How to make home-made buttermilk substitute.

A home-made alternative to Buttermilk (sour milk or acidified milk).

Add 1 tbsp fresh lemon or white vinegar to a bowl. Then add 1 cup of regular room temperature whole (full cream milk)

Stir and let it sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour

For instance to make 1 and ½ cups of buttermilk, add 1 and ½ tbsp of fresh lemon to 1 and ½ cups of regular, full cream milk.

This sour milk can be used in place of buttermilk in this recipe.

 

Nigerian Cake

Nigerian Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour                        – 400 gms
2. Granulated Sugar                      – 300 gms
3. Margarine                                   – 400 gms
4. Baking powder                          – 3 tsp
5. Nutmeg                                       –   1/2 Tsp
6. Vanilla flavour                          – 3 Tsp
7. Egg                                              – 8 large
8. Milk (optional)                         – 1/2 cup
9. Mixed fruits (soaked in alcohol for days) – optional

Instructions:

• Grease the baking pan,(I used 8 inch round pan) with margarine and dust it lightly with flour.
• Cream the sugar and margarine till it becomes lighter, fluffy and creamy.
• Preheat Oven at 180 degree Celsius for at least 15 minutes.
• Add the egg, one at a time, and mix at medium speed.
• Add the vanilla flavour.
• Mix all the dry ingredients and whisk or sieve together to ensure all the ingredients are well incorporated. (If you are using mixed fruit, add it into the flour )
• Mix in the milk and flour in four intervals. if your mixer is small then use a big spatula to fold it in (milk, flour, milk, flour,….). (try not to over mix your batter as it will make the cake tough)
• Put batter in baking pan and bake at 180 degree Celsius at the middle section of your oven for one hour.
• The cake is done when a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
• turn off the oven and let the cake cool in pan before transferring it to a cooling rack
• Decorate or serve with fresh juice or ice cream, once it’s cooled.