Although i have completely avoided using ghee, oil or butter, in this recipe for a reason , you can use them upto 1/4 cup for a even better moist cake , esp while serving for children .
Skip any oil or butter if baking for a oil free, butter free on diet persons and you still get a wonderful cake .
You can bake the most delightful cakes with almond flour , whole wheta flour, oats flour , semolina as other options other than all purpose .
Delicious Tea cakes prepared for my hubby's uncle who cannot have oils or butter for a while, so I tried to bake it with better ingredients, less
sweet using half of coconut sugar and half of powdered palm jaggery though he had no restrictions on sweets. It was more like a bread cake or fruit bread but delicious.
Ingredients:
For the flours I used half of wholewheat flour and half of oat flour
1 cup flour ( wholewheat plus oat flour )
1/4 cup milk powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup yogurt or buttermilk
1/2 cup coconut sugar or powdered jaggery increase for
sweeter cake, (this is a low sweet cake)
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup milk
some tutti fruti ( optional )
Method
Take a bowl, add the coconut sugar/ jaggery .
Add in the liquids , milk ,buttermmilk , vanilla essence , whisk well , then add the flours, milk powder .
Add the baking powder, baking soda, with a sieve .
Add in a tiny pinch of salt too . mix well .
Add 1/2 tsp flour to the tutti fruti or any dry fruits that you may be adding , mix well , then add to cake batter .
you can add some cashews too .keep some for garnishing .
Grease a round or a rectnagular cake tin , line with parchment, or grease well, dust with flour , pour cake batter , tap the tin to keep the batter level . bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 20 to 25 minutes, the oven time will vary depending on your oven type .
Remove when the cake has browned evenly, dust with sugar powder or coconut sugar , again optional step . allow cake to cool, loosen the edges with a knife and over turn onto a plate .
slice when completely cooled .
Enjoy these not so sweet cake with tea or coffee.
Tip:
you can make the cake more delightful by adding more nuts and dry fruits like chopped figs, walnuts, dates , raisins . etc
11 traditional Diwali recipes in one place, from sweets and savouries to the morning lehiyam. This collection has my tried and tested festival favourites, including Adhirasam and Deepavali Lehiyam, made the old way with simple ingredients and easy steps, so you can plan your full Deepavali menu without searching everywhere.