Eggless Gulab Jamun Cake
Diwali is round the corner and you might be getting lots of gulab jamun mix packs from super markets as gifts. The super market where I visit, always gives out one or two packs of gulab jamun mix as gift for every purchase. this goes on for a month and we get lots of these packs. I usually don’t make gulab jamun with mix, so it would go waste every time. Last year, I made this cake in form of squares and added it in the sweet box we gifted to others. But I didn’t make a video for that. This year, I could make a video, so wanted to share with you all.
The cake is definitely not a cake, because it is not spongy in texture. It is like a gulab jamun in cake form. And there is no deep frying involved. This could be the easiest gulab jamun you can make and it looks fantastic. The mix is combined with maida, sugar and baking powder, made into a batter and baked as a cake. Then it is drizzled with sugar syrup which it readily absorbs. And served with more syrup. This tastes amazing the day it is made. If you are serving the next day, store it in an airtight box and soaked in syrup. That way it will retain its softness.
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You can bake it in a square tin or as individual cupcakes. However you bake it, don’t forget to add syrup, because it is what makes the difference. This also makes an amazing Diwali sweet with wonderful Indian flavours. When the cake is in oven, the house was definitely filled with an amazing aroma, which brought Diwali earlier to our house. Do try this and if you like it, comment below. I would be really happy to hear your experience.
Eggless Gulab Jamun cake has been recreated by many readers of the blog. I am adding the collage of all their creations here. If you tried the recipe, don’t forget to share in the comments.
Eggless Gulab Jamun cake 1
Eggless Gulab Jamun cake 2
Eggless Gulab Jamun cake 3
Eggless Gulab Jamun cake 4
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Ingredients
- 180 gm Gulab Jamun Mix
- 100 gm Maida – 1cup -2 tbs
- 150 gm Sugar – 3/4 cup powdered
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 300 ml Milk – 1.5 cups
- 50 ml Ghee – 1/4 cup
- Sugar Syrup:
- 200 ml Water – 1 cup
- 200 gm Sugar – 1 cup
- Rose Essence – a few drops
- Pistachios Almonds and Rose Petals
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C.
- In a bowl, combine together gulab jamun mix, maida, baking powder, powdered sugar and cardamom powder.
- Mix well and then add milk and ghee.
- Use a spatula to fold in the batter and pour it into a greased and lined 9" cake tin.
- Add some chopped almonds and pistachios.
- Bake in the oven for 35 minutes.
- While the cake is baking, combine sugar and water for the syrup.
- Add some rose essence and bring it to boil.
- Switch off flame and allow it to cool completely.
- Once the cake is done, check it with a tooth pick and place on wire rack for five minutes.
- The crust will be crisp. Brush the crust with some syrup.
- Then loosen the sides with a blunt knife and flip it onto a plate.
- Drizzle some syrup to soak the cake.
- Now flip it again on to a serving plate and top with more syrup.
- Add some more chopped nuts and dry rose petals.
- Allow it to cool completely.
- Slice it up and serve along with more syrup.
It came out well,so tasy thanks for such a superb recipe
Hello Gayatri mam.. I tried this recipe.. it turned out perfect and tasted exactly like the regular gulab jamun.. was very much thrilled Thank you so much for the easy fusion cake recipe.
One thing I would like to mention, while flipping the cake as per step 14, some portion of the cake got sticked to the plate. Immediately I added parchment paper for the other plate. That worked well
That is good to know. Thanks for sharing!
Hey!
The recipe looks amazing…I wanted to give it a try so I bought a 100g pre mix packet. Could you pls tell me the accurate measurements as per 100g mix!
Thanks in advance
You need to use a calculator to get accurate measurements. Proportionately reduce all ingredients.
I m having 100gms of gulabjamun packet than what would be the quantity of the other ingredients.
You need to decrease the quantity of all ingredients proportionately.
Hey Gayathri,
Recipe seems amazing!!!!!!!!
Just wanted to know if I can layer and fill the cake.
Basically I want to make a rainbow themed cake out of it.
Please let me know if it is a good idea or will the cake fall part.
Thank you. This cake is better to make as a single cake. For rainbow cake, my oil based cake would be better. Or my butter based cake. Will share link to my rainbow cake. https://gayathriscookspot.com/2014/02/rainbow-cake-with-ombre-frosting/
Awesome cake and came out so soft and spongy (followed the exact recipe except baked in cooker and used a bit warm fresh ghee) thanks a lot… you have made my eggless cake journey so easy
So wonderful to hear. Thank you so much for trying!
Which brand gulab jamun mix got used for this recipe please?
Please watch the video. I have showed the pack. But you can use any mix.
Hi Gayathri Maam,
I tried this cake for my husband’s birthday and he was super impressed with the cake. The cake was soft and tasted amazing. This is my first time baking and i had no baking tools with me (baked the cake in cooker). Thank you so much for this perfect recipe!
Thank you so much for trying it. And so glad you liked the cake!
Amazing cake every time I bake
Thanks for sharing this recipe
Looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely brilliant recipe. It was a super hir and loved was loved by kids of all age group
I made 2 small changes –
I didn’t add any nuts on the top because kits wanted a pure Gulab jamoon cake.
I added saffron instead of rose essence to the syrup ( as I personally don’t like rose essence)
The proportions were perfect and the texture of the cake was exactly how we had imag
Looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing your version.
I will give it a try this week. A quick question. I want to gift this to one of my friends. How do I know when the cake has soaked enough. The recipe indicates that it makes.more sugar syrup than needed and hence the question.
The amount of syrup needed depends on how moist you want the cake to be. If you want to make it like a gulab jamun, make sure to drench the cake in syrup and if you touch the crust, you should see syrup oozing out of it. Otherwise pour the syrup little by little and once the cake has absorbed it fully, it should be dry to touch.
Hello Mam,
I tried this cake yesterday… its really yummy… we just loved it….
The cake looks so delicious Gomathi. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Mam,
Can we substitute wheat flour instead of Maida ?
Yes, you can use 75 gm wheat flour instead of 100 gm maida.
Hello, I have a 100g packet which will reduce the quantity by a little less than a half of your recipe. In this case, what is the pan size you would suggest? I feel the cake would be too thin in height if I use the 9” pan for this quantity.
6″ or 7″ pan would be better for half the quantity.
Hi Gayathri, I want to try this recipe but have a question. The recipe says 100gm Maida is 1 cup and 2tbsp but rest of the recipe measurements show 50gm is 1/4 up (e.g. 150gm sugar is 3/4 cup and 200gm sugar is 1cup), so 100gm Maida should be 1/2 cup, right? Please clarify.
Maida weighs only 130 gm whereas sugar weighs 200 gm per cup. They are different ingredients that vary in their weight.