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Eggless Thandai Cake Recipe

Gayathri Kumar
Eggless Thandai cake Recipe is a fusion teacake flavoured with the Holi special thandai mix and makes a perfect treat to celebrate Holi.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Course Cakes
Cuisine Fusion, Indian
Servings 16 Slices

Ingredients
  

To Grind:

  • 150 g Sugar
  • 10 g Almonds
  • 10 g Cashewnuts
  • 10 g Pistachios
  • 1.5 tbs Melon Seeds
  • ½ tsp Pepper
  • ½ tsp Fennel Seeds
  • 1 tbs Dried Rose Petals
  • Saffron a few strands
  • 2-3 Cardamom Pods

For the Cake

  • 200 g Maida/ All Purpose Flour
  • 50 g Dairy whitener/ Milk Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Baking soda
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 100 ml Ghee
  • Pistachios and Almonds and Rose petals for Garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 160C.
  • Grease and line 7” square pan and keep it ready.
  • In a bowl, combine maida, milk powder, baking powder and baking soda.
  • In a mixer jar take all the ingredients given under to grind, grind to make a smooth mix.
  • Add it to the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Add milk and ghee to the dry mix and whisk to form smooth batter.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and garnish the top with pistachios, almonds and rose petals.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Allow it to cool for a while.
  • Flip it on to wire rack and re flip it to another rack.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing.
  • Store the leftover pieces in an airtight box in fridge.

Notes

Use 50 gm of thandai powder if you have it at hand. You need to omit all the ingredients except sugar in the to grind list.
Keyword Eggless Thandai Teacake Recipe