Back Again

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Five months is a really long time. What it means is that I have not written at all throughout this entire semester. But the semester has a month left in it yet and I will write as often as I can.
In order to make up for my negligence I offer a beautiful recipe as expiation. It is the recipe for an Apple Sauce Cake which we made in practical class recently. The recipe provided wasn't all that great, but I have always had a flair for 'minor alterations'. 
The resultant cake was what one of my classmates described as "Christmas in the mouth!" and even the greatest dessert haters (Yes. They exist!) could not resist it.
It is a dense, sticky plateful of sinfully rich goodness.


APPLE SAUCE CAKE

 Ingredients:

 FOR CAKE

  • Flour                                                         300 g
  • Castor Sugar                                             200 g
  • Butter                                                       100 g
  • Egg                                                             3 nos.
  • Dark Chocolate (Chopped )                       200 g
  • Baking Powder                                          1/2 tsp
  • Baking Soda                                               1/2 tsp
  • Raisins                                                       100 g
  • Walnuts (Chopped)                                   100 g
  • Cinnamon Powder                                     1 tsp
  • Salt                                                            1 tsp
  • Apple Sauce                                              100 ml
  • Toffee Sauce                                             150 ml
FOR APPLE SAUCE
  • Apples                                                       5 nos
  • Sugar                                                         50 g
  • Water                                                        100 ml

FOR TOFFEE SAUCE
  • Sugar                                                         60 g
  • Butter                                                       30 g
  • Fresh Cream                                             60 ml

Method:

  • To make Apple Sauce, core and roughly chop the apples.Then poach in sugar and water till mushy. Pulse it in a food processor till smooth sauce is obtained. Cool.
  • To make Toffee Sauce, caramelise the sugar in a pan till golden brown. Whisk in butter. Take off flame and whisk in cream. Cool.
  • Combine Walnuts, Raisins, Chocolate, Salt, Baking Powder and Baking Soda with the flour and keep aside.
  • Cream the butter and sugar till sugar dissolves.
  • Add eggs one at a time and continue whipping till the last egg is incorporated.
  • Whisk in the Toffee Sauce and Apple Sauce.
  • Fold in the dry ingredient mixture gently.
  • Pour batter into greased cake tins immediately and bake at 180*C for 20-30 minutes, till the top is firm and dark brown in colour.
  • Cool, demould and serve warm.
  • Garnish with toffee sauce and caramelised apple slices.



These are just a couple of presentation ideas.
Tell me how it turns out if you try it. I see a lot of fans in your future. ;)

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