Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cinnamon - Pumpkin Seed Coffee Cake


Ingredients:
  • All purpose flour (sifted) - 200g
  • Margarine - 120 g
  • Granulated sugar - 140 g
  • Low fat yoghurt - 160 ml
  • Eggs - 2
  • Baking powder - 3/4 Tea spoon
  • Baking soda - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Orange zest (peel) - 1 Tea spoon
  • Vanilla extract - 1 Tea spoon
  • Salt - pinch
Topping
  • Cinnamon powder - 1 Tea spoon
  • Roasted Pumpkin seeds - 60 g
  • Brown sugar - 40 g
Method:
  • Pre heat oven at 350 degree F. In a mixing bowl beat sugar with margarine, add eggs and beat until fluffy.
  • Add sifted all purpose flower, baking powder, baking soda, yoghurt, orange peel, vanilla extract and salt and mix them well.
  • Prepare topping mixture by combining chopped pumpkin seeds, brown sugar and cinnamon powder.
  • In a non-stick baking pan pour half of the cake batter, sprinkle half of the topping mixture in the edge, then spread the remaining cake batter over topping. Sprinkle the remaining topping all over cake batter.
  • Bake for about 35-40 minutes.
Note:
  • Normally, while cooking pumpkins we discard the seeds , but pumpkin seeds have good nutritional property. Here I have used those seeds in cake. After removing seeds from pumpkin, wash them with water, pat dry with paper towel, leave it to overnight, roast in a pan or bake for abour 8 - 10 mins at 350 degree F. You will get crispy pumpkin seeds with excellent aroma.
  • Further, here in this cake I have used Orange peel for tangy orange flavour.

27 comments:

  1. deicious cake krishnaveni.nicely presented..liked the picture..the pumpkin seed topping is really one good idea..best coffe cake

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  2. wow!!!!
    looks very tempting and delicious :-)

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  3. Cute and elegant cake, lovely topping especially those pumpkin seeds tempts me a lot...

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  4. yummylicios cake!! absolute delicasy

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  5. The cake looks simply delicious...love the photo ..colour...yummy

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  6. using pumpkin seeds in cake is new for me... looks tempting! As always beautiful presentation.
    loved the flowers :)

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  7. looks yummy....nice presentation...

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  8. Your cake looks so good Krishnaveni, beautiful pictures.

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  9. Beautiful presentation..delicious cake looks super yum:)

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  10. Nice cake, love the pumpkin seed on top and great presentation too...

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  11. Wow thats so yummy & innovativ cake..Nice tips on pumpkin seeds. Beautiful presentation too.

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  12. Nice cake Veni.
    oorla intha pumpkin seeds-ai varuththu,uppu-molakaa podi pottu saappiduvom.:)

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  13. that was fabulous one...lovely pic and those flowers are made by u???? cake was so perfect....

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  14. simply delicious looking coffee cake...yum!

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  15. looks Delicious ... pumpkin seed is an interesting twist

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  16. Looks very yumm Krishnaveni. Thnx for sharing the recipe

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  17. Your coffee cake looks scrumptious! The topping is sensational.

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  18. what a unique coffee cake -this looks great!

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  19. wow!!looks so nice..lovely presentation :)

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  20. Hi Krishnaveni,
    Coffee cake is very different and looks yummy.nice presentation!!

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  21. Hello friends thanks a lot for your encouraging comments

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  22. love pumpkin seeds, looks delicious & beautiful..sorry wasnt able to visit your blog as i wasnt well...

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  23. Very nice.
    Kindly change comments method,take more time.

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  24. Hello friends thanks a lot for your encouraging comments

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  25. Hello Thooyavan, to avoid spam comments, comment moderation has been enabled. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any other problem please let me know.

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