Spice-Buttermilk eggless easy cake

I am moving apartments very soon and have to finish as much stuff in the kitchen as possible. I don't want to carry all these, you see. And any case, I will be happily eating anything I cook. Ya, I do like my cooking. Would love to cook for people, but since I live alone now... my everyday cooking is for self, but once in a while I get to invite people or go meet people with my novice culinary specialties.

So back to my moving! I had to sell my study table today. It's not like 'am crying, but we have been together through my papers, songs and movies... and it has stored some important and not so important things for so long! Btw, I found Amma's (mother in Tamil) pottu (Tamil, red dot kept on the forehead by Hindus), and my nieces toy; and they had visited me last March!!!

As I said, moving to me is also clearing as much as possible in the kitchen. I have so much of APF (all-purpose flour)and brown sugar.. so what would that mean?? Yes of course baking a cake. I ferment my own curd (yogurt) which means buttermilk is always available. Here is my recipe for the Spice-buttermilk cake. It's so simple, you will not believe it!

Ingredients:

2 cups APF
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarb.
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoon garam masala powder
1 1/4 cups buttermilk (I used homemade yogurt)
3 tablespoons honey

Procedure:

* Pre-heat oven at 350F.
* Sift flour, baking powder, bicarb., and garam masala powder.
* Cream butter and brown sugar.
* Add buttermilk and lemon juice.
* In batches, add flour to the butter cream.
* Add honey.
* Fold in everything, so they are completely mixed.
* This mixture will need to be spooned into a lined/ floured baking pan.
* Bake at 350F for 25mins or until a toothpick of knife when inserted come out clean.



Note:
* If you use self-rising flour, as per Joy-of-baking 1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup APF + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/4 tsp salt. So make sure you work accordingly.
* lemon juice can be replaced with sour cream.
* garam masala can be replaced with smooth ground cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
* If you don't have buttermilk: take 1 cup plain yogurt + 1/4 cup water. Beat vigorously so they make a homogeneous mixture.

Enjoy the spice-buttermilk cake! It's soft even without eggs.

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