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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Microwaveable Semolina cake




The microwave Oven is not the best equipment to be used to get good cakes ..the convection oven is best. But nothing beats a microwave if we need to get something edible at a snap of our fingers. so i took the challenge to bake cakes in the Microwave.

The outcome has been disastrous ..from biscuit hard to burnt cakes to cakes that cooked better only on one side and those that were very dry.I slowly learnt through the hard way, obviously, that microwaves are not meant to bake and that it dries the food so fast that the food doesn't get time to rise as in case of a cake.

So i started trying all stunts such as reducing the time, keeping the batter as watery as possible and even adding more butter etc.
The best cake, though not as good as an oven baked, turned out to be the one that had the batter a little watery, less buttery, and baked for not more than 5 mins.Keeping a glass of water along with the cake tin kept the air a bit humid, slowing the drying process.

The semolina cake that i microwaved is eggless and has half the flour content replaced by semolina soaked in orange juice. The ingredients used are:
Whole wheat flour-1 cup
Semolina - 1 cup
Orange juice - 1 cup
Butter- 1/3 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 2 tbsp
Milk - 1 cup

Soak semolina in orange juice. In a bowl add milk, sugar and butter.Warm the mix to melt the sugar and cool the mix. Add baking soda to the curd and keep aside. To the sugar mix add wheat flour - a spoon a a time. Next add the semolina and mix well.Add more milk if need be.

Just before baking add the curd mix and microwave at high temperature for 5 mins. Check if a toothpick comes out clean to check if done. One has to keep in mind that the cake may not have a nice crust on top and keeps cooking once removed too. So keep it aside to cool before cutting.

Cut and enjoy this tea-time snack.

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