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Choco-Chip Nut Cake | Tea Cake Recipes

March 17, 2012 By Radhika 42 Comments

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Updated on March 17, 2012

Choco-chip Nut Cake

I love citrus flavored bakes and as to how this cake happened, the entire credit goes to my hubby as it was he who pulled out the hastily scribbled sheet of paper from among the pile of brochures while he was searching for something. I believe the recipe was written after watching a TV show a few years back, the method was missing, may be it was in some other paper, I do not know. I was not even sure if the I had written down all the ingredients. I just followed my instinct, kept my fingers crossed and the result is what you see here. An absolutely perfect cake with wonderful crumbs perfect for your evening tea to entertain both your family and friends like wise.
 

If you happen to love the “Britannia” brand of flavored cakes available in the market, let me promise you that you won’t have to buy from the shops anymore as this cake turned out exactly like that. The texture was so perfect and I loved the orange flavor very much. The moment my kids entered home the first remark was “something with oranges”. It is hard to miss and much loved. 

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I chose to record the entire process just to make sure I remember in case something went wrong as the method was missing in the written sheet. The batter is so thick unlike the other cakes and what I loved the most was the crumb this cake offered. Though you can skip the orange zest, I highly recommend using it as it was the highlight of the cake. So delicious it got over on the same evening. Here is the recipe and enjoy baking this cake and do not forget to tell how it turned out for you.Smile

Choco-Chip Nut Cake

You’ll need:
All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
Corn flour – 4 tbsp
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Butter – 100 gms
Sugar – 1/2 cup (heaped)
Eggs – 2
Milk – 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts – 1/4 cup
Chocolate chip – 4 tbsp
Orange zest – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp


Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 Degrees C. Grease and flour a loaf tin and keep it aside.
 
 
Sieve together flour, corn flour, baking powder at least thrice and keep it aside. Powder the sugar and keep it aside. Pulse the cashew nuts coarsely in a mixer and keep it ready. Grate the zest of an orange and keep it ready.
 
 
Beat butter at low speed. Add the powdered sugar and beat together till smooth. Add one egg at a time and beat well.
 
 
Add another egg and beat again. Add the milk and mix well. The consistency will be smooth now. Switch to a spatula and scrape the sides.
 
 
Slowly mix in the flour mixture in batches and mix well in one direction. Add the coarsely pulsed cashew nuts, vanilla essence and grated orange zest now and mix. Do you see that lovely orange hue in the dough? I’m sure you will not be able to resist the taste of the batter.
 
 
Throw in the Choco chips in the end and mix once. The batter will be very thick. Transfer the batter to the prepared tin and tap on a work surface at least thrice to get rid of any air bubbles.
 

Shove into the oven and bake for 45-50 min or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 min and transfer to a wire rack. when completely cool slice them and enjoy with your cup of tea or coffee.

 
Notes:
  • Sieve the flour and corn flour well for both of the them to get incorporated well.
 
  • I baked the cake in a loaf tin but use any shape to bake the cake.
 
  • The batter should be of dropping consistency and not of flowing consistency.
 
  • You can use walnuts instead of cashew nuts or a bit of both.
 
  • You can make a pineapple flavored cake by omitting the orange zest and replacing vanilla essence with pine apple essence.
 
  • You can skip using Choco chips and bake it as a plain tea cake.
  • Oven timings may vary accordingly.
 
This is off to I love Baking #2 and Bake Fest

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  1. Maayeka

    March 17, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    loved your cake..citrus fruits and flaovours are my favourite too..very soft ,and moist cake.loved it..so tempting pics dear!!!
    Anjana

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  2. Vimitha Anand

    March 17, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Cake looks so gorgeous and flavorful. Perfect for tea time

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  3. Princy Vinoth

    March 17, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    looks beautiful.i want a slice 🙂

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  4. Ms.Chitchat

    March 17, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    Wow, could sense the citrus aroma here,lovely illustrative clicks.

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  5. anusha praveen

    March 17, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    loved every part of the recipe the stepwise clicks that checked tray and the cake slices yummy!! i m so jealous of A&A 🙂

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  6. Kanan

    March 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    bread is looking so soft and moist

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  7. Anu

    March 17, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    Looks inviting.

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  8. priya ravi

    March 17, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    cake looks very soft and spongy.. love the flavour from orange zest..

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  9. Chandrani

    March 17, 2012 at 9:36 pm

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  10. Nupur

    March 17, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    cake has turned Lovely Radhika, I have just finished a bread using corn flour first time. The result was amazing, will link it to the baking event shortly.

    Never baked anything with Lemon or Orange flavour, am sure it should be as amazing as the texture 🙂

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  11. Reshmi

    March 17, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    cake looks moist and delicious.. loved the recipe 🙂 ..
    Noel collections

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  12. Priya Sreeram

    March 17, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    look at the slices– dainty they look ! nice tips & pointers radhika

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  13. hemalata

    March 17, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Delicious looking cake ! love the preparation n presentation.

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  14. Kalpana Sareesh

    March 17, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    beautiful n looks so so yummyy

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  15. sangee vijay

    March 18, 2012 at 5:07 am

    perfectly baked loaf cake,love citrus flavored cakes…this with choco chips looks more tempting!
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  16. Hari Chandana

    March 18, 2012 at 9:36 am

    OMG.. Looks super soft and perfect.. thanks for the awesome recipe dear.. Yummy !!
    Indian Cuisine

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  17. Asiya @ Chocolate & Chillies

    March 18, 2012 at 10:30 am

    Wonderful cake! Looks so moist and love the addition of orange!

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  18. Archana

    March 18, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Looks super yummy. Love the crumbs

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  19. Rafeeda

    March 18, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    love the way you present your recipes… the step by step is very helpful… keep up the good work! 🙂

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  20. Rasi

    March 18, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    i have loved the brittainia cakes for years..this looks very good.. shall try the eggless version soon 🙂

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  21. Kaveri

    March 18, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    Delicious looking tea cake…it’s got a wonderful texture Radhika

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  22. easyfoodsmith

    March 18, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    It is always such a wonderful feeling when you find a long lost recipe which you had once thought of making with great zeal! The cake looks lovely and perfect. Like you, I absolutely love citrus in my bakes and I can’t wait to try this one. My daughter is sure gonna love this. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  23. The Slow Roasted Italian

    March 18, 2012 at 11:45 pm

    This cake looks absolutely divine!

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  24. radha

    March 19, 2012 at 12:10 am

    This looks yum!

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  25. schmetterlingwords

    March 19, 2012 at 2:21 am

    The cake can’t get better Radhika… Following your instinct and such a perfect cake, girl – you have become an expert !! Sad that I can only enjoy them in the pictures…

    Lovely!! 🙂

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  26. Nitha

    March 19, 2012 at 4:57 am

    delicious cake.. perfect tea time snack

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  27. Hema

    March 19, 2012 at 7:49 am

    They look awesome, nice combo, cashew,chocolate and orange..

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  28. Hemavathi Murari

    March 19, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Superb yummy cake.

    Love to try out an eggless version of it soon.

    Hema’s Adugemane

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  29. Follow foodie

    March 20, 2012 at 8:18 am

    First time here..Yummy cake..Happy to follow you..
    Check out my blog when you are free at http://followfoodie.blogspot.com/

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  30. Charu Srivastava

    March 20, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    moist and jst perfect…lov it !!!

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  31. Sushma Krishnadasan

    March 21, 2012 at 5:12 am

    looks yummy and spongy i am off to try it. have to get some ingredients. thanks for ur detailed presntation.

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  32. prerna

    March 21, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    dear radhika,
    baked this cake for hubbys birthday. mine got done in 30 mins at 180 degrees. as you said it tasted just like brittania tea cakes. thanks to you ive become the neighbourhood baking aunty.since daughter wanted to taste the cake before it was cut, i cut the cake into star shape and gave her all the corners. thanks a lot and keep up the good work

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    • Radhika

      March 21, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      Thank you so much for trying out Prerna and for coming back to post the feed back. Hope your daughter liked it as much as my kids did.

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  33. Anonymous

    April 19, 2012 at 8:23 pm

    These turned out to be the best cake I ever baked with such a perfect crumb. Thanks for sharing the recipe dear. I have lost count of the times I had baked this in the past month. Everyone at home loves it so much. God Bless – Rachael.

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  34. latha

    June 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    radshika,can we bake without eggs as we dont use eggs.if yes pl. tell me what to add instead of eggs.awaiting ur reply.latha

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  35. Radhika

    June 8, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    @latha Leave out the sugar. After beating the butter add 1/2 cup condensed milk and proceed. It should come out well. Do tell me how it turns out for you. Good luck..

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  36. Rafeeda

    October 29, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    hi radhika… this is the first cake i baked in my new micro convention oven. since i was taking it to my aunt’s house, i kind of added 50% more across the ingredients and baked it in a big loaf pan. though the top became slightly crisp, the cake turned out really nice. all guests at my aunt’s house gave me a thumbs up for it. keep up the good work! 🙂

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    • Radhika

      October 30, 2012 at 11:34 am

      Wow, new oven. So happy to hear that all the guests liked the cake. Thanks for the feedback as well. Happy baking in your new oven.

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  37. Anonymous

    January 1, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Hello Radhika, ur cake looks delicious. Can u tell me the cup measure u use, it’s 200ml or 250 ml..

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  38. Deepika

    January 18, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    Hi Radhika,

    Thanks for the recipe! Though I bake a lot of cakes, I have been longing for Milka wonder cake which was my childhood favourite.

    I am going to try it rightaway. One question though, Can I bake this by skipping cashews/walnuts?

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    • Radhika

      January 21, 2016 at 1:45 pm

      Hi Deepika, Yes of course, you can always skip the nuts. It is there just to provide enough bite while eating the cake.

      Reply
  39. Seema

    December 4, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    Hi radhika,

    Can I get a eggless version of this cake pls

    Reply

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