A cake with musk melon puree. Musk melon have a orange coloured flesh and its high in dietary fiber. It is a perfect summer drink. Here I have used its puree to bake a cake. This cake is very moist and flavorful with melon taste.

Cantaloupe / Muskmelon cake with frosting

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour / Maida – 1 ½ cup
• Baking powder – 2 tsp
• Powdered sugar – 1 cup
• Salt – a pinch
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• Muskmelon puree – 1 cup
• Egg – 2 nos
• Butter – 1 cup

Cantaloupe / Muskmelon cake

Muskmelon / Cantaloupe cake

Preparation:

• Take ¼ of the muskmelon and blend without water, for puree and keep aside.
• Sieve flour along with the baking powder. Keep aside. Sieve powdered sugar and keep aside.
• Beat butter and sugar, till fluffy. Pour in the vanilla essence, muskmelon puree and salt, beat well.
• Add the eggs one by one and beat well till they are fluffy.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degree C.
• Add the flour little by little and stir in gently. Don’t over beat.
• Grease the baking tray and pour in the batter.
• Bake it for about 10 mins at 180 degree C.
• Remove from the oven and let it cool.

For frosting

Ingredients:

• Butter – 1 cup
• Powdered sugar – 3 cup
• Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
• Cantaloupe / Muskmelon puree – 3 tbsp
• Cantaloupe slices – for topping

Preparation:

• Bring the butter to room temperature, put the butter, sugar in a bowl and beat them well in high speed for 5 mins.
• Put the vanilla essence and cantaloupe puree and stir in with the butter.
• Keep in refrigerator for few mins.
• When the cake is cooled, spread the frosting on the cake.
• Cut the cake into slices and top it with cantaloupe slices and serve them.