May 10, 2020 24 Comments

Eggless Mawa Cake

Name: Eggless Mawa Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 3/4 tsp ground cardamom; 1/2 cup unsalted butter; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 3/4 cup mawa/khoya; 3/4 cup whole milk; 1/4 cup low-fat yogurt; 1 tbsp pistachios (chopped); 1 tbsp cashews (chopped); 4 almonds (chopped)

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Eggless Mawa Cake recipe with step by step photos. An Indian Mawa Cake that’s flavored with milk and cardamom and topped with nuts. It’s delicious and perfect with a cup of tea.

This Mother’s Day I decided to bake a simple cake without frosting for my mother-in-law, just the way she likes it. Just like my mom, my mother-in-law is not a fan of cakes with frosting on top. My Eggless Mawa Cake is perfect for Mother’s Day or an Afternoon Tea Party.

What is Mawa Cake?

Mawa is khoya which is dried milk. Essentially, if you were to simmer whole milk for a while, the mixture would eventually turn into milk solids. Since the entire process is time-consuming, a simple solution is to buy mawa/khoya from your local desi grocery store.

Indian Mawa Cake is flavored with milk and cardamom, and then topped with nuts. For this Eggless Mawa Cake, simply crumble the store-bought mawa and add it to the creamed butter and sugar mixture as seen below.

Eggless Mawa Cake is:

Delicious
Simple
Rich
An Eggless Dessert
Perfect for Afternoon Tea Cake
Yummy with Tea
Ideal for Mother’s Day
Ideal for a Tea Party

How to make Eggless Mawa Cake recipe step by step?

Prep

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter an 8-inch springform pan.
3. Set aside the dry ingredients in a medium-size bowl… flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom.

Prepare the Batter

1. Using an electric hand blender, in a large bowl mix the softened butter until creamy.
2. Add the sugar to the creamed butter, blend for a couple of minutes until the butter and sugar form a creamy mixture.
3. Like so.
4. Add the vanilla extract and mawa/khoya. Blend for about a minute until all the ingredients are well combined.

5. Now add all the dry ingredients. Blend for about 30 seconds until the flour has incorporated into the butter-sugar mixture. The batter should be crumbly.
6. Add the milk and yogurt. Using a spatula, fold the milk and yogurt into the flour mixture. DO NOT MIX, FOLD THE MIXTURE.
7. Pour the batter into the springform pan. Top with chopped nuts.
8. Into the oven for 45-55 minutes. I baked my Mawa Cake for exactly 52 minutes.

9. Enjoy with a cup of tea!

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Eggless Mawa Cake

An Indian Mawa Cake that's flavored with milk and cardamom and topped with nuts. It's delicious and perfect with a cup of tea.

5 from 17 votes

Prep Time25 mins

Cook Time45 mins

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Diet Eggless, Vegetarian.

Servings: pieces

Calories: 190kcal

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp ground cardamom

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup mawa/khoya
3/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup low-fat yogurt

Garnish

1 tbsp pistachios chopped
1 tbsp cashews chopped
4 almonds chopped