This is my first time I am participating in Sweet Punch. This month’s theme is Meringue. The sweet punch team has suggested 3 recipes for which I have given the link below. As I don’t use eggs I didn’t know what to do. Meringue can be prepared only with egg whites and there is no eggless version. So I asked the sweet punch team about substituting the meringue layer with an eggless macaroon recipe. They readily agreed for that. So I started experimenting. First I got an eggless golden macaroon recipe from the web and tried it out. But it came out very soft. Though my daughter liked it very much, I was not satisfied with that soft layer. So I used a cookie recipe and prepared it again. It was fantastic. I loved combination of the soft cake layer and a crispy cookie layer. Both my hubby and kid enjoyed it a lot. But be sure to consume it on the day itself. Because the next day the cookie layer did not remain crisp. It became little soft. If you want to join the team please click here.
This was my first trial with the golden macaroon topping
This is the cake for the given recipe.
Ingredients:
For the cake:
Butter-25gm
Condensed Milk-100gm
Milk-1/4cup
Flour-50gm
Cocoa Powder-15gm
Baking Powder-1/2tsp
Soda-bi-carb-1/4tsp
Choco essence-1/4tsp
For the crispy layer:
Granulated Sugar-30gm
Vanaspathi / Shortening-30gm
Vanilla extract-1/2tsp
Walnuts-2tbs
Chocolate (chopped)-2tbs
Maida / Flour-60gm
Baking Powder-1/2tsp
Milk-1/4cup
Procedure:
For the cake layer:
1.Grease a cake tin and dust it with flour.
2.Preheat oven to 175C.
3.Beat butter till soft and add condensed milk. Mix well.
4.Sift flour, baking powder and soda-bi-carb.
5.Mix milk and essence.
6.Add milk mixture and flour mixture little by little to the butter and mix it slowly.
7.Pour it into the cake tin and bake for 10 minutes.
For the crispy layer:
1.Beat sugar and vanaspathi until fluffy.
2.Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
3.Sift flour with baking powder.
4.Add it to the vanaspathi mix.
5.Now add milk to prepare a little sticky dough.
6.Add milk little by little and when the sticky dough consistency is reached stop adding milk.
To assemble the cake:
1.After 10 minutes, remove cake tin from oven and spread the cookie dough evenly on the half baked cake.
2.The cookie dough may penetrate the top layer of cake. Don’t worry because that gives a nice merged cake.
3.Bake it for 15-20 minutes or till the top is golden brown.
4.Remove from oven and let it cool.
5.Invert the tin and remove the cake from the tin. Use another plate to invert the cake again.
6.Cut it to pieces and enjoy with a cup of coffee.
I love painting, dress designing and of course cooking. This blog which started as an online cookery book has given me a great insight into baking and has transformed me into a home baker who is now thriving to learn a lot about cakes and decorating techniques. This blog has thousands of tried and tasted vegetarian recipes around the world and eggless bakes.
You did a really wonderful job of adapting the requirements to your kitchen . Your “cake” is really lovely and I’m sure delicious. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings…Mary
Hi Priya, you can get walnuts a Nila Fruits, Nilgiris and Reliance stores. I don’t buy any branded pack. I just pick the packs done by the super market. I use a Morphy Richards 34lt OTG.
I m priya from Michigan. We are south indian. could you please email me some recipes that are allergy free. my son has lots of allergy like tree nuts, milk,wheat, soy, corn, egg. please email me some recipes without these .that would be great.
Gayathri I am planning to make this cake today …tell me is it ok to use butter instead of vanaspati or shortening.it would be wonderful if you reply ASAP.thank you so much.
Interesting explanation! cake looks yummy!:)
That’s a yummilicious cake… I always adore your patience…worth all the efforts you put there 🙂
Hey Gayu,
That’s a great looking cake…Love your enthusiasm…:)
Dr.Sameena@
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its come out super well 🙂
intresting dear,well explained…luks perfect.
The toppings are making the cake look very enticing…
Kurinjikathambam
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Great looking cake, lovely topping..
Like the cookie recipe to replace the eggs in the meringue.
Gayathri, I must say.. this is fab! hav bookmarked this recipe..
Looks Great!!!
looks really great that too without eggs..
Both looks good to me..thanks for the recipe
very interesting…cake and cookie layer both in one!!! ..wonderful…kudos for you to experiment and come up with something very new…keep it up.
Reva
Interesting cake and topping !!!
i like ur patience. interesting cake and crispy top very nice gayathri
Looks gorgeous..loved the topping
yummy dear ! well explained and commendable efforts !
OMG…. thats fantastic dear….
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Regards,
Both your eggless version looks simply awesome.
Eggless version looks great!
Awesome cake
remarkable cake with walnut topping….
gr8 cake and topping is superb
Yummy cake,looks lovely..
You did a really wonderful job of adapting the requirements to your kitchen . Your “cake” is really lovely and I’m sure delicious. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings…Mary
I have already bookmarked so many recipes from here.. here comes another!
Sounds supremely delicious,with a cake layer and a crispy layer.I am amazed at your level of patience 🙂 You don’t give up-Do you :)? Keep it up !!!
Your cake is absolutely Perfect and delicious too…
this cake looks delicious
YUMMMY…AWESOME CAKE
Hi Gayathri,
I’m priya.where do you get walnut in madurai?
And what type of oven you r using i.e brand and specification.
Hi Priya, you can get walnuts a Nila Fruits, Nilgiris and Reliance stores. I don’t buy any branded pack. I just pick the packs done by the super market. I use a Morphy Richards 34lt OTG.
Thank u Gayathri…
Priya
Hi gayathri,
I m priya from Michigan. We are south indian. could you please email me some recipes that are allergy free. my son has lots of allergy like tree nuts, milk,wheat, soy, corn, egg. please email me some recipes without these .that would be great.
Thanks in advance
Priya
Gayathri I am planning to make this cake today …tell me is it ok to use butter instead of vanaspati or shortening.it would be wonderful if you reply ASAP.thank you so much.
Hi Gayathri,
When to add walnuts and chocolate? And walnuts in which form I mean crushed or chopped?
Thanks in advance.
Hi, add chopped walnuts and chocolate before adding milk..
Hi Gayathri,
Thanks for the reply……I tried it yesterday and the result was awsome 🙂