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Cake for every occasion should be the slogan for your family. This sweet treat filled with equal parts sugar, equal parts spice and a generous portion of love is your recipe to a scrumptious Astra cake. Traditionally baked during every Sri Lankan occasion, this delicate desert satiates your mouth with sweet, yet spiced goodness. Just follow the instructions to a lovely love cake recipe.
Cake for every occasion should be the slogan for your family. This sweet treat filled with equal parts sugar, equal parts spice and a generous portion of love is your recipe to a scrumptious Astra cake. Traditionally baked during every Sri Lankan occasion, this delicate desert satiates your mouth with sweet, yet spiced goodness. Just follow the instructions to a lovely love cake recipe.
Nutritional information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate
Instructions
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius
Line a 1kg baking pan (Astra applied) and keep a side
Use a mixing bowl or an electric mixer, cream the Astra and sugar together for 3 minutes at moderate speed until light and creamy, then add one egg at a time and beat till the sugar dissolves completely, while scrapping down sides of the bowl
Sift the flour and baking powder together and gradually fold flour mixture and vanilla into the cream mixture at low speed until well blended
Pour batter into the prepared baking pan
Bake at 180 degree celcius for 45 to 50 minutes, when baking is done cake should spring back when slightly touched
Remove the cake from pan, allow to cool and peel off the paper
