This cake does not have too much of sweetness. If you
want more sweet, then you can increase the amount of sugar.
Ingredients
1 1/3 cup Cake flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup butter at room temperature
2 eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup coarse cashew powder
½ cup cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon lemon zest
Method
Ø Preheat
the oven to 350 F. Butter and dust the flour to the loaf pan and keep aside.
Ø In a
medium bowl, combine cake flour and baking powder. Sift flour and baking powder
together and keep aside.
Ø In a
large bowl, mix sugar and butter using hand mixer or stand mixer until nice and
creamy texture. Add eggs, one at a time and beat well till gets nice and
fluffy. Add vanilla extract and beat for few seconds.
Ø Slowly
add the flour mixture. Just add half of the mixture and mix them. Then add ¼ cup
milk. Once the milk cooperated with the mixture, add the remaining flour, mix
and then add the remaining milk. Mix well.
Ø Remove
it from the mixer, add lemon zest and nuts. Just fold them gently with spatula.
Finally, add chocolate chips and fold it.
Ø Pour
into the prepared loaf pan; bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool the cake and slice
them.
