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Keep the butter at room temperature ahead.
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Soak sooji in 1/3 cup milk before start making the cake batter.
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Also drain excess whey from homemade curd / yogurt like shown in the video.
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With soften butter grease the cake pan and with mix of all purpose flour and corn flour dust the cake pan.
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Add baking powder, baking soda and salt to the flour and mix thoroughly using hand whisk.
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Now cream the butter and when its smooth do add sugar followed by oil.
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Cream all together as shown in the video.
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Add 1 cup drained/hung curd unflavored yogurt to the butter mixture and whisk all to combine.
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Add flour mixture in batches to the wet ingredients, to the last batch add 1-1.5 tbsp milk.
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Finally add soaked Sooji/Semolina to the cake batter.
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But make sure you keep the batter thick if you are making orange and coconut cupcakes from the same mixture (refer video).
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If not do prepare the cake batter with remaining necessary milk to cake batter consistency.
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Add 1.25 tsp Cardamom powder and bake this batter in 8 or 9 inch cake pans or in 6 inch pans.
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If you are making 3 flavors in same batter, pour enough cardamom flavored cake batter to 1 6 inch cake pan and split the remaining batter in to two portions.
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For a portion add 1 Tbsp Orange Juice, Orange Zest, pinch of cardamom(from remaining .25tsp) and check the batter consistency as shown in the video.
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If the batter is too tight do add few drops of orange juice.
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Drop the cake batter in cupcake liners.
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To the remaining batter add coconut powder or fresh shredded coconut, pinch of remaining cardamom powder and tutti frutti.
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Check the batter consistency if its too tight add few drops of milk.
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Also drop the cake batter in cupcake liners.
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Bake these in oven for 12-15 minutes at 350 F or in idli pan.
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Also bake the cardamom cake batter poured in cake pan at 350 F for 22-25 minutes or over stove (refer video) in low to medium flame for 35-40 minutes.
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Also check the doneness by inserting tooth pick at 2-3 places.
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Cool them over cool rack or over pulka making kitchen tool.
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Once cooled completely slice and serve it or store in refrigerator by tightly wrapping it for later use,
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Bake them as suggested, Now tell me which flavor is your favorite.