Aug 1, 2011

Eggless Dry Fruits and Nuts Cake




This colorful, attractive  cake is a rich cake with nuts and dry fruits.  The recipe is taken from a vegetarian cookbook,  “Great Vegetarian Dishes” by Kurma Das. I did small changes in this recipe. This is my mom’s favorite cake . Last month my mom came from India. I made this cake for her birthday. She was so happy, she liked the cake very much.
Ingredients
Plain Flour (Maida)                                  – 2 cups
Melted butter                                              1 tbsp (15 ml)
Unsalted Butter                                         – 1 cup
Smoothly mashed potato                          250 gm. (1 cup)
Baking powder                                          1 1/2 tsp
Baking soda                                              1/4 tsp
Mixed dried fruit                                          2 cups. (I used tropical fruits, cranberries, black and golden raisins, dates and cherry, currants )
Walnuts and Cashews                            100gm
Brown sugar                                            220 gm. (1 cup)
Maple syrup                                            1 tbsp (15 ml)
Finely grated zest                                    from  one orange
Water                                                        250 ml (1 cup)
Yogurt                                                        2 tbsp (30 ml)
Vanilla extracts                                         1 1/2 tsp
Allspice powder                                        3/4 tsp
Blanched and peeled almonds               for decoration

Method:
  • Cake mix: Chop nuts into small pieces; chop Tropical fruits, dates and cherry into small pieces.
  • Sieve the flour, i/4 tsp of baking soda, and baking powder and mix well.
  • In a saucepan, combine the dried fruit, sugar, butter, syrup and water and heat slowly on low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
  • Increase the heat to medium and allow the mixture to come to a boil, reduce the heat and then simmer for 20 minutes on low heat.
  • Remove the sauce pan from the heat, mix in the 1 tsp baking soda and allow to cool.
  • Once the mixture has reached room temperature, add the yogurt, vanilla extract, all spice and mashed potato and beat well with a whisk, until the mixture is smooth.
  • Add the nuts, and carefully fold in the flour, mixing until well combined.
  • Baking: Grease a cake tin; spread some dry fruits in the bottom, put the cake dry fruit mixture, level it.
  • Decoratively arrange the almonds over the top of the cake.
  •  Cover the cake with aluminum foil and bake at 180 degree centigrade/ 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes clean.
  • Now colorful Egg less Dry Fruits and Nuts Cake is ready. If possible, allow the cake to mature over night or at least for 4 to 5 hours before slicing it up.
  • Note: Potato starch is a common ingredient found in egg replacers and the potatoes here act as a binding agent and you can’t detect its presence in the cake.
  •  You may use dry fruits and nuts of your choice.




2 comments:

  1. I was waiting for a baking recipe fr long time..will try this soon..:)

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  2. Dry Fruits Cake is awesome making is very nice...interesting one :)
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