Tutti Frutti Cake

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups all purpose flour/maida
• 1/2 cup tutti frutti 
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter (unsalted)
• 3 Eggs ( Vegetarians can use 3 tbsp yogurt (Dahi)
• 1 tsp vanilla essences
• Powdered almond (Badam) (Optional)

Method:

Sieve the all purposed flour/maida with the baking powder, baking soda and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl and mix it well.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. grease the pan with butter or dust it with maida.

In a bowl add sugar & butter whisk it well till creamy now add eggs or curd and whisk again.. Keep aside now add this wet mixture to the dry ingredients and mix it well add vanilla essences, orange juice, tutti frutti and make a  smooth batter.

Pour the batter in the greased baking pan and shake and tap the sides of the pan so that air bubbles are released you can add powdered almonds on top...

Place the pan in the preheated oven in the center rack.Keep the heating in both the bottom and top elements of the oven on.

Now bake at 200 degrees C for 40-45 minutes or more or less till a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.

Onces done let the  cake stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.Now gently remove the cake on a wired tray or rack.
Onces the cake cools, slice and serve the tutti frutti cake slices with tea or coffee.