Sri Lankan Style Butter Cake

 

Sri Lankan Style Butter Cake. This is a Traditional Cake recipe . Every restaurant, café, coffee shops will have this sri Lankan famous butter cake. This is the first cake taught in sri Lankan for all cake beginners. Even though there are many cakes around. This cake has its own specialty. A very light, Soft, Spongy , Buttery cake. A cake loved by all without any icing on it. A perfect cake to have at Tea Time. 

The Ingredients Used for the Sri Lankan Butter Cake.

* Plain Flour - 200g * Butter - 200g * Sugar - 200g * Eggs - 4 * Baking Soda - 1/4 Tsp * Baking Powder - 1 & 1/2 Tsp * Vanilla Essence - 1 & 1/2 Tsp * Nuts - For Garnishing * 8 x 8 inch Square Tray * Baking Paper Greased * Preheat Oven for 10 Mins - 180°c * Bake for 45 Mins at 180°c

Now, Lets See step by step as to how to make this Soft Spongy Butter Cake

I have taken 200g of Plain Flour

Add 1/4 Tsp of Baking Soda

and 1 1/2 Tsp of Baking Powder

Now Sift the flour to another bowl

By Sifting the Baking soda and Baking powder will mix well

with the flour

Keep the sifted flour aside

Now add 200g of Butter in a bowl

And add 200g of Sugar 

Now beat the Butter and Sugar

Beat till creamy

Usually it will take 5 to 10 minutes

Try to get fine sugar so the beating time will be less

Once the Butter and Sugar is beaten well

Take 4 Eggs

Add 1 egg at a time and beat for 30 seconds

and add the second egg

after adding each egg beat for 30 seconds only

After adding the eggs . The batter looks very creamy

Now add the Sifted flour little by little

and beat 

Finally add 1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Essence

Beat for 10 seconds

Now the cake batter is ready

Grease cake Tray and line it with Baking Paper

I have taken 8x8 Inch Tray

Add the cake batter

Level it well

Now its ready to bake

You can add some Nuts on top of the batter

I am adding Cashew Nuts

Letting it bake

on Preheated Oven for 10 Mins - 180°c

For 45 - 50 minutes

Baked for 45 minutes

Let it cool

It is so soft and spongy

Butter cake ready for Tea Time

You can also watch the full Video on my You Tube Channel - My Kitchen Samayal Recipes

Sri Lankan Butter Cake

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Lemon Rice With Potato Poriyal

 

A Simple, Easy, Quick Lunch Menu.. A healthy easy rice recipe with side dish.  During vegetarian days we will be confused in making a good dish at the same time healthy and delicious. There are more working mums these days. Therefore, I try to make a simple, quick meal that consumes very less time compared to other meal preparing times. 

So for a friday lunch, Not having the time to do much curries or poriyals, Gravy. I decided to go simple with a Simple Lemon Rice and the Side dish is Potato Fry or Potato Poriyal.

This took very less time for me. The things i needed to prepare before making this was. Cook rice . Clean cut the potatoes and cut it in pieces you desire. I cut it in to very small pieces as it will quickly get cooked and easily to get it roasted without taking much time in the kitchen. 

You can watch my full video

https://youtu.be/Iac4KMirgPs

Here is the ingredients i used to make the Lemon Rice

1 Tbsp Oil 1 Tbsp Ghee 1/2 Tsp Mustard seeds 1 Tsp Chickpea dal 1 Tsp Urad dal 3 Tbsp Peanuts Few curry leaves 2 Dry Red chilly 1 Tbsp Chopped Cashew Nuts 1 Tsp Chopped Ginger 1/2 Tsp Asafeotida 1/2 Tsp Tumeric 1/2 Tsp Salt 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice 1 Cup Cooked Rice

The Easy Step to make the Lemon rice

Add 1 Tbsp Oil

Add 1 Tbsp Ghee

Add 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds

Add 1 Tsp Kadala Paruppu / Chick pea dal

Add 1 Tsp Urad Dal

3 Tbsp Peanuts

Few Curry Leaves

                                            2 Dry Red Chillies

Stir for 2 Minutes in Medium Flame

1 Tbsp Chopped Cashew Nuts ( Optional)

1/2 Tsp Asafetida

1/2 Tsp Turmeric

1/2 Tsp Salt

Stir well

3 Tbsp lemon Juice

Mix well. Keep Flame Low

Add 1 Cup of Cooked Rice

Mix

Delicious Lemon Rice is Ready

Now, Lets prepare Potato Fry

Add 3 Tbsp Oil

1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds

1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeeragam

Few Curry Leaves

                    

Add 2 Big Potatoes Cut in Small pieces

Add 1/4 Tsp Turmeric

1/2 Tsp Sambar Powder

1/2 Tsp Chilly Powder ( You can add more according to your taste)

Add 1/2 Tsp Salt

Stir well

Let it cook about 10 - 15 minutes. in Low flame.

Poriyal is Ready

You can watch my full video

https://youtu.be/Iac4KMirgPs

Hope you enjoyed reading this blog. Simple recipes with Great Taste.

Happy Cooking My friends

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