Wheat Cake with Jaggery

Ingredients

• 1 cup Whole wheat flour or multigrain atta –
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 1 cup Jaggery or country sugar – powdered
• 1/2 cup Curd whisked
• 1/2 cup Oil (any flavorless oil)
• 1 tsp Vanilla essence
• as per need Chocolate chips,Syrup,Cherries,Sprinkle, Cookies for Decoration

Steps

1. Preparation:Grease a 7 inch cake tin with ghee or oil. Grease it well on all the corners. Dust flour or you can place a parchment paper
2. Pre-heat oven at 180 degree C for 10 mins.
3. Powder jaggery or country sugar. There should be no lumps.
4. Method:In a bowl, add 1/2 cup whisked curd, 1 cup powdered jaggery or country sugar.
5. Add 1/2 cup of any flavorless oil and mix until well combined. Keep this aside.
6. Sieve together wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
7. Add a tsp of vanilla essence and cinnamon powder to the jaggery mixture and mix well.
8. Add the flour in two batches and mix until combined. Do not over mix.
9. Add 4 tbsp of milk (milk should be at room temperature) and mix until combined
10. You can add nuts and raisins after dusting it with flour to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the pan.
11. Transfer the mixture to the greased tray. Gently tap the tin to remove air bubbles
12. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 30 minutes or until done. Keep it in the middle rack and on baking mode. Timings changes depending on the oven.
13. Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake to check if it is cook. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is cooked well.
14. Invert and remove the cake. Cool on a wire rack.
15. Decorate with Chocolate Syrup, Sprinkles,Cherries, Cookies
16. Then slice it and enjoy healthy, guilt free Whole Wheat Jaggery Cake.