Hi friends :this is my 700th post !!!!!!!! so thought of celebrating with a healthy cake recipe
Having a packet of dates aka khajur lying in my fridge i thought of making dates cake as it needs very few ingredients and less time. This cake was totally moist with nice flavor and resembled like a chocolate cake.
Perfect for birthdays or any day, this is a great cake with lots of decadent taste .
I made this cake in pressure cooker for those people who dont own microwave yet crave to make bakery style cakes and the results were equally satisfying .Please remove cooker ring and whistle while making the cake or else your cooker can get damaged,.use an old cooker for making this cake.
Dates cake is even healthy as it uses walnuts along with dates.
Wonderfully delicious, dates are one of the most popular fruits packed with an impressive list of dietary fibre, vitamins a ,k, ,antioxidant flavonoids such as ß-carotene, lutein, and zea-xanthin, minerals like potassium calcium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. that are required for normal growth, development and overall well-being.Dates help in fighting constipation, intestinal disorders, weight gain, heart problems, sexual weakness, diarrhoea and abdominal cancer.
Walnuts are rich source of energy and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health. Especially they are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin E etc.
Cooking was never my cup of tea-But neccesity is the mother of invention and now that I have developed a liking for baking & have been trying eggless cakes using pressure cooker
.Do try this & Enjoy !!
Ingredients
18 dates(Khajoor)
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour or maida
1/2 cup oil
1 tea spn baking soda
1 tbl spn walnuts
Method:
1.Grease the cake tin with a little butter or oil.
2. Preheat a pressure cooker as follows.Remove the whistle/regulator of cooker you wont need it throughout the process. . Place a pressure cooker on flame and place a separator and close the cooker with its lid. Remove the whistle/regulator you wont need it throughout the process. (you can either close the cooker with the lid as you normally do or place the Lid upside down too)
3. Then place the cooker set up on high flame for 10 minutes. till the cooker is being preheated lets prepare batter.
4 .Soak the dates in warm milk for 2 hours or overnight so that it becomes soft & easy to grind.Remove the seeds. Mix sugar and grind dates to a smooth paste along with the milk in which it is soaked in. Add oil and mix.
5..Sieve maida with baking soda twice so that baking soda is evenly distributed and keep aside.
6.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients little by little. Mix with light hands, folding the flour mix gently into the wet ingredients.
7.Crush the walnuts into small chunks and mix 1 tsp maida .this is done to ensure that walnuts dont sink in the batter . now mix these walnut pieces to the batter .add few pieces at the base of cake tin.
8.Pour the batter into this greased 6 inch pan, do not pour up to the brim, stop when the pan is 3/4th full. (The batter we have prepared will be perfectly enough to fill 3/4th of the pan).
9.•Now open the cooker and place the cake pan with batter carefully on the separator plate and close the lid.(whistle or regulator is not needed )
10.Now switch the flame to low mode and cook for 30 to 35 minutes onlow flame. To Check if your cake has got cooked insert a knife or toothpick in centre of cake if it comes out clean that means cake is done. my cake took 36 minutes to cook.
11•When the cake is ready,remove from flame and set aside. Do not open the lid immediately. Open after 10 minutes. •You will find that the cake has puffed up well and would have browned nice and evenly too.
12. Allow the cake to cool down for 10mins.•Just tap the cake tin and the cake would come out easily. But in case if you find difficulty in tapping the cake out, just run a knife through the sides of the cake and tap it out.
13.Leave aside on a wire rack until it cools down. Then cut into pieces
ENJOY YOUR CAKE
Tips
1.The color of the cake purely depends on the dates used. I have used black dates.The cake will give a nice aroma when it is done. This is a basic technique to find out if the cake is done or not.
2. cut cake into slices only after it has cooled down completely (leaving atleast 3-4 hours) to get firm neat slices.
3. Replace refined flour (maida) with wholewheat flour if you want a light and fluffy cake and are ready to let go off some healthy bites .
4.Add Cashew,raisins or almonds for a different taste.
5.After the batter is ready, don't allow the batter to sit for more than the preheating time as cake can turn hard.
6.while inserting fork or toothpick try checking in the center if itscooked completely or not.If the center of the cake isnt cooked and is slightly sticky, cover the top of the cake with butter paper and bake it for 5 more mins,it will be perfect. The butter paper covering will avoid more browning on top at the same time the centre will be cooked perfectly.
7.Brown dates are little harder so soaking them is a must, but black dates need no soaking.
8.Please remove cooker ring and whistle while making the cake or else your cooker can get damaged,.use an old cooker for making this cake.
9.Do not forget to line the pan or else the cake might stick to the pan
Having a packet of dates aka khajur lying in my fridge i thought of making dates cake as it needs very few ingredients and less time. This cake was totally moist with nice flavor and resembled like a chocolate cake.
Perfect for birthdays or any day, this is a great cake with lots of decadent taste .
I made this cake in pressure cooker for those people who dont own microwave yet crave to make bakery style cakes and the results were equally satisfying .Please remove cooker ring and whistle while making the cake or else your cooker can get damaged,.use an old cooker for making this cake.
Dates cake is even healthy as it uses walnuts along with dates.
Wonderfully delicious, dates are one of the most popular fruits packed with an impressive list of dietary fibre, vitamins a ,k, ,antioxidant flavonoids such as ß-carotene, lutein, and zea-xanthin, minerals like potassium calcium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. that are required for normal growth, development and overall well-being.Dates help in fighting constipation, intestinal disorders, weight gain, heart problems, sexual weakness, diarrhoea and abdominal cancer.
Walnuts are rich source of energy and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health. Especially they are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin E etc.
Cooking was never my cup of tea-But neccesity is the mother of invention and now that I have developed a liking for baking & have been trying eggless cakes using pressure cooker
.Do try this & Enjoy !!
Ingredients
18 dates(Khajoor)
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour or maida
1/2 cup oil
1 tea spn baking soda
1 tbl spn walnuts
Method:
1.Grease the cake tin with a little butter or oil.
2. Preheat a pressure cooker as follows.Remove the whistle/regulator of cooker you wont need it throughout the process. . Place a pressure cooker on flame and place a separator and close the cooker with its lid. Remove the whistle/regulator you wont need it throughout the process. (you can either close the cooker with the lid as you normally do or place the Lid upside down too)
3. Then place the cooker set up on high flame for 10 minutes. till the cooker is being preheated lets prepare batter.
4 .Soak the dates in warm milk for 2 hours or overnight so that it becomes soft & easy to grind.Remove the seeds. Mix sugar and grind dates to a smooth paste along with the milk in which it is soaked in. Add oil and mix.
5..Sieve maida with baking soda twice so that baking soda is evenly distributed and keep aside.
6.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients little by little. Mix with light hands, folding the flour mix gently into the wet ingredients.
7.Crush the walnuts into small chunks and mix 1 tsp maida .this is done to ensure that walnuts dont sink in the batter . now mix these walnut pieces to the batter .add few pieces at the base of cake tin.
8.Pour the batter into this greased 6 inch pan, do not pour up to the brim, stop when the pan is 3/4th full. (The batter we have prepared will be perfectly enough to fill 3/4th of the pan).
9.•Now open the cooker and place the cake pan with batter carefully on the separator plate and close the lid.(whistle or regulator is not needed )
10.Now switch the flame to low mode and cook for 30 to 35 minutes onlow flame. To Check if your cake has got cooked insert a knife or toothpick in centre of cake if it comes out clean that means cake is done. my cake took 36 minutes to cook.
11•When the cake is ready,remove from flame and set aside. Do not open the lid immediately. Open after 10 minutes. •You will find that the cake has puffed up well and would have browned nice and evenly too.
12. Allow the cake to cool down for 10mins.•Just tap the cake tin and the cake would come out easily. But in case if you find difficulty in tapping the cake out, just run a knife through the sides of the cake and tap it out.
13.Leave aside on a wire rack until it cools down. Then cut into pieces
ENJOY YOUR CAKE
Tips
1.The color of the cake purely depends on the dates used. I have used black dates.The cake will give a nice aroma when it is done. This is a basic technique to find out if the cake is done or not.
2. cut cake into slices only after it has cooled down completely (leaving atleast 3-4 hours) to get firm neat slices.
3. Replace refined flour (maida) with wholewheat flour if you want a light and fluffy cake and are ready to let go off some healthy bites .
4.Add Cashew,raisins or almonds for a different taste.
5.After the batter is ready, don't allow the batter to sit for more than the preheating time as cake can turn hard.
6.while inserting fork or toothpick try checking in the center if itscooked completely or not.If the center of the cake isnt cooked and is slightly sticky, cover the top of the cake with butter paper and bake it for 5 more mins,it will be perfect. The butter paper covering will avoid more browning on top at the same time the centre will be cooked perfectly.
7.Brown dates are little harder so soaking them is a must, but black dates need no soaking.
8.Please remove cooker ring and whistle while making the cake or else your cooker can get damaged,.use an old cooker for making this cake.
9.Do not forget to line the pan or else the cake might stick to the pan
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