Rose Cake

Guess if you've been following my blog you would have by this time got fed up with my disappearing act.This time apart from the usual excuses like kids sick,holidays,laziness ,I have a new excuse:We moved to a new city.Little did I expect moving to be so difficult,it took me weeks to dig out the modem which I had safely packed in an unlabelled box.Not to mention my kids making moving things from one labelled box to another a game,which made unpacking even harder.I think moving is easy if you are the kind of person who easily parts with things.I have a serious problem with throwing away things.Every little legless doll, broken toy ,book full of scribblings,old dress and twisted spoon  is usually associated with a fond memory and packed away safely.I try to save each and every paper and book that I enjoyed reading,which made shifting a nightmare.Shifting taught me a very important lesson for life:to keep things as simple as possible.During the past few months there was a phase when we had to stay in our old house in just one room with sparse furniture for almost a month.Most of our stuff ,including the TV was shifted to the new one.The kids had no toys,just one or two of their favourites, and they seemed to be pretty happy.Mainly because we were spending more time with them .It was then that I realised that most of the things that we pile up are extravagances and what we actually need is very little.We are caught in this whirlpool of buying and updating things that we never actually stop to enjoy the simpler things in life.And some times we let these materialistic things even define us.It reminds me of a strange dream that I once had,I am one of those people who remember their dreams,that's a blessing and a bane :) In this dream I was near a small stream and before me ,people were crossing the stream barefoot on stepping stones.They had just a small cloth pack in their hands.As I approached the river an old man came up to me and told me that once I cross the stream, I won't be able to come back .So I could go back and get three things which matter the most to me to carry along,cause I won't be needing anything else on the other side.Then I woke up.What would you pick if you just had to take three things with you :) Makes me wonder if it is really all that easy to keep things simple.Well the truth is always hard to handle.Guess this turned out to be a philosophical post:)Lots seem to have happened since I last posted .USA has a new president,Jallikattu is back and Tamil Nadu politics has become more thrilling than Game of thrones,I really wonder who'll sit on the Iron Throne :) And hope I'd get to post more regularly !
Coming to the recipe,this cake is for those people who love Rose essence and  rose flavour..The cake is extremely soft and spongy and uses very little butter.It looks very appealing when baked in a rose cake form.So off to the recipe !

Serves : 8 - 10

Adapted from : Martha Stewart Cakes

You'll Need:

Butter - 100 gm -Little less than 1/2 a cup

All purpose flour/Maida - 1 1/2 cups

Baking Powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Eggs - 3 large(room temperature)

Sugar - 200 gm - 1 cup

Whole Milk - 125 ml - 1/2 cup

Rose Water -  5 Tbsp

Method:
-In a big bowl sift the Flour,Baking Powder and salt.
-In another bowl beat the eggs and sugar until it turns fluffy,3 - 5 minutes.
-Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Butter the cake form and dust it with flour (rose form or 9" round form)
-In a small pan ,heat the butter and the milk on low flame until the butter is melted and small bubbles start appearing.
-Now add the sifted flour to the egg&sugar mixture and beat until well combined in medium speed.
-With the beater on medium speed add the milk and butter mixture and beat until well combined.
-Add the rose water and beat for a few seconds.
-Fill the baking pan with the mixture until 3/4th full and bake for 30 - 40 minutes,until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.Let it cool on the pan for 10 minutes,then loosen the sides ,remove it from the pan and let it cool completely.Done !

Thanks for stopping by ! Happy Baking !