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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Beat butter at low speed. Add the powdered sugar and beat together till smooth. Add one egg at a time and beat well.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This is off to I love Baking #2 and Bake Fest
loved your cake..citrus fruits and flaovours are my favourite too..very soft ,and moist cake.loved it..so tempting pics dear!!!
Anjana
Cake looks so gorgeous and flavorful. Perfect for tea time
looks beautiful.i want a slice 🙂
Wow, could sense the citrus aroma here,lovely illustrative clicks.
loved every part of the recipe the stepwise clicks that checked tray and the cake slices yummy!! i m so jealous of A&A 🙂
bread is looking so soft and moist
Looks inviting.
cake looks very soft and spongy.. love the flavour from orange zest..
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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 🙂
cake looks moist and delicious.. loved the recipe 🙂 ..
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look at the slices– dainty they look ! nice tips & pointers radhika
Delicious looking cake ! love the preparation n presentation.
beautiful n looks so so yummyy
perfectly baked loaf cake,love citrus flavored cakes…this with choco chips looks more tempting!
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OMG.. Looks super soft and perfect.. thanks for the awesome recipe dear.. Yummy !!
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Wonderful cake! Looks so moist and love the addition of orange!
Looks super yummy. Love the crumbs
love the way you present your recipes… the step by step is very helpful… keep up the good work! 🙂
i have loved the brittainia cakes for years..this looks very good.. shall try the eggless version soon 🙂
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Delicious looking tea cake…it’s got a wonderful texture Radhika
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 🙂
This cake looks absolutely divine!
This looks yum!
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!! 🙂
delicious cake.. perfect tea time snack
They look awesome, nice combo, cashew,chocolate and orange..
Superb yummy cake.
Love to try out an eggless version of it soon.
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moist and jst perfect…lov it !!!
looks yummy and spongy i am off to try it. have to get some ingredients. thanks for ur detailed presntation.
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
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.
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.
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
@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..
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! 🙂
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.
Hello Radhika, ur cake looks delicious. Can u tell me the cup measure u use, it’s 200ml or 250 ml..
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?
Hi Deepika, Yes of course, you can always skip the nuts. It is there just to provide enough bite while eating the cake.
Hi radhika,
Can I get a eggless version of this cake pls