STRAWBERRY VALENTINES DAY CAKE 🥞


 HAPPY VALENTINE'S  DAY ❤

          The list of special days celebrated all over the world is stretching longer and longer.  When I was in school, I had only rea and heard  about the  national and religious festivals.  As time went ahead , special days like rose ,promise, hug , propose and valentine's days were added to the list . .
                For me every day is special  . I miss hugging my parents ,who are no more and my sister, son and nephew, who are in the states . I do hug my husband and celebrate' Hugs Day .It's ' Chocolate Day' whenever I eat one to satiate my chocolate cravings . I love roses , especially red ones . My hubby is not the kind to pamper me with flowers,  gifts or candlelight dinners 😞But the day I see a rose🌹 in my garden is' Rose Day 'for me  😀🌹  'Propose days is when we propose ides or plans to each other.  Promises are always meant to be broken, isn't it? So I don't make any promise, except to be a good human being.  Promises and resolutions for losing weight, walking,  not losing my temper aren't my cup of tea , rather coffee 😅. 
               After celebrating all these beautiful days, finally comes the much awaited Valentine's Day, on 14 February.  Posts and messages are sent out and replies given 
               Seeing a news telecast on  TV made me sit up . It's 'Black Day ' in India  . Today is the 3rd anniversary of the Pulwama Attack,  in which 40 bravehearts had  lost their lives and many were gravely injured,  in the terrorist attack, 3 years ago on this fateful day , on 14th February 2019.
        Their bullet ridden bodies are laid to rest forever,  wrapped in the tricolor 🇪🇬🇭🇷
  Salute to the Bravehearts and their families 🙏

STRAWBERRY VALENTINES DAY CAKE 🥞

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY 💝

Grease and line cake mould 

pre heat oven to 180 °Celsius for 10minutes 

 DRY INGREDIENTS _ 

Beat the following ingredients together till light and fluffy 

Keep aside 

Oil / melted butter _  1/4 cup 

Sugar( powdered) _  3/4 _ 1 cup 

Strawberry essence 

DRY INGREDIENTS 




Wet ingredients 👇


Dry ingredients 👇

Sieve few times  and keep aside  the following ingredients 

Flour ( whole wheat/ refined flour) _ 1.5 cups

Semolina ( sooji)                                  _ 1/2 cup 

Baking powder                                        _1 tsp 

Baking soda                                        _     1/2 tsp 

OTHER INGREDIENTS 

Strawberry flavoured custard powder  _ 2_3 tsp

Milk as required to make the batter 

Chopped dry fruits 

Tutti frutti 

Can add Chopped Strawberries also 

Mix custard powder in some milk and keep aside 

Coat the dry fruits and tutti frutti with some flour _ keep aside 

Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients and make a smooth batter

Add the  custard powder and milk mixture 

Add the chopped dry fruits and tutti frutti ( keep aside some for garnishing)

Mix using the cut and fold method to incorporate all the ingredients 

Adjust the consistency of the batter using some more milk 

Pour the batter into the prepared cake mould

 Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 40  _ 45 minutes

or till a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean 

Remove  the cake from the oven  

Cool the cake completely on the wire rack

 Unmould and remove the paper

 Revert back the cake 

Garnish as you like.  




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