Eggless Microwave Dates,Walnuts n Tutifruity, Chocolate Cake

Eggless Microwave Dates,Walnuts n Tutifruity  Chocolate cake

The easy recepie is inspired from a friend who blogged a plum cake one evening and in next 1 hour from what ever was available at home came this new cake to cheer my kido when he returns from classes. This cake was baked after necessary modifications to suit our taste from my dear friend Meeta's blog recepie for eggless plum cake on healthycookingwithmitha . A perfect accompliment for coffee (tea) in the evenings or a simple quick bake for those who do not have the facility of convection oven. Anyday healthy and better than any of the store bought cakes. With this receipe , its easier to satisfy cravings for cake quickly at home itself.

 

Ingredients:-

 

Dry ingredients

1. 11/4 cup cake flour( or use same measure plain plour or wheat flour with 1/2 tsp baking powder instead)
2. 4 tbsp Coco powder

Wet ingredients

1. 1/2 cup hot water
2. 1/2 cup sugar
3. 1/4 cup maple syrup(can use molasses or date syrup or honey)
4.  1/4 cup Canola Oil
5. 1/2 cup chopped dates
6. 1/2 cup tutifruti and chopped nuts(walnuts as i used) {can use any other nuts or dry raisens/plums etc as per choice n availability)

Method:-

1. Add the chopped nuts and tutifruti to hot water and let it sit for 5 minutes -10 minutes , until you get the other ingredients ready.
2. Sift add the coco powder and cake flour and keep aside.
3. Add sugar, oil,maple syrup to the dates n walnut mixture and stir well
4. add flour mixture ,little by little and keep stiring to get a smooth cake batter.
5. Grease Microwave safe bowl and dust it with flour
6. pour the cake mix in a steady stream until it reaches half way of the bowl sprinkle more nuts if needed ,leaving place for it to rise.
7. Microwave on high and bake for about 7minutes(my cake was ready in 7 minutes) , check if cake is ready , if not keep baking on high for 1 minute more , check again and if not 1 minute more .(Depending on the microwave) Alternatively you can bake it for 20-25 minutes in a pre heated convection oven at 180 degrees.
8. Let it cool on a cooling rack.
9. Cut and serve .