Healthy Date Walnut Cake | Naturally Sweetened & Guilt-Free
A soft, moist, sugar-free and egg-free cake recipe perfect for a high tea party. Made with soft dates, crunchy walnuts, and nutritious whole wheat flour without using any sugar content. It is very healthy and delicious in taste you can eat it without any guilt.
Ingredients
- 30 dates
- 1 cup toned milk
- 100 gm whole wheat flour
- 35 gm rice flour
- 70 ml refined oil
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven @ 170 degrees Celsius for about 10-12 minutes.
- Wash and remove seeds from dates, soak them in ¼ cup of warm milk for about 30-40 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, transfer soaked dates to a grinder jar. Make a fine paste.
- Transfer this paste to a mixing bowl. Add whole wheat flour, rice flour, baking soda, salt, chopped walnuts and dates.
- Add milk gradually and mix them gently. At last, add oil and mix nicely to make a thick consistency batter.
- Grease a 5-inch square cake tin with oil and dust with little flour. Remove the extra flour.
- Now pour the batter into the greased tin. Sprinkle some chopped walnuts on the top.
- Tap it a few times to remove air bubbles.
- Bake it for 40-45 minutes in the middle rack or until the cake is done.
- Take it out from the oven, let it cool for 2-3 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
- Cut into pieces and serve. Leftovers will be stored in the refrigerator.
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Notes
1. Soak dates for at least 30 minutes in hot milk before grinding to make them soft.
2. The oven should be preheated for 10-15 minutes.
3. For richer flavour add full-fat milk and replace oil with butter.
4. Refrigerate cake in an airtight container for longer self life. Microwave it for few seconds before serving.