microwave rainbow cake

(from nitisha’s recipe box)

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups/400 Gms plain flour
  • 1 1/4 cups/200 Gms caster sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
  • 6 tbsp sour yogurt (at room temperature)
  • 3/4 cup/150 Gms melted and cooled butter
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 1/2 cups/350 mils milk at room temperature
  • 2 tsp vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp liquid food colour-6 colours
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Start with the flour, the salt, the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda-sift them twice and set aside.

  2. Grease and flour a round baking dish suitable for a microwave.

  3. Put the yogurt and sugar in a large bowl .We ground the sugar to a fine powder to make blending easier.

  4. Now add the melted butter.Blend well with a hand held whisk. Add the vanilla.

  5. Mix the flour mixture and the milk alternately till all is used up. Lastly add the vinegar.

  6. Keep 5 bowls at the ready, and put the liquid food colour in the bowls. Be generous-whoever saw and loved a pale rainbow?

  7. Now place almost 2-3 ladles full of batter in each bowl, the remaining batter can be coloured with the sixth colour.

  8. Now 80% power in your microwave with a glass of water for company….

  9. Go for 14-16 minutes. This was midway…you’ll know it’s done when the cake leaves the sides.

  10. Out…and I wish we had had the patience…of the top tore off, showing us the colours in all their glory…

  11. Spongy, like never before.

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