Walnut Jaggery Wheat Cake

Cakes are definitely a delicacy. However consuming maida (all purpose flour) is not good for health. Sugar is also found to cause lot of health issues. Kids love to have cakes all the time. Thus to fulfill their wish and also give them a healthy snack this cake serves the purpose. A cake made with whole wheat flour and Jaggery. 

Wheat and Jaggery have lots of health Benefits. Wheat we have in many other forms like roti's, chapatis etc. But jaggery is becoming a forgotten item used only during festival times for making sweets. Thus including jaggery in today's much consumed snacks like cake will add taste and health.

Benefits of Jaggery:

• Energy food
• Self Cleaner
• Good for Lungs
• Digestive agent
• Source of Minerals
• Has medicinal properties

Ref: https://www.reliancegeneral.co.in/insurance/articles/year-2012/September/Say-No-to-Sugar-Opt-for-Jaggery.aspx

Ingredients: 

Whole wheat flour : 1 cup

Baking Powder : 1 Tsp

Jaggery : 1 cup

Milk : 3 TBsp

Oil : 3/4 cup

Eggs : 2 nos

Almond essence : 1 Tsp

Walnut : 7 to 8 kernels

Method:

• Sift wheat flour and baking powder twice for even distribution.
• In a mixing bowl break 2 eggs and beat finely untill air bubbles are seen.
• Take jaggery put it in a mixer with milk. Grind it to a fine running paste.
• Put this jaggery mix in the mixing bowl with eggs.
• Add Almond essence and oil. Beat it.
• Now slowly add wheat flour and beat it without forming blocks.
• Let it be of flowing consistency. The batter will look like this.

• Take baking pan grease it with oil and wheat flour.

• Pour the cake mix and put walnut kernels. The kernels will dissolve themselves.

• Pre-heat oven. After pre-heating bake the cake at 200 degrees for 20 minutes and then at 220 degrees for 10 minutes. Finally check for tooth pick test to come out clean at centre. If its clean then your cake is ready.

• Let the cake cool down for 10 to 15 minutes depending on surrounding temperature. After its cooled down remove it from baking dish and cool it in cooling rack.

• Now the cake is all ready to be served and eaten. My daughter likes cream a lot. So i have made simple chocolate ganache icing and served it.

Note:

• You can use butter in place of oil. Use equal measure as to wheat.
• You can add other dry fruits and make it more yum.
• Ganache icing is my personal choice, you can eat it without icing also.