Eggless Homemade Super Moist Carrot Cake | Gajar Halwa Cake
Indian Dessert Halwa Cake
Ingredients
- 3 Cup shredded Carrot / Gajar
- 1/4 Cup Clarified butter / Desi ghee
- 1/4 Cup Oil / Tel
- 1 +1/4 Cup Milk / Doodh
- 3 Tbsp Milk powder
- 1/2 Cup Sugar / Cheeni
- 1/4 Tsp Cinnamob powder / Dalchini
- 1/4 Tsp green Cardamom powder / Hari elaechi
- 2 Cup Refined flour / Maida
- 1/2 Tsp Baking soda
- 1 +1/2 Tsp Baking powder
- 1 +1/2 Cup Curd / Dahi
- A pick Salt / Namak
- 1/4 Cup chopped Cashews / Kaju
- 1/4 Cup Raisin / Kishmish
- 1/4 Cup chopped Almonds / Badam
Instructions
- Cut Carrot on both ends, peel ,rinse and shred the Carrot.
- In a Kadai or a Pan add both Clarified butter and Oil.
- Sauté the shredded Carrot in this for about 15 minutes,stirring occasionally over medium.
- Now add 1 cup Milk and Sugar, give a stir, cover and cook on medium for 5 minutes.
- Add Cinnamon, Cardamom and Milk powder.Give a stir and then switch off the stove.Let it cool down.
- Grease cake mould and then either sprinkle and spread some flour over it or place a parchment paper.
- In a bowl sift refined flour, to this add Baking soda, Baking powder and Salt.Give a good mix and keep aside.
- Whisk Curd and then add the made Gajar halwa.Whisk till it blends in smoothly.
- Gradually add in and mix the bowl of dry ingredients to make the cake batter.
- Add some dry fruits in the batter and then again give it a mix.
- Drop the batter in the cake mould spreading layers of dry fruits in between to get more dry fruits in every bite.
- Jiggle and tap to level the cake batter.Spread and place the remaining dry fruits over it. Give it a lite tap with your fingers so that the dry fruits don’t come out after baking.
- Pop in a preheated oven and bake at 180°C for 50 minutes to an hour or till the tooth pick comes out clean.