Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 1.5 cup
White sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Cardamon powder - grind 2 pods
Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Whole milk - 1/4 cup or more
Vegetable oil [canola oil] - 2 tbsp
Butter [un-salted]- 4 tbsp
2 Large eggs
Method:
Preparation of peach layer:
First we will slice the peaches with skin and add 1 tbsp of table sugar to it.
Take 1/4 cup sugar in a thick bottomed pan and heat it with 2 tbsp water and warm the mixture on medium heat, the sugar will start melting and bubbling
Next add the peaches and cook in sugar for 5 minutes at medium heat.
Take a 8 x 8 inch pan and grease it thoroughly [otherwise the cake will stick at the bottom] and pour the cooked peaches and arrange it properly to cover the surface. Now proceed for next step
Preparation of cake
Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, cardamon powder and salt and keep it aside
In a different bowl whisk the following
- Butter for 3 minutes [at medium speed]
- add sugar and whisk at medium speed for 3 minutes
- now add egg one by one and which each time for 1 minute
- next add oil and vanilla essence and whisk for 30 seconds
Pour the batter on the peach slices and bake at the center of oven for 30-40 minutes
Update (09-05-2011):
One of my reader asked how many peaches I used for the cake. Here is the picture of the pan with peaches
Comments
Indian Cuisine
I have updated my blog with a picture with number of peaches