Walnut Cake

I have always had a baking phobia due to one of my past disasters where my cake turned into a brick out of my horrors. Suddenly one day I came across Raaga's blog and I thought she was kidding! She had a bunch of beautiful recipes which motivated me to try baking on my own. I wanted to seek her nod before I use her recipe. She readily offered a YES and I was set! Yesterday I baked a Walnut Cake and the results were amazing! Thanks Raaga! I owe you big for this learning! Now, I love baking and look forward to baking many more cakes, cookies and pies.

Recipe Source: Raaga - The Singing Chef

Serves: 2 individual

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence - 1/2 teaspoon

Egg - 1 (beaten)

Oil - 1/4 cup

Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

Baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon

Walnuts (chopped) - 1/2 cup

Butter stick (unsalted) - 1/2 stick

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 400 F. On the side grease a 8" cake pan with butter (unsalted) and dust with flour.

Mix the wet ingredients first - Egg, Oil, Milk. Beat well. Add the dry ingredients now and fold in Walnuts. Beat well. I gave around 100-200 beats with a whisker since the blender was already on use for another dish. Pour the mix in the cake pan and bake for around 30-35 minutes. The house will be full of cake-bake aroma. Put a tootpick/knife, check if it passes out evenly without any cake mix sticking to the surface.

Allow to cool and transfer to a serving dish.