How I took a big risk today. I made a Spinach cake with cream cheese frosting..I call it my green velvet cake.. I know it sounds so weird to even think of that and you might think I have lost my mind.. My quest of doing something interesting with spinach, not just using it in main dish and soups was the trigger point.. So amazed to see it turn out so well.. I bet if you taste it you would love it just like any other cake. So next time when someone suggests you to have spinach, consider of having it in form of dessert too..
Here's the recipe for spinach cake.
Spinach Cake
Ingredients
3-5 oz / 100 gm of fresh spinach leaves
2 cups all purpose flour( Maida)
1 and 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup of milk
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp nutmeg powder ( optional but enhances taste)
1 tsp cinnamon powder ( optional but enhances taste)
1/2 tsp salt( optional but enhances taste)
Procedure
1) Chop spinach leaves and let it cook in a vessel with a lid without adding anything(water or oil) on a low flame.
In 10-15 minutes the spinach leaves will become very soft and you will be able to feel the aroma..
2) Now take the cooked spinach out. Let it cool down. Add it in a blender and let it become a cream. Keep the cream aside.
3) Take the 3 eggs and sugar in a container and beat the mixture with a beater until it becomes fluffy.
4) Add vegetable oil and milk to the egg mixture and beat again.
5) Combine spinach with the egg mixture.
6) Also add vanilla extract.
7)In a separate container, combine the all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and Snutmeg powder.
Sift the flour mixture using a tea strainer.
8)Now add the flour mixture little at a time in the egg mixture and beat it every time you add flour. Repeat this until all the flour is completely beaten to form a smooth paste.
9)Preheat your oven to 360 or 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pour the flour in a butter greased baking tray.
Bake it for 30-35 minutes. Insert a tooth pick to see nothing liquidy sticks to it. If so, cake is baked and done.
10) Let the cake cool down. You can frost it with the cream of your choice then.
Enjoy the healthy green velvet cake with your loved ones.
Happy baking!!
Cheers,
Shweta
Here's the recipe for spinach cake.
Spinach Cake
Ingredients
3-5 oz / 100 gm of fresh spinach leaves
2 cups all purpose flour( Maida)
1 and 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup of milk
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp nutmeg powder ( optional but enhances taste)
1 tsp cinnamon powder ( optional but enhances taste)
1/2 tsp salt( optional but enhances taste)
Procedure
1) Chop spinach leaves and let it cook in a vessel with a lid without adding anything(water or oil) on a low flame.
In 10-15 minutes the spinach leaves will become very soft and you will be able to feel the aroma..
2) Now take the cooked spinach out. Let it cool down. Add it in a blender and let it become a cream. Keep the cream aside.
3) Take the 3 eggs and sugar in a container and beat the mixture with a beater until it becomes fluffy.
4) Add vegetable oil and milk to the egg mixture and beat again.
5) Combine spinach with the egg mixture.
6) Also add vanilla extract.
7)In a separate container, combine the all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and Snutmeg powder.
Sift the flour mixture using a tea strainer.
8)Now add the flour mixture little at a time in the egg mixture and beat it every time you add flour. Repeat this until all the flour is completely beaten to form a smooth paste.
9)Preheat your oven to 360 or 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pour the flour in a butter greased baking tray.
Bake it for 30-35 minutes. Insert a tooth pick to see nothing liquidy sticks to it. If so, cake is baked and done.
10) Let the cake cool down. You can frost it with the cream of your choice then.
Enjoy the healthy green velvet cake with your loved ones.
Happy baking!!
Cheers,
Shweta
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