Choco-Nut Tea Cake

Surprised to see a baked goodie here after so much rant about a diet?Worry not,you've come to the right place,lol.Thanks to all of you who sent me mails asking if I was ok,the diet part aside,I am doing great.But blog wise,I've been a bit off since I've been not cooking anything new and the least exciting.So I thought I should give a small treat to all of you and to myself for successfully[almost] going on with the diet and shaking off my weight here and there.

A tea-cake is called so because it is generally served with afternoon tea but can be applied loosely to any kind of cake that is sturdy enough to be picked up with the fingers.[source]

I've always been a tea-cake fan because it is the perfect answer for those cake-cravings sans the frosting.Though I've never actually baked a tea-cake per se,this and this are very similar to these.With the strong taste of butter and vanilla along with the melt in the mouth goodness and the crunch of nuts and chocolate chips in every bite this one's a winner for sure!!

Choco-Nut Tea Cake
Recipe source - Lakshmi Nair

Ingredients

Flour - 1 cup

Cornflour - 4 tbsp

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Butter - 1/2 cup[100 gms]

Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup [ I took a heaped 1/2 cup of sugar and powdered it]

Eggs - 2

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup

Nuts - 1/4 cup[I used cashewnuts and walnuts]

Chocolate chips - 1/4 cup

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.

Grease and line a loaf tin.

Sift together flour,cornflour and baking powder,reserve.

Cream together butter and powdered sugar till light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time and beat well.

Mix in the vanilla essence.

Spoon the flour mix about 3 tsp at a time alternately with milk and beat well till you get a smooth batter.

The batter would be thickish,not a flowing one--mix in the nuts and chocolate chips.

Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.*

Remove the cake to a wire rack and let it cool down.

Cut into slices and serve.
You could also bake this in a square pan and cut the cake into small squares,choice is yours!!
*[I had some leftover batter and I baked it in small tart molds.]