Simple white cake

Simple white cake

It’s July and there are no signs of rain!! It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s suffocating. The kitchen is the last place you want to be. Cooking has come down to minimal. I think The Man upstairs is stoking up a huge fire in his kitchen because it sure feels like an oven down here.

Baking is such an addiction that even in such dire circumstances my hands itch to mix and beat and whip and bake. So here is a simple white cake with almond essence. It is a no fuss, no nuisance cake. Just mix the dry ingredients together, mix the wet ingredients together and finally mix the two lots.

I have baked the cake in a loaf tin but it can be baked in a round or square tin as well. Totally up to you!

A simple white anytime cake.

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

¼ cup cornflour

3 egg whites

1 tsp almond essence

1 cup+ 2 tbsp granulated sugar

2 tsp baking powder

100 gm butter, softened

Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.

Line a loaf tin with baking paper and apply some oil to it.

Mix the wet ingredients, i.e., milk, egg whites and almond essence together.

Mix the flour, cornflour, sugar and baking powder together.

Add the butter to the flour mix and beat well with a hand mixer. 

Now add the milk mixture in two batches. Pour the batter into the loaf tin and bake for 30 minutes.