Gingerbread Cake Recipe | Eggless Gingerbread Loaf
Soft and moist Gingerbread Cake made eggless and with whole wheat flour, jaggery and spices. This deliciously moist and relatively healthy spice cake is a traditional Western treat that is served around the winter holidays.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup whole wheat flour ((whole meal flour))
- 2 tsp ginger paste (or grated ginger, check point no 1 in the notes below)
- 2 tbsp candied ginger (or golden raisins - optional)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon)
- 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg (ground nutmeg or nutmeg powder)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup yogurt (vegan or dairy)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup jaggery powder (or grated/finely chopped jaggery)
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- 1
Mix the whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg powder well in a bowl. You can also sift the above ingredients.
- 2
Add the ginger paste and candied ginger and mix again.
- 3
In a separate bowl, whisk the yogurt with ¼ cup water till smooth. Then add the oil to it and mix thoroughly. Keep aside.
- 4
Remember to preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F.
- 5
Heat ½ cup water till its just hot (no need to boil) in a microwave or on stove top.
- 6
Add jaggery to the hot water and stir until the jaggery is dissolved. If there are impurities in the jaggery syrup, strain it using a fine mesh strainer.
- 7
Pour the yogurt and oil mixture to the flour mixture.
- 8
Then add the jaggery syrup.
- 9
Fold the ingredients well and make a smooth batter.
- 10
Pour into a greased baking round pan or loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 35 to 40 mins. It took me 41 minutes to bake the cake.
- 11
If the top gets browned quickly while baking, cover with parchment paper or aluminium foil and then continue to baking.
- 12
Check the baked cake with a bamboo skewer and it should come out clean.
- 13
Place the cake pan or a wired tray to cool completely.
- 14
Once cooled, remove the cake from the pan and place on a board or plate.
- 15
Dust some icing sugar or confectioner's sugar on the cake if you prefer.
- 16
Slice the eggless gingerbread and serve as is or with some whipped cream.