Thursday 9 July 2015

TAMARIND ,WALNUT , DATE AND LYCHEE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Preheat your oven to 170 deg C .
Soak in a med bowl of lukewarm water ... 100gm of dried tamarind pods  chopped ,12 dates chopped , 25gm of dried lychee s chopped for 30 minutes ...set aside .
Cream 1/2 cup of soft brown sugar with 60 gm of margarine until soft and fluffy .
Spread this over a greased 20cm cake pan .
drain the dried fruit
Then arrange these over the sugar and margarine mix .
Now cream together 60 gm of margarine with 1/2 cup of castor sugar .
Beat in 2 slightly beaten eggs alternatively with 2 cups of self raising flour
Pinch of salt .
1/3 rd of a cup of buttermilk .
1 tsp of vanilla extract .
Pour the batter over the fruit and bake for 1 hour or till  a skewer placed in the centre comes out clean .
Let the baked cake stand in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out .
Serve with whipped cream .

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