Tutti Frutti Cake

Ingredients

• 200 g (1.5 cups)Maida
• 250 g (1 cup)Yoghurt (curd)
• 125 ml (1/2 cup)Oil
• 100 g (2/3 cup)Sugar
• 1.25 tspBaking powder
• 1/2 tspBaking soda
• 1/4 tspPineapple essence
• 1/4 tspOrange essence
• 1/4 tspVanilla essence
• 1/4 cupTutti frutti (candied fruit)
• 1 tspMaida (to dust tutti frutti)

Method

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 9x5 inch loaf tin.

2. 2

   Whisk curd and sugar until smooth and the sugar has mostly dissolved (3 minutes).

3. 3

   Add baking powder and baking soda. Whisk — the mixture will froth up. Rest 3 minutes.

4. 4

   Add oil and the three essences. Whisk.

5. 5

   Toss tutti frutti in 1 tsp maida. Fold maida (the rest) into the wet mix gently, then fold in tutti frutti.

6. 6

   Pour into the tin. Bake at 180°C for 35–40 minutes. Cool fully before slicing.