Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Eggless Whole Wheat Fruit Cake for My Parents


My parents are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. I prepared this Eggless Whole Wheat Fruit cake for them.

Amma & Appa, Our Hearty Wishes to you...




Ingredients :

1. Whole wheat flour - 1.5 Cups
2. Baking Soda - 3/4 tsp
3. Baking Powder - 3/4 tsp
4. Ground Cinnamon - 1/2 tsp
5. Ground Nutmeg - 1/2 tsp
6. Sugar - 3/4 Cup or 1 Cup
7. Water - 1 Cup
8. Oil - 5 tbs
9. Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
10.Lemon Juice - 2 tbs
11.Mixed Fruits - 1/2 Cup (I used raisin, chopped dates & apple)
12.Cashew - 1/4 Cup (broken)
13.Salt - 1/2 tsp

Procedure :

1. Pre-heat oven at 350F.

2. Grease 8 inch pan.

3. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

4. Combine oil, vanilla extract, lemon juice and water in another bowl. Stir well to blend all the ingredients.

5. Now, add this to the flour mixture. Blend until smooth. Stir in the fruits and cashew.

6. Pour the batter in to greased pan and bake for 30 minutes or till wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

37 comments:

Raks said...

Many more happy returns of the day to your parents! cake looks and sounds good!

Kiran said...

Nice coincidence that I too posted a cake recipe just now..Happy Anniversary wishes to your parents.
Fruit cake looks delicious.

Suji said...

Yummy fruit cake..Anniversary wishes to your parents ..

Love
Kairali sisters

Bharathi said...

Let me also join you Nithu in wishing mom & dad....

Happy Anniversary our dear mom & dad... have a great day dears.

Ms.Chitchat said...

Me too joining u all in wishing a very very happy anniversary to ur parents. Cake looks absolutely gorgeous.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Happy Anniversary wishes to your parents. Cake looks delicious.

suma said...

This sure looks delicious and healthy, recipe bookmarked!!

Aparna said...

So sweet of u dear..my wishes 2 ur parents..:) wonderful cake too to celebrate

sonu said...

hey nithu...wishing ur parents a very happy anniversary !!hope they have a wonderful day today & alwaz!! ur cake looks lovely and delicious..lovely decoration too

Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

Great Cake Nithu..Anniversary wishes to your parents !!!

Ann said...

My wishes to your beloved parents, and the pic is too tempting.

Unknown said...

Please give our best wishes to them from my side too. Lovely looking fruit cake. Will wait for your entry email :)

Uma said...

Wishing a very happy anniversary to your parents. That's really a nice gesture to make something for them. The cake sure looks tempting :)

Sushma Mallya said...

Happy anniversary to your mom & day,hope they have a great time together with each other now and here after...and thats really a beautiful cake nithu...your dad and mom must be happy seeing this one..

MaryMoh said...

Happy Wedding Anniversary to your parents! That's a lovely fruit cake you make for them. You are such a sweet daughter!

PranisKitchen said...

yummy cake.best for thie occasion.Happy anniversary wishes to ur parents

Unknown said...

looks beautiful..best wishes to your parents..

Priya Suresh said...

Wishing ur parents a beautiful and happy anniversary Nithu..cake looks gorgeous and beautiful..

Pavithra Srihari said...

happy anniversary to ur parents and this is one of the best whole wheat cakes i have seen .. love it amd am bookmarking it

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

Happy Anniversary to your dear mom & dad,I bet they will love this yummy cake.

Love2cook Malaysia said...

Happy Anniversary to Ur parents dear. I'm sure they've enjoyed the cake made by U with lots of love! ;)

Life is beautiful !!! said...

Our hearty wishes to your parents too :). Lovely cake...it must have tasted gr8 because the main ingredient is LOVE :)

SathyaSridhar said...

Happy Wedding Anniversary for ur parents dear. Nice sweet recipe for the anniversary dear.

SathyaSridhar said...

Happy Wedding Anniversary for ur parents dear. Nice sweet recipe for the anniversary dear.

BeenaShylesh said...

delisious cake dear..nice presentation..

Sum Raj said...

convey my wishes to ur parents and ur cake looks simplly superb..

Nivedita Thadani said...

Hi
Convey my wishes to your parents!!
And what a lovely cake!!
Can I bake this in Microwave oven?
Let me know please.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

உங்களுடைய பெற்றோருக்கு இனிய திருமண நாள் வாழ்த்துகள்....சூப்பர்ப்...கேக்...

Nivi said...

Nithya..

This is great. I like the idea of using whole wheat flour... I will try it and let you know for sure..

Congrats and hearty wishes to uncle and aunt..

~ Niv

Menaga Sathia said...

best wishes to ur parents & yummy cake...

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said...

can i grab a piece? great result acheived with wholewheat flour.

happy anniversary to your parents!

Mahi said...

Many more happy returns to your Mom & Dad!

Swathi said...

Happy anniversary to your appa and amma. Whole wheat fruit cake looks really nice.

San said...

Happy wedding anniversary wishes to ur parents nithu,lovely fruit cake to celebrate .

GayathriRaj said...

Hey Happy Anniversary to ur parents and thats gr8 thought of lovely fruit cake for their wedding anni.... ur presentation was fabulous....

Panchpakwan said...

Many ahppy wishes to your parents..Lovely celebration..Looks delicious.

PS said...

perfect cake for a wonderful occasion..