Spiced Chikoo and Raisin Cake

Chikoo, most commonly known as ‘Sapota’ in India, is a very familiar fruit. Sapota, Sapeta,Chikoo, Chiku or Sapodilla is the humble and very simple fruit that has plenty of benefits to give out when eaten or consumed as a dessert. Chikoo is also called as Noseberry, Mud Apples and Sapodilla Plum.

 Ripened chikoo contains minerals like iron, potassium, copper and vitamins A and C and others like niacin, folate, etc. Thus they help in boosting immunity besides good skin and hair. It contains a good source of dietary fibre and therefore acts as a good remedy to curb constipation. Our neighbor had a huge tree and we would have our share of fruits from them. My mother mostly used to make shake or Halwa out of it. Though I donot like Milk Shake myself ,I would eat it only because I was told it was good for you. 

This time I had tried to make something different out of it like how about baking a cake with this as the ingredient. The reason for this is quite obvious. A few days back I have received my gift of the Kitchen aid Hand mixer from the Urban spice group for winning the  First prize in the recently concluded Diwali giveaways for my entry of  Brown Rice Biryani . This 7 speed Digital Hand Mixer has really made my life easy.

So using this product to the maximum use was obvious and what better occasion than the upcoming Christmas to bake  a cake out of this exotic fruit. The cake turns out to be perfect in taste and texture.  Scroll down to have a look at the recipe.

Type: Dessert

Serves: 8 to 10

 Ingredients:

• 1 cup All Purpose Flour
• 1 cup Butter
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon powder
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg 
• 3 nos of Chickoo peeled, and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoon warm honey for the glaze

Let’s Learn how to make this cake:

• Preheat the oven to 180degree and Grease a round pan with butter and line a parchment paper.
• Shift the flour, cinnamon powder and grated nutmeg and keep aside.
• Place the butter and the sugar in a large bowl and beat together until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the yogurt. Gently fold in the flour spice mix with a spatula. Fold in the raisins.
• Spoon half of the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Scatter half of the sliced Chickoo over the batter.
• Now pour rest of the batter over it and gently level the surface. arrange the rest of the sliced Chickoos on the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour 30 minutes or until golden brown in color, risen and firm to touch.
• leave it to cool in the tin for 10 minutes and then turn it out to cool on a wire rack.
• Brush the top with warmed honey and leave to cool completely.
• Serve with a warm cup of Tea or eat it just like this.