New Delhi-born Aayush Verma came to work with me at The House of Celeste, my restaurant in Gurugram, in 2019-’20. Aayush learned this cake while working in France in a pastry kitchen. It has the right amount of sweet and spice and is as easy as any tea cake to make.
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Serves
6
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Cook Time
01 h 10 m
Ingredients
- 210 gm flour
- 150 gm milk
- 150 gm honey
- 150 gm brown butter
- 6 gm cinnamon powder
- 5 gm baking powder
- 2 gm clove powder
- 2 gm star anise powder
- 1 gm salt
- Zest of 1 whole orange
Preparation
- Combine all dry ingredients together.
- Mix milk, honey, butter and orange zest. Slowly add the dry ingredients to this while whisking.
- Combine well until there are no lumps.
- Preheat your oven to 155˚C.
- Bake for about 35-40 minutes. Let it cool down to de-mould or serve hot in a baking casserole.
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