Chocolate cake
Maida 2 cups
Sugar 1½ cups
Cocoa powder ¼ cup
Eggs 3
Soft drink (Pepsi) ½ cup
Oil ½ cup
Baking powder 1 tsp>
Sift the flour and the cocoa with the baking powder a couple of times. In a mixing basin put in the flour and add the sugar, oil and the Pepsi. Beat the eggs well and gradually add them to this mixture. Pour out into a prepared greased and floured cake tin. Bake in a moderately hot oven for about 20 to 25 minutes. While still warm, cut into slices in the tin for serving later.
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Almond fudge
Blanched almonds 1 cup
Sugar 2 cups
Ghee 2 cups
A few drops of yellow food colour
Milk 1 cup
A few drops of almond essence.
Put the almonds in a mixer alongwith the milk and blend for a minute to a fine paste. Put a cup of ghee in a pan and add the almond paste and the sugar. Simmer on a slow fire, taking care to stir all along. The paste should not lose its colour. When the paste starts leaving the sides of the pan, add the remaining ghee and keep stirring till the ghee begins to appear on the surface. Remove from the fire and quickly spread it on a greased plate. Flatten well. When cool cut into squares.
