My boy is so fascinated with tutti-frutti and insisted that I add them in the cake. He kept saying amma make sure you add loads of them so that each bite will have these candied fruits. I could only smile at his sweet and cute talks 🙂
So, finally baked Dates Cake with whole wheat flour and lots of tutti frutti and walnuts. The first one got over within minutes. At least my family gave time for the cake to cool down 🙂 Remaining two cakes I tied with red ribbons and sent to his school today. It simply made me happy to see a big smile on my boy’s face. Its a soft cake though I have not used eggs or butter and spiced up with cardamom powder. So, sharing the recipe and hope you all enjoy baking and sharing with family and friends.
Check out recipe to bake Eggless Atta cake
Eggless Whole Wheat Dates Walnut Cake
Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
- Seedless Dates - 12-15
- Milk - 1 cup
- Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Cooking Oil - 1/2 cup ( I used olive oil)
- Baking Soda - 1 tsp
- Tutti frutti/Candied fruit - 2 tbsp
- Chopped walnuts - 2 tbsp
- Green cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Instructions
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Soak dates in warm milk and keep it aside for 30-45 minutes.
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Sift wheat flour and baking soda together and keep it aside.
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Grind the dates to a fine paste along with sugar.
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Add the dates paste and oil and blend it well.
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Now add wheat flour slowly and blend everything together.
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Add the tutti frutti, cardamom powder, chopped walnuts and give a quick stir.
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Preheat oven at 180 C/360 F.
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Grease the pan with enough oil or use parchment paper and then add the cake batter. Use minimum 6 X 2 inch cake pan (square or round shape) and fill only half way.
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Bake the cake at 180 C for 35 minutes. Check after 30 minutes by inserting a toothpick at the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, then your cake is done or else continue baking for 5 more minutes and keep a watch on it.
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Once the cake has cooled down, invert it on a wire rack and let it cool down completely. This cake is specially loved by everyone and needs no topping, icing or cream.
Recipe Notes
- The colour of the cake depends on the kind of dates you're using.
- Do not use baking powder in place of baking soda for this cake or it will not have a soft texture.
- Only cut the cake once it has completely cooled down.
- You can add extra milk if you feel the batter is too thick to bring it to dropping consistency.
- You can also add cinnamon powder or vanilla essence for flavoring.
- If you are baking 3-4 cakes for Xmas gifts, then prepare fresh batter for each cake as the baking soda starts reacting in it.
Such a delicious walnut cake!!! eggless and whole wheat makes it healthy too!! Delectable Flavours
That is a cake loaded with goodness… 🙂
Woooooooooooooooooow Terrific
delicious cake…
Its perfect spongy and yummy cake.. priya you so sweet that u made cake for kids 🙂 arhaan nd his friends must have enjoyed it.. it looks very tempting, so priya send some slices to me also 😛
Wow super cake . Love it
They look too good..really healthy and moist cake
beautiful cake…Christmas has begun at your place 🙂
delicious 🙂
Wow the cake looks excellent!!! Love when made with wheat flour…
What a beautiful Christmas cake! This will sparkle any Christmas dessert table. The cake looks so moist and delicious!
Delicious cake. Love that you made it with whole wheat.. Do link your entries in my and monus event with a give away
wow just loving this pretty christmas cake 🙂
Healthy Cake
Nice recipe of eggless cake. Get more delicious plum cakes for Christmas or any celebration from monginis shop. They have fresh cakes with affordable cost.
Hi Priya,
Tried this cake today (Father’s day) for my husband as a surprise! It came out really good :), both my husband n daughter liked it a lot! Looking forward to try each one of your baked items 🙂
Thank you. Im glad it came out well and loved by your family 🙂
Good that you made with wheat flower
Hi Priya.. I have a quick question. Whenever i do a cake, the top layer always gets cracked. How can i prevent it?
There could be different reasons for it. You may have overfilled the tin, the cake may have cooked too quickly or the oven being too hot. Get the coils checked and clean the oven frequently.
Just baked it and half of it is already over???? it turned out really yummy n m glad that its nutritious too. Great recipe
Thank you for trying my recipe. Glad to hear that it came out well 🙂
Can we add rum?..for flavouring?
Yes. You can add rum or wine in it 🙂
Made this cake today, it turned out very moist and tasty. But it didn’t taste much of dates. I think I need to increase the quantity of dates as the once I used may be small in size.
Thank you so much for the perfect recipe.
Thank you Saloni for the feedback. Glad to hear it <3
Hi priya .. this recipe looks amazing .. I have a question .. when you say you use whole wheat flour do you mean the same flour used in chapatis or would it be the whole wheat
Flour available in baking goods stores ?
You can use regular atta for this recipe. If you are using flour available in baking good stores, check that its not a self raising flour.
One of the most yummy, moist, healthy dates cakes I have ever tasted. It turned out really delicious. I used 15 big size dates and aashirvaad atta for flour. I had to add more milk to the batter to bring it to dropping consistency. Nevertheless the best recipe ever ????
Thank you for sharing the feedback Sowmya <3
Thanks for sharing the recipe. Ur recipe is quite easy.Very Healthy cake.I m also running a blog and my ingredients are also much healthy for kids.
Could you please share your cup measurement
Sure. 1 cup is 250 ml in fluid or if you are measuring flour, its 140 gm
Tried it today. Came out really nice. Yummy and healthy????
Glad to hear that. Thank you Sneha 🙂
Well, Mrs. Priya, yesterday I made my first attempt to make a cake and with your kitchen guide the work was way easier.
Thank you for sharing the procedure in the simplest way. My wife was too happy and surprised! Along with Walnut, I put lot of dry fruits.
Thank you Vijay. I’m so happy that you found the recipe to be easy and your wife happy ????
Hi can i use ghee instead of oil
Please do not use ghee in this recipe.
Your dishes are really very simple and unique. The best thing about your recipe is that the ingredients you use are simply found in kitchen. Please share your more recipes.
Hello Priya , I want to try this cake but would the Baking Soda make it taste odd.
The baking soda will not change the taste of the cake. It helps in cake rising making it fluffy and soft.
Hi Priya, the recipe looks like its gonna be delicious.
i have a question, when u say Blend, do u mean using the spoon or the blender ?
You can use spoon or a hand beater.
Mam, saw ur wheat date cake…n subscribed to your channel too.
Have one query, which beater did you use for mixing cake batter?
I got difficulty in mixing with simple whisker.
Pls guide.
Thanks.
I use only simple beater.
Hi Priya,
Great recipe! I have loads of dates with me but they are seeded. Would it be ok if I remove the seeds and use the dates similarly? Or is there any difference between the two?
Thank you Disha. You can remove seeds and use those dates ????
Hi, the cake looks delicious and healthy too but I’m not a big fan of tutti frutti. What can I substitute for it?
You can use dry fruits
Fan of this recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
Btw, can we use oats flour instead of that of wheat? And can we add ripe banana to it?
Fan of this recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
Btw, can we use oats flour instead of that of wheat? And can we add ripe banana to it?
Also are the cakes in your pictures of 1 cup or more? Because my cake of 1 cup doesn’t rise this much so just wondering if something that I Ain’t doing correctly.
I have not tried with oats. But will surely try and post a new recipe