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Cake Rusk

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Cooking time

Prep: 14 minutes Cook: 1 hour

Skill level

More effort

Servings

50 Cake Rusk

It's Pakistani and Indian double bake cookies.

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Ingredients

  • 125 g butter
  • 125 g granulated sugar (if you are in Pakistan and using plain sugar make it powder "not properly" and never use icing sugar Please)
  • 3 eggs
  • 125 g Plain flour (maida)
  • Yellow food colour (not necessary)
  • 1 Tbsp Baking powder
  • 1 Tsp butter separate (for greecing the tray)

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 170 C, 325 F or Gas mark 3 degrees.

  2. Add baking powder in flour and mix together with spoon. Put aside for later use

  3. Beat butter with beater at low speed and than add sugar and beat very well.

  4. In this step you wanna add eggs, flour (already added baking powder in it) and food colour. i) Add 1 egg, mix with the beater and than add some flour and beat it. ii) Add 1 egg more and food colour, mix with the beater and than add some flour and beat it. iii) Add last or a remaining egg, mix with the beater and than add remainig flour and beat it properly.

  5. Grease your cake rusk pan with butter.Pour the mixture in the pan.

  6. Place pan in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes at 170 C, 325 F or Gas mark 3 degrees.

  7. Between 25-30 minutes check your cake is it ready or not by inserting a toothpick. If toothpick comes out clean than your cake is ready.

  8. Take it out from your oven and place your cake pan on wire grill or a shelf till it cool and also cool your oven ( it's good if you open your oven door and also take it out wire rack for cool it properly).

  9. Cut your cake in pieces.

  10. Lay the baking sheet or butter paper on the wire rack. And put your cake pieces on it.

  11. Place them in cold oven. Set your oven temperature after putting the cake pieces in oven at 150 C, 300 F or Gas mark 2 degrees for 15-20 minutes. (normally i give 20-25 minutes)

  12. And if you need more crispy than invert your cake pieces after 15-18 minutes and give 15 minutes more.

  13. Take it out from oven and after 5 to 10 minutes serve with tea, coffee or cold milk.

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