Ginger and Lemon Cake During Chemo & For Everyone Else Too!!

As “Priyanka” says why should boys have all the fun, so do I say why should non-chemo people have all the fun, so lets enjoy Ginger Lemon CakeChemotherapy is just like going though another other medication so one should fully cherish and enjoy the moments of life and what better than to satiate your palette through some sumptuous treat.

Of course sometimes it is not easy to make a person going through chemotherapy eat for they often complain about nausea, intestinal gas and vomiting. A little bit of innovation and thought going into cooking can help overcome these obstacles and side effects. In the next few recipes we specifically discuss how ginger can be incorporated into a cancer patient’s diet. While enjoying its ample health benefits it helps pep up the taste of food.

We have already discussed that ginger a natural herb can not only pep any dish but is a wonder. Having long been used for nausea, motion sickness, cramps and heartburn it is also known to have anti-cancer properties. It works well to manage the side effects of chemotherapy.  Let us add ginger to our everyday normal diet.

Ginger Lemon Cake
Ginger Lemon Cake

How about trying a ginger cake and especially since fresh ginger is easily available in the market these days. The lemon zest adds a fresh citrus taste to the cake.

Ingredients:

Butter: 1/2 cup

All purpose flour: 1 cup

Lemon Zest: 2 tablespoons

Lemon Juice: 1/6 cup

Baking Soda: 1/2 teaspoon

Salt: 1/4 teaspoon

Sugar: 3/4 cups (granulated)

Whole Milk: 1/4 cup

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Eggs: 2

Fresh Ginger: 1 small piece (washed, peeled and grated)

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The Procedure:

Getting ginger ready for the cake
Getting ginger ready for the cake
  1. The first step while     making a cake is to get all  the ingredients together and preheating the oven at 180oC.
  2. Butter the cake tin generously and spray some dried flour. It would be nice to chill the pan for a few minutes.
  3. In a medium size bowl add the flour, baking powder, grated fresh ginger, lemon zest and salt. Keep it aside it you get other things ready.
  4. Beat the butter and the sugar using an electric mixer till the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one and mix well. Once all the eggs are added add the lemon juice.
  5. Add some flour and whole milk to the butter and eggs small quantities.  Gently fold the mixture. Make sure that it mixes well.
  6. Pour the mixture in the baking dish. Tap to level the batter.
  7. You will need to bake it for 40 to 45 minutes and can check using a toothpick. Allow the cake to cool before you pan it out.
  8. You can dust the cake with some confectioners’ sugar and grated ginger before serving.

A fresh, zesty gingery lemony cake is ready!

Input from readers welcome: In case anyone has tried out a recipe that uses whole flour please share. Cooking is always an interactive activity and we can all contribute to make them even more delicious. Plus any other ideas thoughts and comments welcome for further improvement of this particular recipe or the site in general

Acknowledgements: I must say that although that this specific cake is my own creation, the original ideas were taken from a variety of sources including my Mom, a couple of food magazines, websites related to this but have basically used those ideas to mix and match as per the requirements of a person undergoing chemo though this cake is equally relishing and healthy for any other person, so enjoy everyone!!!

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