Bakery style honey cake

Introduction:

Soft and moist bakery style honey cake recipe. This cake is simple to look but the taste is too good...Do try to make this cake

   

	Cuisine: Indian
	Recipe category: cakes and bakes
	Prep time: 10 min
	Cooking time: 40 min
	Serves: 7 inch cake
Ingredients:
All purpose flour/Maida	1 and 1/2 cups/190 gms
Baking powder	1 tsp
Baking soda	1/2 tsp
Salt	a pinch
Sugar	1/2 cup / 100gms (powder it)
Egg	1
Milk	3/4 cup / 180 ml
Oil	1/2 cup /110 ml
Vanilla essence	1 tbsp
For honey syrup:
Water	1 tbsp
Honey	2 tbsp
For glaze:
Jam	2 tbsp (any jam of your choice)
Garnishing:
Desiccated coconut	2 tbsp
Or
Fresh grated coconut	2 tbsp

Method:

1. In a mixing bowl add one egg and whisk (1 min).To the whisked egg add milk, oil, vanilla essence
2.  Whisk well
3. Place a sieve on top of the bowl and add all purpose flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sift directly into the liquid mix
4. Whisk well until well mixed. Pour this batter into a greased cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 20 mins ( preheat oven at 180 degree -10 mins)
5. Remove cake from cake tin and allow it to cool completely. Make holes on top of the cake using a wooden skewer and keep it aside
6. Meanwhile heat a small pan and add 1 tbsp water .When hot add 2 tbsp honey, mix well and immediately switch off heat.
7. Spread half of this syrup on top of the cake. Heat the remaining half of the syrup. Add 2 tbsp jam and mix well for 1 min.
8. Leave it to cool. Then spread it on top of the cake evenly
9. Sprinkle desiccated coconut. If you are using fresh coconut -dry roast it for 2 mins and then sprinkle over the cake
10. Your bakery style honey cake is ready to serve

Notes:

• For eggless version add 1/2 cup of curd /yogurt instead of egg and reduce milk to 1/2 cup instead of 3/4 cup...If you feel the batter is thick then add a little more milk