Basic Dry Fruit Cake

Ingredients :

• Eggs - 2
• Ghee / Butter (Not molten, but semi solid at room temperature)- 1/2 cup (tea cup)
• All purpose flour - 1 n half cup (tea cup)
• Sugar - 1 cup (tea cup)
• Salt - less than 1/4 tsp
• Milk - 1/2 cup( tea cup)
• Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
• Baking Powder - 1 tsp
• Dry fruits - 1/2  cup ( tea cup)

Procedure :

• In a blender add 2 eggs and blend them until frothy for 2-3 minutes.
• Add Ghee/ Butter to the eggs and beat them together.
• Add All purpose flour, sugar , salt , vanilla essence and mix well with a spatula.
• Boil 1 cup milk in microwave and add 1/2 cup of milk to the blender.
• Blend all the ingredients for 4-5 minutes.
• If the batter appears too thick add another 1/4 cup of milk  to the batter. The batter should not be too liquidy. It should be a little thick.
• Finally add baking powder and blend the contents again for 3-4 minutes.
• Chop dry fruits - cashews and almonds and keep aside.
• Pre heat oven to 350 F for 8 minutes.
• Take a baking pan and place parchment paper on it. 
• Sprinkle half of the chopped nuts on the parchment paper.
• Pour half of the cake batter over the nuts.
• Now sprinkle the remaining nuts on the cake batter and pour the rest of the cake batter on top.
• Bake at 360 F for 12 minutes and then at 375 F for another 8-10 minutes. The top of the cake gets browny. Make sure it does not burn !
• Check if a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool down for a couple of hours 
• Cut into pieces and store in a air tight container. This cake stays good for a week.
• Enjoy  the dry fruit cake with a cup of tea/coffee :)