Eggless Mawa Cake

Eggless Mawa Cake is the next one on my list of Tea Cakes for Bake-a-thon. I know I am so behind my schedule. Varadha ensured things to go wayward! It was totally unexpected to create so much havoc. We are just coming back to some normalcy.

As expected I am baking just the previous day to post and naturally didn’t have anything to share. For two days I was at home, we were without power, with bare things to manage. I know there were others who were, even more, worst hit.

During the last year floods, there were jokes circulating about seeing the whole family members at one place because of powder outage, that’s exactly happened. We literally were at each other’s hair the whole period. We spent playing cards and other games. I know it sounds strange but Cyclone Varadha made us fonder!

Eggless Mawa Cake The Chocolate Cake that I had baked the previous day kept the fort from sinking in terms of chocolaty snack. Other than that I also managed to make fresh paneer as there was no power and the milk stocked will go waste. Hubby Dear was joking that it’s also time to bring and declare black milk!

So the snacks that got done on account of rains, the traditional Vazhakai Bajji, Paneer Pakoras. For nearly four more days I just couldn’t bake anything because of power fluctuation. I woke up early this morning to bake this cake and I was remembering that I can clearly remember waking up only to bake and never as a student!

Anyway, this delicious Mawa Cake was on my list since the time I had done Parsi cuisine. I picked up ready made mawa as making Homemade Mawa/Khova seem too laborious right now.

I can’t actually call this a Tea Cake in the fullest sense as the cake was quite sweet. The palkova taste dominates which it is supposed to be. I still have another 100 gms, will experiment more to make a typical Tea cake.

Meanwhile enjoy this!

Step by Step Pictures for baking Eggless Mawa Cake

CourseDesserts, Snacks
CuisineMy Kitchen
By Cook MethodOven
OccasionHoliday Special
By DietEggless, Kid Friendly
Dish TypeEggless Cakes

Servings10 slices

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time45 mins

Ingredients

1cup All purpose flour/Maida
100gms KhovaMawa
1/3cup Butter
2/3cups Sugarpowdered
3/4cup Milk
4tbsp Cream
1/2tsp Baking powder
1/4tsp Baking Soda
A Pinch Cardamom Powder
1tbsp Cashewnut Powder
5 Cashewnutwhole

Instructions

If using refrigerated butter, MW for 30 secs to get soft butter. Cream butter along with sugar.
Grate the mawa and warm it in a pan to make it soft. Add this to the butter sugar mix, whisk again.
Add cardamom powder, baking powder, baking soda, cashew nut powder, mix everything and keep it aside for 5 to 10 mins.
Then add the flour, and mix gently. Lastly add milk slowly and mix.
Preheat oven at 185C. Line a baking loaf and pour the batter into the tin.
Top the batter with whole cashews. Bake for 30 mins at 185C. Cover with aluminium foil and bake for another 10 mins.
Remove the foil and bake again for 5 mins.