3/4 tsp

Salt- 1/4 tsp

Unsweetened Butter- 1/3 cup,melted

Warm water- 1cup

Lemon juice - 1tbsp

Vanilla extract- 1 tsp

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F(177 C) and place the rack in the center of oven.

2. In a greased 8 inch square pan/9 inch round pan mix the flour,sugar, cocoa powder,baking powder,baking soda and salt.

3. In another bowl, mix the melted butter, warm water, lemon juice, and vanilla extract.

4. Add this to the flour and mix all the ingredients well without any lumps 

5. Bake it in preheated oven for 30 minutes,or when a tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.Remove from oven and cool it on a wire rack.

Recipe Courtesy : Joy of Baking