EGGLESS HONEY CAKE (IYENGAR BAKERY STYLE)

                           HONEY CAKE

Ingredients:

All purpose flour/Maida- 1 1/4 cup

Sugar-1/2 cup

Baking powder-1 tsp

Baking soda-1/4 tsp

Thick curd-3/4 cup
Vanilla essence -1 tsp

Water-1/4 cup

Salt-1/4 tsp

Oil-1/4 cup

For the jam icing:
Strawberry/Mixed fruit jam-1/2 cup
Honey-2 tsp
(Blend jam and honey in a mixie jar to make a puree)

For outer covering:
Dry grated coconut/Dry Coconut powder(Coarse)-1/2 cup
Sugar water-for sprinkling(Mix 2 tbsp of sugar with 1/4 cup of water)


Method:

Pre-heat the oven @180°C/350°F for 10 mins.

Make 2 thin cakes for a layer cake or make a big cake and cut into 2 equal horizontal slices.

1.Sieve all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda together.

2.In a bowl,add sugar,curd and blend well.

 

3.Add water,essence,salt and oil and mix well.

4.Add the sieved flour spoon by spoon and fold with the wet ingredients.
5.Finish all the flour and blend by cutting and folding.
 
6.Grease a baking pan and transfer the mixture.
7.Bake @ 180°C/350°F for 25-30 mins.( or)
   until the tooth pick inserted in the centre of the cakes comes out clean.
8.When the cake reaches the room temperature,demould the cake from the pan and place in the working plate.
        

9.Place the first layer of cake and sprinkle some sugar water.
         

10.Apply jam filling and place the second layer and cover with jam filling all over and around the cake.

11.Sprinkle the grated coconut all over the cake.



12.Cut into slices.



13.Honey cake is ready to serve.

Note:
●If  you are making a single layer cake,you can apply the jam only on the top ,cut into pieces and dip the sides in sugar syrup and damp in grated coconut.

●Mine was a thin cake,so cut it vertically and place one on top of the other.