Vanilla Tea Cake

Vanilla Tea Cake With Butter Cinnamon Frosting

Makes 1x 20 cm cake

Preparation time : 15 minutes

Cooking time : 45 minutes

 CAKE INGREDIENTS
50 g butter softened
3/4th cup Milk (Room Temperature)
130g Caster Sugar ( Grind normal sugar in the Mixer then weigh)
1 Egg (Room Temperature)
1.5 tsp Baking Powder
170g Plain Flour
1 tsp Vanilla Essence

FROSTING INGREDIENTS

60g caster sugar (grind regular sugar then weigh)
40g softened butter
1tsp cinnamon ground

 CAKE DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven at 180 degrees C. Lightly grease and flour cake tin.

Use wooden spoon / spatula to cream together butter and sugar by hand till well combined.

Add egg to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat again till very well incorporated .

Sift flour and baking powder together.

Fold the flour and baking powder gently into the egg-butter mixture alternating with milk.

Spoon batter into the prepared cake tin.

Bake in pre-heated oven for 40 minutes or until cake is well risen and a tooth pick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool cake for 10 minutes . Remove from cake tin and let it cool completely.

FROSTING DIRECTIONS

Cream together softened butter and caster sugar in a bowl , add cinnamon (ground) and mix very well till everything is well combined and desired consistency has been reached.

Put frosting over cake using a spoon or pallet knife.

To finish, dust cake with some ground cinnamon.

Enjoy :))

Skinny Lemon Pudding

I love Lemon Desserts .....And this lemon dessert is by far my most favorite ....its requested by all my friends everytime they come over and its all gone in a matter of seconds!

And well the best part.....its a Skinny dessert!!! Yes it is!!!

No butter

No cream

Just a little sugar ......and the result is this elegant looking beauty !

I like to call it a spudding ...well because its a mix between a souffle and a lemon pudding....it rises beautifully just like a souffle and the bottom is a moist saucy lemon pudding !

Ahh.... arent they beautiful? And so easy to make ! :)

Low Calorie Lemon souffle / Lemon Pudding

INGREDIENTS

2 eggs
3-4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons regular granulated sugar
1/2 cup flour
 1/2 to 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
150 ml milk
 Salt 1 pinch

PROCEDURE

1. Separate 2 eggs into whites and yellows. Keep egg whites aside for later use.

2. Whisk egg yolks , add lemon juice , lemon zest and sugar. Combine well with a hand whisk.

3. Add flour , fold it in till well combined then add vanilla essence.

4. Add milk and mix everything together. Keep this egg yolk mix aside.

5. In a clean container start beating the egg whites and a pinch of salt with an electric beater till stiff peaks form , this will take about 8 minutes at the highest speed.

6.Now gently fold in the stiff egg whites into the egg yolk mix from step 4. Do this in 3-4 batches , not all in once!

7. Pour ready mixture into lightly buttered ramekin bowls. Place ramekin bowls into oven proof dish.

8. Create a water bath by pouring hot water upto half way of the ramekin tins. Place into preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 20-30 minutes (depending on your oven) until pudding is well risen and brown on top.