One person’s birthday which I will ALWAYS remember is Michael Jackson’s. Not only because he was a legend but also because it falls on the same day as my brother Anand’s: August 29th! Happy birthday to the guy who…
- Watches countless reruns of Seinfield and still laughs like he’s watching the episode for the first time
- Claims that a black coffee & a banana = a substantial breakfast (don’t look at me :shock:)
- Took me to 2 of my most memorable concerts: Jay-Z & Kanye West
- Beat me up numerous times as we were growing up
- Constantly inspires me to run
- Gives Magnum ice cream bars their best business
- Is annoyingly honest/moral and refuses to carry pirated DVDs in his suitcase
- Always puts his family first and who I call my brother
…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
In honor of Anand’s birthday (a fellow-cake lover, I might add), I wanted to share a recipe for an oat bran cake. Up until recently, I had no idea what to do with oat bran. After trying and loving it in the form of oatmeal, I tried it as a sub for oats in the next best thing: CAKE! More specifically, citrus oat bran cake. I’m tempted to say that this might be my best one yet: even my butter-lovin’ grandmother was a fan 🙂
Citrus Oat Bran Cake (10 generous slices)
Ingredients
- 130g (1 cup) whole-wheat flour
- 150g (1 cup) oat bran
- 85g brown sugar
- 35 ml honey
- 1 1/2 tspn baking powder
- 1/2 tspn baking soda
- 1/4 tspn salt
- 1/2 tspn ground cinnamon
- 1 tspn grated orange zest (outer layer layer of orange)
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tblspn groundnut (or canola) oil
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 50g raisins
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180*C and grease a loaf tin
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, oat bran, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and orange zest
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the beaten egg, milk, oil, honey, and vanilla extract
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir together until combined. Stir in the raisins.
- Pour the batter into the loaf tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Slice, eat, let me know how much you love it 🙂
Happy Birthday Anand! This cake looks like the most perfect tea time snack. I think a trip to bombay will be on the agenda soon just to have a piece of this!
Just book your seat with Sach – I promise I’l bake you one to even take back!
Happy Birthday to yo broooo 🙂 Kanye AND Jay-Z…um can I have a brother like yours please?
Haha for real…not a bad deal at all- i just have to show up 😀
Happy birthday to your bro!!! That cake sounds and looks delish…have fun!
Thanks on his behalf 🙂
Happy bday to your bro!
Thanks 🙂
I definitely LOVED that recipe!
And I couldn’t agree MORE – there’s always an excuse for eating cake 😉
Oh – and Happy Birthday to your brother, btw!
Hope you’re having a nice day 😉
xoxoxo
Thanks for your comment, and love the name of your blog- my sentiments exactly!
Happy Bday Anand “Thad” Thadani 😉
THat cakes looks very nice….do make it for us at somepoint!
Will send some to work with “Thad” next time I’m in London 😀
Awwww Michael Jackson and your brother share the same birthday…I’ve probably have already claimed my love for MJ here so I won’t say that he’s one of the best artists again. 😀
Oat Bran cake….sounds healthy but probably tastes decadent?
Pretty decadent…I may or may not have added dark choc peanut butter as frosting ;)!
Mmmmmm cake. MJ died on my birthday…random fun fact, I suppose.
Wait, we need an excuse to eat cake?! I made a pudding cake yesterday, well, just because 🙂 Yours looks great! And is far healthier. This should be next on my baking list 😀
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