It has been 2 years since we fondly bought our Microwave LG Intellowave. Ever since this LG one has arrived at home, I have always thought of baking a cake at home, which is the primary/traditional use of an oven.
Recently & Finally I have broken the jinx and baked a cake on X'mas eve (24th Dec 2009). It is a basic sponge cake or a Vegan cake you may choose to call. And I must say the end result was worth every bit of effort that went into making it.
Here's my recipe for the Basic Sponge Cake. And remember, if you are new to microwave, have no beater (egg beater i mean), have frugal MW-safe dishes, and are in a hurry to show your cake to your folks --- this is the recipe you got to bake!
Basic Sponge Cake recipe by Aparna:
Refined Flour (Maida) - 1 tablespoon
Castor Sugar - 1 cup
Cornflour - 2/3 cup
Eggs - 3
Cocoa Powder - 1.5 tablespoon
Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt - To taste
How to do it all:
1. Sort Egg Whites and beat it up nice and fluffy. Then slowly add Castor sugar to this slowly and let it mix well. If you dont have a beater, a juicer/mixer would do great too!
2. Beat the egg yolk as well and mix it in the (1st) mixture. Mix in Vanilla essence.
3. Meanwhile sieve together the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, salt.
4. Now in a wide vessel, put the flour mixture and to this slowly add the egg mixture. You dont have to beat this mix again. Just an easy hand is enough. Make sure no lumps are formed. If you have beaten the eggs well, you wont have trouble with lumps at all.
5. Place this cake mix in a greased vessel (Microwave safe one ofcourse)
6. Place it in Microwave mode HIGH (800) for 2 mins. Then check if it is done. Else place it on HIGH again for 30 seconds. Else the cake is ready to serve.
Tips: If you want a Coffee flavored cake, you can pour in Instant coffee over the cake while it is still hot, or any flavored jam dissolved in water to give you that flavor.
If you are a Diabetic, you could go in for just 1/2 cup of Castor Sugar instead of 1 cup.
Garnishing suggestions: People who have an easy hand at icing, can go in for a beautiful icing on this cake followed by colourful fruits or simply cherries!
The end result was my hubby was very happy as well to see a really spongy & tasty cake in the very first attempt itself. My daughter was too excited to find a cake on the table and wasted no time in cutting it. Oh btw, she made her friend sing 'Happy B'day' too :)
