Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake

 Deepavali as it is called in South India or Diwali as it is known in North India is the best time to bake Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake.
Deepavali has always been a time of fellowship and fun.

Growing up in Bangalore, we were blessed with lovely neighbours- Nalini & Anu Prabhakar, Kala Gopal, Usha, Soghra and her sisters and so many other friends. Festivals and birthdays were always a time of bonhomie and good cheer and an exchange of cuisines, appreciated by everyone, especially us children.

Deepavali was no exception and we loved visiting each other and bursting crackers. Deepavali in Kuala Lumpur is no different. We actually burst crackers this season and baked many cakes to give away to our friends who were kind enough to invite us into their homes. May the Festival of Lights bring joy and prosperity to everyone.

The Recipe For Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake:

This recipe was given to my mother many, many years ago in Mangalore by a friend of hers named Mrs. Koshy. I use it as my basic recipe and change it to suit my requirements. Mrs. Koshy called it 1,2,3,4 Cake and I have changed it to the above.

The Ingredients For Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake:

1 cup salted butter (250 gms)

2 cups caster sugar (500 gms) ( Nowadays I use 1 cup of brown sugar)

3 cups wheat flour (750 gms)

4 large eggs

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup tutti fruitti ( this is colourful candied fruits that is added to cakes in India.  They are made of preserved papaya or carrot and available in different colours like red, green, orange or yellow)

Method For Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake

Sieve the flour and baking powder three times. Mix the tutti fruitti with the flour and keep aside. This will ensure the fruit does not sink to the bottom of the cake. Cream butter and sugar together with electric beater till pale and fluffy. Add eggs one by one. Stir in the vanilla essence. Gently fold in the flour with a wooden spoon a little by little until all the flour is used up. Grease two 9 inch cake pans. Line with baking paper. Divide mixture into two and pour into prepared cake pans. Gently tap cake pans to even surface. Preheat oven to 150 degrees C and bake 40 minutes or until skewer inserted in middle of cake comes out clean. Cool overnight. Next day ice the cakes.

Icing For Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake:

250 gms butter

1 kg icing sugar sieved

Desired food colouring. I used yellow, orange and brown

2 sheets of rice paper available at cake specialist shops

Edible silver balls

Method For Easy Deepavali Cake / Festival of Lights Cake:

Beat the butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer adding the sugar a little by little until of spreadable consistency. Spread some of the icing on both cakes, top and sides. Keep the remaining icing aside.

Cut out two rice paper circles of 9 inches diameter each. Trace the diyas (lamps)  on the rice paper with edible food pens. Position on cake. Divide the remaining icing into three portions. Add yellow food colouring to one, orange to the other and brown to the third. Using an icing gun pipe the different colours onto the cake following the tracing. Decorate with silver balls. Attach greeting card and give it to friends who invite you to celebrate with them. Cheers!

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