Blueberries on My Cheeze !

Blueberries are blue,

thanks to a blue/purple pigment called 'Anthocyanin' (antioxidant),

Antioxidants can be easily destroyed with heat:

Most blueberry cheesecakes have blueberries baked with the cake

but in this cheezy recipe...

the goodness of antioxidants are kept just by throwing fresh blueberries on the top.

Pretty !

Beetroot Sponge Cake

Beetroots (aka Beets) contain an antioxidant called Betalains that gives it that rich red/pink/purple color.

Betalains are not heat-stable and the goodness can be lost easily with heat...

an ideal method of cooking beets to retain slightly more betalains would be:

steaming <15minutes.

 

Wholemeal Banana Cake

Sponge Cakes are made of 3 basic ingredients: Flour, Sugar & Eggs.

A typical sponge cake is made by ...

1) beating eggs with sugar till light & creamy

2) folding in sieved flour