Our lives are getting busier day by day as a result we find
little time for the little joys of life. Our lives are becoming mechanical and
monotonous. Everything is becoming assembly line . Last week my boss came over
for dinner with his wife. I was living alone so I had ordered all the food
beforehand. During our conversation I came to know that it also happened to be
the birthday of the wife of my boss which was just a day before their visit to my place.Not to miss this
opportunity I decided to score some brownie points . I thought of ordering a birthday
cake for her so I called up the local bakery and that’s the time I realized that
it was the weekly off for the local
market. As it seemed that my plan was going to go kaput I tried to search
online and order a cake delivery scheduled . Trying to place the order I
realized that the bakery offering online delivery was at the other side of the
city and as they bake and serve fresh products it needed at least 3 to 4 hours
for the delivery to be executed. By chance I happened to reach the page https://www.rewardme.in/food/baking-recipes/recipe/10-minute-microwave-cake
I was surprised to find that a cake can be baked in a short
span of ten minutes. Since I have an open kitchen I started the process of
making the cake with an attempt to bake a cake and also get in the good books
of my boss.
The first step to cook anything are the ingredients. I had to
check if I had everything with me .
The ingredients required were
250ml (140g) cake flour
250ml (220g)
castor sugar
20ml baking powder
40ml cocoa powder
250ml warm water
5ml vanilla
essence
2 large eggs,
beaten 62ml
sunflower oil 90g
dark chocolate,
broken into pieces
15-25ml evaporated
milk, or cream
I quickly checked and to my relief I had all the ingredients
at home. I felt my luck was smiling on me.
I had to buy time to finish my cake or make a realistic
attempt to finish it . So I served the dessert and got down to preparing to
cook.
It was a four step process and I embarked upon the
relatively easy first step of greasing the tray.
The second step involved mixing all the ingredients that is
the flour, castor sugar, baking powder and 2ml salt together. I mixed the cocoa
powder with the warm water until smooth then added the vanilla essence. Added
the eggs and oil and mixed everything well. All this process was simple and did
not take very long.
Now it was the time to proceed to the third step of pouring the
mix into the pan. As it was also the time for me to finish the baking.
By this time my guests were midway through the dessert and I
was not sure if my cooking experiment would get completed in time. To buy time
I put on the kettle to make some tea and simultaneously put the microwave safe baking
pan in the microwave .
I set the temperature to the max as given in the
instructions and joined my guests for the dessert.
In a few minutes time as the tea got made I served it to my
boss and his wife. Just than the timer of the microwave went off and I excused
myself to examine my experiment in cooking.
I used a knife to check if the cake was baked properly. I
was pleased to find that when I pulled out the knife it came out clean
indicating that it was properly baked.
Now was the ultimate test for me to see if the cake can be
taken out without breaking it. With a baited breath I turned it onto a plate
and the cake came out clean .
I served the fresh cake to my boss and his wife who liked it a lot.
My 10 minute recipe had passed the test.
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