It was my mom's birthday recently and she loves fruit cakes. My aunt made an eggless date cake for her and I heard from Mom that it was great. So, I found a recipe online for the same and tried it out.
RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
Seedless Dates - 15-18
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup (I used brown sugar)
Whole Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Nuts - a handful of chopped walnuts and cashews
Cake pan - I used a round 9 inch one
Mixing bowls
PROCEDURE
1. Chop the dates and put it in milk. Heat this either in microwave or stove for a bit. This is mainly to soften the dates so that you can make a paste of it.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. Once this mixture has cooled, add all the sugar and grind it into a paste.
4. Add the oil to this paste.
5. Mix all dry ingredients (2 kinds of flour, nuts, baking soda) together separately. I used half whole wheat & half all purpose flour just to make it healthier. You could try making it completely with wheat flour as well. I might try it next time.
6. Now, add small portions of the dry ingredients into the paste and stir it in. It's mainly to avoid any lumps.
7. Grease your cake pan well and pour in this mixture.
8. Bake for about 30-35 mins. Let it cool and then invert the cake onto a plate. ( I didn't have much success inverting them onto a plate, the sides seemed to loosen from the pan, but the bottom was well stuck)!
9. Enjoy the almost healthy cake!
Notes
1. Will try next time with less oil, seemed like 1/2 cup was a lot, the cake was quite greasy.
2. The cake I made was kinda brittle, so maybe I'll try it with Baking powder instead. The original recipe blog said this makes the cake harder. Also maybe bake it for a bit longer.
3. Will try sans the all purpose flour and make it completely with whole wheat.
RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
Seedless Dates - 15-18
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup (I used brown sugar)
Whole Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Nuts - a handful of chopped walnuts and cashews
Cake pan - I used a round 9 inch one
Mixing bowls
PROCEDURE
1. Chop the dates and put it in milk. Heat this either in microwave or stove for a bit. This is mainly to soften the dates so that you can make a paste of it.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. Once this mixture has cooled, add all the sugar and grind it into a paste.
4. Add the oil to this paste.
5. Mix all dry ingredients (2 kinds of flour, nuts, baking soda) together separately. I used half whole wheat & half all purpose flour just to make it healthier. You could try making it completely with wheat flour as well. I might try it next time.
6. Now, add small portions of the dry ingredients into the paste and stir it in. It's mainly to avoid any lumps.
7. Grease your cake pan well and pour in this mixture.
8. Bake for about 30-35 mins. Let it cool and then invert the cake onto a plate. ( I didn't have much success inverting them onto a plate, the sides seemed to loosen from the pan, but the bottom was well stuck)!
9. Enjoy the almost healthy cake!
Notes
1. Will try next time with less oil, seemed like 1/2 cup was a lot, the cake was quite greasy.
2. The cake I made was kinda brittle, so maybe I'll try it with Baking powder instead. The original recipe blog said this makes the cake harder. Also maybe bake it for a bit longer.
3. Will try sans the all purpose flour and make it completely with whole wheat.
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