Sooji Thalipeeth, also known as Rava Thalipeeth, is a delightful and versatile Indian flatbread from semolina (sooji or rava) herbs and spices you choose.
Micro wave Orange Cake~A Blog Hop
Since my husband & I have our birthdays just 4 days off one another we celebrate together. But this time I wanted to surprise him with a cake on his birthday.
Surprise has to be surprise does it not? So what better than a cake that cooks in the microwave and in 12 minutes when he is at walk, best time his evening walk?
So I baked this cake for him from Mom’s Corner by Rudra my partner for Blog Hop for this fortnight.In case you have not checked her corner till now do so now.Thanks to Radhika who is the brains behind the entire operation! You can join the gang subscriptions to the new version are open till the 15th Dec.
What I love about this cake was the colour. Generally micro waved cakes look unappetising and you need to add some chocolate or some agent that colours your cake. Here the cake picked up the flavour and colour of the orange. Loved it naturally!
I realised this truth the next day when I baked the same cake with sweet lime. The cake looked soooo bad that it was buried under the cream and strawberry. Unsung hero and unphotographed but not unremembered R.I.P. Dear Sweet lime cake. I will never again try to fiddle with you in as my microwave cake!!
Ingredients for the recipe are:
1 ½ cup Maida
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup oil (I used olive oil)
¾ cup Sugar
¼ cup curds
¾ fresh Orange juice
2 teaspoon Zest of orange
Method:
1. Grease a microwave proof bowl. Mine is 6 “wide but very tall.
2. Sift the Maida, baking powder & baking soda.
3. In a bowl mix oil, sugar and yogurt. Rudra has asked to cream the mixture but since my beater turned his nose up at the quantity I added the juice too and ran the beater till the sugar dissolved.
4. Add the orange zest and the flour and milk. Fold the mixture.
5. Microwave for 12 minutes. Adjust the timings to suit your oven.
6. Let it stand in the pan for 10 minutes then cool it on a wire rack.
7. I dusted some icing sugar on top.
Was my husband surprised? Of course! He loved the cake.
Note:
1. Use about ½ teaspoon Eno’s fruit salt next time the cake will be softer.
2. Soak the cake with some sugar syrup (200 grms sugar to 1 litre water).
Sending this to Blog Hop Wednesday
Bake Fest #2 started by Vardhini hosted by Sangeeta of Spicy Treats
Archana
divya says
wow am drooling dear....beautiful cake....mouthwatering too...
Hamaree Rasoi says
Yummy looking orange flavoured cake.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Rudra says
Thanks for trying!!! Hope you had a blast on your Birthdays 😀
Radhika says
You are absolutely correct about MW cakes Archana. But i can see that this cake has got wonderful color without adding any food color to it.
Aarthi says
lovely cake
Sobha Shyam says
beautiful and an easy cake, looks yummy..love the flavour..
Kalyani says
nice one Archana !
Santosh Bangar says
yummy healthy quick to bake cake
Santosh Bangar says
yummy healthy quick to bake cake
Kavi says
cake looks really spongy! 🙂
You could link this to both my events (link below)
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Kavi
(Edible Entertainment)
Ongoing events:
Jingle All The Way &
Microwave Easy Cooking
Priya says
Cake looks super spongy and stunning.
vaishali sabnani says
a super eggless recipe....looks grt n really flavorful.looking fwd to baking it!
Prathibha says
very delicious cake..yummy
Kaveri says
Wonderful bake...bookmarking this one since it is made in a MW.
PriyaVaasu says
Cake looks spongy!!!! Advance Birthday Wishes to both of you!!!!
Plateful says
Microwave! You gotta be kidding! This has come out so perfect, I've tried choc MW cake in a cup but it was nothing like this beauty!
Happy Birthday, btw!
Pranati Nath says
woowww this cakes looks so yummmm..:)..thanks for sharing..:) can u pls link it to my ongoing event dessert 4 newyear
http://pran-oriya-recipies.blogspot.com/2011/12/eee.html
Umm Mymoonah says
Aw! I miss you guys in this blog hop, wish I was there too 🙁 Anyways your cake looks super delicious.
Indulge says
Lovely cake and happy birthday to you both.
Love Ash.
Saras says
Advance wishes dear. Cake looks super spongy..going to try it soon:)
Sensible Vegetarian says
Perfect looking cake, so spongy and delicious. Belated & Advanced happy birthday wishes to both of you.
Amina Khaleel says
wow... cake looks awesome.. delicious.. advance birthday wishes...
La @ FoodSlice says
yummy! i love orange cakes, they make me feel as if i am eating healthy compared to the indulgence of chocolate cakes, though its not true 🙂 i bake a similar cake with chocolate chunks in it, give it a try next time..
Priya Sreeram says
advance birthday wishes archana and to your hubby too ! wishes; MW orange cake looks delightful ! there is a giveaway in my blog; do participate
http://eq-myblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/giveaway-playing-santa.html
Kadhyaa says
first time here and great space...
Wish you both a happy burday and the cake looks great
Pranati Nath says
wow..dear thanks for linking..:)
Gayathri NG says
Delicious cake... birthday wishes dear!!
Deeps @ Naughty Curry says
Never thought microwave cake will look this awesome... those pores on the cake speak volumes about how fluffy that cake must be! my mouth is watering... have couple of oranges at homw, i am trying this right now! 🙂
Padhu says
Looks gorgeous!
Archana says
Thanks all of you not only for your fab comments on the cake but also for your wishes.
veena krishnakumar says
cake is very fluffy and has a wonderful Kitchen .Hope you both had a great day
La @ FoodSlice says
just realized i am not your follower yet.. That's rectified now 🙂
And Happy Birthday Archana.
Raksha says
looks super delicious and perfectly baked.
Ramya says
I am yet to try a microwave cake! This looks like a perfect recipe to start with:-)
Prathima Rao says
A lovely, moist cake Archana 😉
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Amy says
Cake looks delicious!! & Pl accept my Birthday wishes to both of you...It is lucky to have both Birthdays in same month....
Roxana GreenGirl says
Happy Belated Birthday to both of you! A delicious way to celebrate!
happy Holidays!!
Urmi says
Cake looks soft, spongy, yummy and tempting.Lovely presentation.
Chitra says
yummy cake. must be soft & delicious 🙂
Torviewtoronto says
delicious cake looks wonderful
Nirmala's kitchen says
Looks yummy!!!Want to try for christmas
Kavi says
thanks a lot for linking 🙂
Feyza S. says
looks moist & delicious! what is maida?
Feyza S. says
Hello again 🙂
You have curds in the ingredients, but you didn't mention it in the method part. What do we do with it?
the mad says
@Feyza S. Yogurt is curd dear and Maida is All purpose flour.
Feyza S. says
Thank you for the explanation!