Cinnamon Nut Cake

Ingredients:

Chopped nuts - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon - 2 tsps
Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
Butter - 5 oz. (125 grams)
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Sour cream - 1 cup
Flour - 2 cups
Eggs - 2
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Bicarbonate of soda - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Combine1/4 cup sugar with the nuts and cinnamon and set aside.
2. Cream butter with the remaining sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs, vanilla essence and lemon juice, beating well all the time.
4. Sift the flour with baking powder, salt and sodaand add to the butter mixture, alternating it with the sour cream.
5. Grease a 23 cm (9" approximately) square cake-tin and line the bottom with butter paper.
6. Pour the cake batterinto this tin and sprinkle with with the cinnamon mixture.
7. Bake in a pre-heated moderate oven 180C (350F) for 35-40 minutes or until done, when tested.
8. Switch off oven but leave cake inside for about 15 minutes.
9. Invert cake on wire rack and allow to cool for another 15 minutes, then transfer to serving plate.
10. Serve with whipped cream, if preferred.

Click for Cuisine Tours of India

.