Ghee cake. Set the scene for a lovely afternoon tea with this simply gorgeous cake that’s unbelievably easy to make and all the more delicious. Infused with the nutty, buttery ghee, the aroma of this beautiful cake is enticing. What a delicious way to celebrate your warm spring and summer evenings!
The good old classic tea cake requires only a few ingredients - flour, eggs, sugar and butter or oil. It’s the easiest way to whip up a treat to serve with your afternoon tea. A moist and delicious slice of cake can transform your teatime to a pure bliss.
In this ghee cake recipe, the major focal point is on ghee or clarified butter. Ghee is traditionally used in a lot of Indian recipes ranging from sweets to spicy curries. Unlike butter that’s high in saturated fat, it also has amazing health benefits.
How To Make Ghee Cake
Simply put, it’s a regular tea cake made with plenty of ghee instead of butter. Believe me, the aroma of this cake is out of this world.
To make this cake, start with whisking eggs and sugar. Make sure eggs are at room temperature and sugar dissolves completely to form a foamy texture. Add in ghee and vanilla extract, and whisk until everything is well combined.
Now, adding the dry ingredients for this ghee cake. Sift in all the dry ingredients including flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt. At this stage, you’ll need to fold in all the ingredients gently. Remember no overmixing.
And now your batter is ready to go into the preheated oven. Bake for about 40-45 minutes. The baking time may vary depending on the your oven. Make sure a skewer inserted into the center of the ghee cake comes out clean.
Once cooked, slice and serve with berries and whipped cream.
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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated sugar caster sugar
- ½ cup ghee clarified butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 and ¾ cup all purpose flour plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C or 350 F. Grease and line a 9-inch cake tin with baking paper. Set aside.
- Place eggs in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer or whisk, beat for 1 minute.
- Add vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
- Add sugar. Beat for 2-3 minutes or until pale and fluffy.
- Add ghee and milk. Mix until just combined.
- Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Gently fold in using a spatula to create smooth batter.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40-45 minutes.
- Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes. Carefully turn out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Top with strawberries if you like.
Nutrition
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Sarah says
Should we measure the ghee when it's melted of solid?
Rose Mary George says
melted
Danny says
Absolutely gorgeous cake! i had a bunch of clarified butter leftover from a failed batch of browned butter, so i'm super happy i can use it for something other than frying.
unfortunately the metric conversion provided is still volumetric, so i am adding the gram conversion i made and used here:
200g caster sugar
105g ghee
125g whole milk
210g all purpose flour
5g baking powder