Jan 12, 2011

Eggless Dates and Almond Cake














This cake is healthy, easy to bake and its simply delicious. I got inspiration to make this cake from my friend. First time I ate this cake at her house from that moment I decided to try this new cake recipe. Today I made this cake it came out very well.  Once you should try it, its very tasty.



Ingredients:
  • Dates – 1 Cup
  • Milk – 1 Cup, for soaking dates
  • Almonds – 1 Cup, chopped
  • Sugar - 1 Cup
  • Ghee or Unsalted Butter – 1 Cup
  • Baking Soda – 1  tsp
  • Baking Powder – 1 tsp
  • Vanilla essence - 2-3 drops
  • All-purpose Flour – 2 cups
  • Pinch of salt
Method:
  • Soak the Dates in warm milk for about 1 hour just to soften them.
  • Add sugar & ghee or butter in the milk & dates mixture.
  • Sift the All Purpose Flour along with the Baking Powder, Baking Soda & salt.
  • Press down on any lumps.
  • Make a paste of the dates mixture either in a blender or a food processor.
  • Mix the dates mixture to the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda & baking powder).
  • Add vanilla essence in the batter
  • Fold in the almonds as well.
  • Spray/Grease a baking pan and pour the batter into it.
  • Bake in a pre-heated oven (180 degrees C/350 degrees F) for 40 minutes in the center of the oven.
  • Once done, take the cake out and allow it to stand for 5-10 minutes before taking it out of the pan.
  • Loosen the edges and flip the cake onto a cooling rack.
  • Cut into pieces and your Cake is ready!!

 

3 comments:

  1. Hi Harsha
    This is Seema, m visiting for first time on your blog. Your cake looks really good...will try once for sure as i was searching for egg less cake recipe. will let u know how it turned out, m new for 'baking'. so i started with simple banana bread. Now wanna try some cakes.
    Thanks for the recipe. loved ur blog. Happy blogging.

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  2. Hi Seema
    Thank you for your lovely comment :)
    let me know if you know any new recipes that you tried.

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  3. Nice Recipe...Eggless Dates and Almond Cakei will try this . I have tried Eggless Cake Recipes.this one is slightly different i will try this.

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