Cake with Tea

When I first heard the name of this cake, I couldn’t believe that it contains tea (as a liquid) in it. I just thought that there might be some leaves of tea. One day, one of my friends (Sibel) served us a yummy cake, I asked her if there was really tea in it or not and I learned that there was. So I was wrong. Thanks to a cup of tea in it, this cake is so light that you can eat a few big pieces consecutively. This cake with tea has been another popular cake in our home since then. If you like such light cakes, here is the recipe:

Ingredients

•    3 eggs
•    1 ½ cup sugar
•    1 cup cold well-steeped tea
•    ½ cup olive oil
•    2 tbsp cacao
•    2 tbsp nuts
•    2 tsp baking powder
•    1 tsp vanilla
•    8 tbsp flour

Mix sugar and eggs until smooth with a beater. This is very important to have a well baked cake. Add olive oil and cold tea. Mix it again. Add cacao, nuts, vanilla and flour. Mix with a spoon. As in all cakes, put the baking powder last and go on mixing.

Preheat the oven to 170C (338F)

Oil the cake mold with a brush and pour the mixture in it. Place it in the preheated oven for 45 or 50 minutes. You can check if it is done by dipping a toothpick into the cake, if it comes out clean, your cake is done.

This cake is both economical and yummy. You should be quick to have one piece before the others finish it.

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Cake with Cacao Recipe

If you invite your friends to your home, and can not decide what to serve, here is your recipe. You can pick a lot of bonus from your friend with this yummy cake. Don’t panic, it is so easy to make. I prefer making this cake whenever I’m in hurry because despite its delightful taste, it’s time saving.
Ingredients
•    3 eggs
•    1 cup sugar
•    ½ cup olive oil
•    ½ cup milk
•    2 cups flour
•    ½ cup cacao
•    1 tbsp baking powder
•    1 orange zest, grated
•    Castor sugar

Mix eggs and sugar in a large bowl until it gets creamy (at least 10 minutes).
Keep mixing (but this time with a spoon) and add oil, milk, flour and cacao in this order. If you think it is not dark enough, add some more cacao.
Preheat the oven to 180 C.
Finally add baking powder and orange zest. And pour this mixture in an oiled cake mold. Stir a little.
Place it in heated oven and bake it for 50 minutes. You can check it with a toothpick. Dip it into the cake, if it comes out clean, your cake is done. If not, bake it for another 5 minutes.
After taking the cake out, let it get cold to remove it from its mold.
Optional: sprinkle some castor sugar on it before serving.

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Cake with Carrot and Walnut Recipe

This is my favorite cake recipe as it is very easy and rich in taste. I make it very often because nobody can see it in our kitchen after two days. We (my husband and I ) serve it to our friends and eat it all in such a short time. After writing this recipe, I’m planning to go to kitchen and start to make this cake.

Ingredients
•    2 cups grated carrots
•    Grated zest of 1 lemon
•    3 eggs
•    1 cup sugar
•    2 cups flour
•    1 cup butter, room temperature
•    ½ cup walnut, and a a handful chocolate chips
•    1 tbsp baking powder
•    1 tbsp vanilla
Seperate the yolks of eggs from its white. Put them in seperate bowls.
Mix the yolks and sugar with your mixer for at least 10 minutes (time of mixing is very important for all cakes to bake well).
Add butter and keep mixing. After it becomes creamy, add grated carrots and zest of one lemon. This time, mix it by hand with a big spoon. Do not use mixer for this mixture from now on.
Now add flour. It seems very tough, but you will soften it with egg white. To do this, mix egg whites until it becomes as white as snow. And pour it in the cake mixture little by little.
Sprinkle some flour on walnut and chocolate chips so that they will not sink at the bottom only. Add it to the mixture.
Baking powder and vanilin are always the last things to add in a cake mixture. Add them and mix with spoon.
Pour this mixture into an oiled cake mold.
Preheat the oven to 180 C, and bake it for 50 minutes. You can check with a toothpick if your cake is done. Dip a toothpick into your cake (while it’s stil in oven). If it comes out clean, your cake is cooked enough. If not, cook it for another 5 minutes.
After you take the cake out, let it get cold enough to remove it from the cake mold.
Enjoy it with your friends and family.

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