Gingerbread Cake Recipe | Eggless Gingerbread Loaf
Tender and damp Gingerbread Cake, created without eggs and utilizing whole wheat flour, jaggery, and a blend of spices. This incredibly moist and relatively wholesome spiced cake is a customary delight from the Western culinary tradition, often enjoyed during the winter holiday season.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour (whole meal flour)
- 2 teaspoon ginger paste or grated ginger, check point no 1 in the notes below
- 2 tablespoon candied ginger or golden raisins – optional
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg ground nutmeg or nutmeg powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup yogurt vegan or dairy
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup oil
For The Jaggery Syrup
- ¾ cup jaggery powder or grated/finely chopped jaggery
- ½ cup water
Instructions
Making Cake Batter
- Mix the whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg powder well in a bowl. You can also sift the above ingredients.
- Add the ginger paste and candied ginger and mix again.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the yogurt with ¼ cup water till smooth. Then add the oil to it and mix thoroughly. Keep aside.
- Remember to preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F.
- Heat ½ cup water till its just hot (no need to boil) in a microwave or on stove top.
- Add jaggery to the hot water and stir until the jaggery is dissolved. If there are impurities in the jaggery syrup, strain it using a fine mesh strainer.
- Pour the yogurt and oil mixture to the flour mixture.
- Then add the jaggery syrup.
- Fold the ingredients well and make a smooth batter.
Baking Gingerbread Cake
- Pour into a greased baking round pan or loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 35 to 40 mins. It took me 41 minutes to bake the cake.
- If the top gets browned quickly while baking, cover with parchment paper or aluminium foil and then continue to baking.
- Check the baked cake with a bamboo skewer and it should come out clean.
- Place the cake pan or a wired tray to cool completely.
- Once cooled, remove the cake from the pan and place on a board or plate.
- Dust some icing sugar or confectioner's sugar on the cake if you prefer.
- Slice the eggless gingerbread and serve as is or with some whipped cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 75mgPotassium: 145mgFiber: 2gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 1mg
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