Easy breezy dry nuts cake

Preparation time- 20 min

Cooking time- 30 min

Ingredients

Flour- 2 cups

Baking soda- ¼ tsp

Baking powder- 1 tsp

Eggs- 3

Salt- ½ tsp

Sugar- 1 cup

Chocolate- 1

Butter- ½ cup

Orange juice- 2

Dry fruits and tutty fruity- 1 cup

Vanilla essence- ½ tsp

Method-

Heat the orange juice and add chopped dry nuts and tuty fruity, let it simmer for 5- 10 minutes. Meanwhile sift the flour with salt, baking powder, and soda. In the juice mixture, add butter and chocolate. Remove from flame and add 1 egg at a time stirring continuously. Add vanilla essence and mix this with the flour mixture. Transfer to greased pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 25- 30 min.

Serve with Dusted icing sugar or vanilla ice cream 

Black Grape muffin

Preparation time- 10 min

Cooking time- 25 min

Yields- 14

Ingredients-

Flour- 1 ¼ cup

Eggs- 2

Milk- ½ cup

Sugar- 1 cup

Baking powder- 1 tsp

Baking soda- ¼ tsp

Mixed fruit essence- 1 tsp

Butter- ½ cup

Grapes- 1 cup

Dried apricot- ¼ cup

Chocolate (optional)- 1 bar

Method-

Cream butter and sugar, gradually add eggs and beat the mixture till pale and fluffy. Preheat the oven at 180°C. Mix mixed fruit essence in the egg batter; add sifted flour, soda and baking powder, add milk if the mixture is dry. Add sliced grapes and chopped apricots. Pour the mixture in the muffin tray and push one small piece of chocolate in the centre of each mould. Bake for 25-30 min. They might not rise as usual muffins.

P.S- you can also add ½ cup of rum to the batter instead of milk to make it more boozy.