Eggless Sponge cake

Ingredients :

2 cups All purpose flour (maida)

3 tsp Nestle milk powder

1 tsp Baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

3 spoons Ghee

3 spoons Cream

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup milk

3 drops of vanilla essence

2 drops of lemon juice

Method :

* Sieve the flour,milk powder, baking powder and baking soda together.

(repeat the process 3 times so that the ingredients are mixed thoroughly)

* In a separate bowl heat milk and sugar (DO NOT boil) keep stirring till the sugar dissolves completely !

* Mix Ghee with cream

* Now add the ghee+cream paste to the sieved flour and mixx well.

* "Gradually"(NOT at one go) add sweetened milk to the above mixture and keep stirring.

* Add 3 drops of vanilla essence and 2 drops of lemon juice

* Pour the mixture into a greased and dusted** tin.

**Dusted means ~ after greasing the tin just sprinkle little bit of maida on all corners/base of the tin..it prevents cake from sticking.

Preheat the oven to 200 degree C

Bake in a hot oven at 200 degree c for 10 minutes. Then reduce the tempreture to 150 degree C and bake for a further 10 minutes.

The cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is springy to touch.

When ready, take out from the oven and leave for 1 minute.

Invert the tin over a flat surface.

Let it cool...then tap to remove the cake from the tin !

Decorate with sprinklers or icing !

Handy tip:

If incase u dont have an oven/microwave u can put the tin as it is in a pressure cooker (without the whistle)

With a stand below to avoid direct contact with the surface of the cooker.

And let it cook for 50 mins and the cake will be ready ! :)