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Tangli Pasta

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is what you would say if you saw this!! Its beautiful, simple, and a very light dessert.

Believe me, I am not kidding. Ayse Gul made it first time for us. It was soooooo good! So naturally, me being a fuudie, had to get the recipe. So here it is, I dont have the perfect measurements, but I will correct later if required. Nurhan showed me how to make this, it was also her first attempt, but it turned out perfect!

Ingredients:

4 eggs, yellow and white seperated
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 Arabic/Turkish/expresso coffee cup oil
1 Arabic/Turkish/expresso coffee cup water
cornstarch (dont have exact measurement)
baking powder 1 tsp
vanilla essence 1/2 tsp

For the tang-y sauce:
tang about 4 tbsp
cornstarch about 2 tbsp
water enough to make a syrup

Kraft whipped topping 1 box thawed
cold milk about 1/2 cup or more
Method:

In a bowl, using a hand blender, beat the egg yellow for 4-5 minutes. Then add the sugar, beat well for few more minutes. Add the water and oil, beat again (The more you do it, the fluffier and lighter it will get) Finally, add the cornstarch, flour, vanilla and baking powder. Beat till everything is mixed well. Beat the egg white separately, till its fluffy (a long time my friend! Now fold this egg white gently in the cake batter. Bake in a greased (9X13 inch) pan, until done. (Use a toothpick to test)

While the cake is baking, make the tang sauce. First blend the tang, cornstarch and water till its smooth. Now stirring constantly get it to a boil. Boil for a couple minutes. Let it cool.

When the cake is warm, pour the cold milk evenly on the cake. Let it cool completely.

Now spread the whipped topping on the cake, then pour the cooled tang sauce on the whipped topping. Ta-da done!

Let me know how it turns out.

Optional: You could put canned peach slices on top of this cake for added decoration, or sprinkle dessicated coconut.
Nurhan suggested you could use strawberry tang to make pink topping for the cake, then decorate with sliced fresh strawberries. I was thinking Lemonade mix would also work well (It would taste a bit like key lime pie)

January 29th, 2007