Butterscotch Cake

Ingredients

4 Eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup flour

Pinch of salt

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Grease and dust the cake bowl with flour.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar over a bowl of simmering hot water for about 5 minutes till thick and mousse like.

Take off water and continue to beat till the mixture cools down, about 5-7 minutes.

Fold the flour through gently, in 3 goes, lightly till it’s mixed through well.

Be careful not to release the beaten in air.

Take a cup of this batter in another bowl, and mix the melted cooled butter through it. Now gently fold this back into the rest of the batter.

Turn the batter into the prepared baking bowl/tin, and bake for 30-35 minutes, till a tester comes out clean.

Sugar Syrup Preparation

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar
  

Mix together sugar and water.

Stir until the sugar has dissolved completely.

Allow to simmer till it thickens slightly

Adjust sweetness according to your taste.

Butterscotch Preparation

150 grams granulated sugar
3 tsps of butter
5 tblsp of crushed cashew nuts
2 drops of vanilla/ butter scotch essence

A few drops of vegetable oil.

Spread the vegetable oil over a flat pan. (I used a steel flat top)

Stir together sugar and butter over a low heat in a thick bottomed pan till the sugar has melted. Let the mixture boil till it turns golden brown in color.
Take the pan off the heat, and mix in crushed cashew nuts and essence.

Pour it over the oiled pan and let it cool and harden completely.

Once it has hardened, break off pieces. Crush it using a mallet or a rolling pin.

Or grind once in mixer grinder.

Cream Filling & Topping:

200 ml Amul Fresh cream

1 tbsp vanilla/butterscotch essence

Sugar 1.5 tblsp

Whip together cream,sugar and essence till medium peaks form.

Brush each side of the cake and top with the sugar syrup

Cut the cake to 2 pieces and sandwich with the filling.

Apply the cream on top and sides of the cake with a spatula

Garnish the top of the cake with butterscotch and arrange it with cherries.