Eggless date and walnut chocolate cake

EGGLESS DATE AND WALNUT CHOCOLATE CAKE

INGREDIENTS

• Soft dates – 18 nos OR 1 CUP chopped dates
• Hot Milk – 1 cup
• Sugar – ¾ cup
• Oil – ¼ cup
• Curd – ¼ cup at room temperature
• Maida – 1 cup
• Unsweetened cocoa pwdr – 1 tbsp
• Baking soda – 1 tsp
• Chopped walnut – ¼ cup
• Milk – 2 or 3 tbsp extra if batter is thick

PREPARATION

Soak the dates in hot milk for minimum 30 mins.

*If using soft dates ,use directly .

Sieve together maida + baking soda + cocoa pwdr twice .Transfer to a mixing bowl .

Grease and dust the baking tin

METHOD

Take the soaked dates with the milk in mixie jar and blend .

Now add sugar and blend .

Now add curd and oil and blend well .

Add 2 or 3 tbsp milk if the mixture is thick .

Preheat the oven at 180 * C [ convection mode ]

Pour this mixture over the sieved flour and mix .

See that there are no lumps.

Again if you feel the batter is thick you can adjust with 1 or 2 tbsp milk .

The batter has to be of pouring consistency .

*Never overbeat cake batters.

Mix in the walnut .

Pour the batter in the greased tin and tap it gently .

Bake the cake at 180 * C for 35 to 40 mins ,until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the came comes out clean .

Baking time depends on the width of the tin , wider the tin lesser the baking time .

Loaf tin takes more time.

Once done allow it to cool for 10 mins to 15 mins before slicing .

NOTES

You can make without cocoa pwdr also .

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