Last Saturday I had invited my in-laws (P’s brothers and sisters with their families) for dinner. It struck me only that morning that it was also my S-I-L’s birthday that day! The menu consisted of lauki kofta, roti, mutter pulao, masala chana dal and veg kadai(ordered). It was quite late in the evening that I decided to make a cake also. After a lot of debate (since I too wanted some of it) I decided to try this vegan cake I had bookmarked sometime back from Madcap Cupcake’s yummy blog that goes by the same name. The cake is absolutely healthy ,yummy, vegan and a keeper! I know I am going to make this quite often now:)
It is called ‘Rustic Coconut Cake’ (tastes heavenly and looks rustic). I have taken the recipe word for word except for using Wipro’s vanaspati in place of vegan butter, and used 3/4 cup of sugar in place of 1 cup as I find sugar content high in most cakes I try! It’s absolute delicious so do give it a try once at least!
Rustic Coconut Cake – I have simply copied the recipe and pasted it here!
(Source: Madcap Cupcake)
2 tbsp flax meal
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp water
2-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1 cup sugar (I used 3/4th)
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg or cardamom (optional)
1 cup plain soy milk
1/2 cup plain soy yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup earth balance, melted (or other vegan buttery spread) – I used vanaspati
31.01.2012 – Please use oil rather than vanaspati
powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Prepare a 9″ round baking pan – line bottom with parchment paper and grease and flour sides.
- In a small bowl mix flax meal and water and beat with a fork until frothy. Set aside. (When I saw the texture I realised why its called a flax egg!)
- In a large bowl, measure flour, coconut, baking powder, sugar, and spices – fold gently until just combined.
- In a medium bowl, measure soy milk, soy yogurt, and vanilla. Take flax meal and water mixture and beat again slightly before adding to soy milk mixture. Whisk wet ingredients together until frothy.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and fold gently, until just combined. Incorporate melted butter, folding until just combined – do not over mix.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan and bake for 1 hr 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean and top bounces back when lightly depressed.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to rack to cool completely.
- Dust with powdered sugar. – I did not have much time so left that part out!
- Eat.
- CREDIT CUPCAKE FOR THE DELICIOUS RECIPE!
I used freshly grated coconut (P did it for me!), and the bits you get in your mouth make it yummier:) I ended up with several compliments. No one realized it was vegan!
This goes to AFAM – June 2008 – The fruit of the month is Coconut, and this seemed just the thing! AFAM is an event that celebrates a particular fruit each month and was started by Maheswari of ‘Beyond the Usual’. This month’s event is hosted by Suganya of Tasty Palettes.
Awesome
Great to get feedback on this iteration of the cake (I keep tweaking) – one thing I’ve been meaning to try is a version with less sugar, and you’ve done the experimenting for me – great to know it was well received!!
Nice job, Harini. Looks delicious.
Wow vegan cupcake, looks delicious with soy product… Is it easily available all the soy product in Indian market, r they expensive?
wow…this recipe looks tooo good.
oh..simply beautiful sunshinemom!! and if its vegan, it must be low in calories too right!? great entry! and it must have turned out good cos P did the coconut grating right!? (thats how husbands claim all the glory!)
Wow this looks so yummy. I will definately try this.
MCCC – Welcome and thanks for sharing the recipe:)
Vaishali, Hetal – Thanks!
Cham – I have arranged with a nearby kirana waala to keep some soy milk for me once a week (It is expensive!), and yesterday I tried making it at home – it was delicious:)
JZ – P made sure that I mentioned him here:)
Sailaja – Do try it – it is worth it!
This looks really delicious and decadent without the guilt! Nice one!
Oh yes! You’re right, Kalai:)
Lovely dish
Yummy recipe! The final pic looks slightly blurred but I can imagine the coconut flavor in the cake….thanks for this post!
A.
nice coconut cakes….havent seen many cakes with coconut as the main ingredient….will have to try this one
Easycrafts, Bhags – Thanks! And this one is so easy it doesn’t even require a blender!
A rustic cake!! I would have done it if someone had grated coconut for me (I’m so lazy to do that)….
Looks delcious, love coconut in anything!:)
Rachel – me too! P does all the grating in the house – carrots and lauki too:)
Asha – You have company there. I love the tender juicy ones – yum!
Can you let me know how much powdered sugar the recipe calls for? Looks like you missed that…
Nice recipe BTW!