If you are like me (prefers her desserts eggless, and with as less added sugar as possible), here is a simple cake recipe. No-fuss, tastes great and is a hit with the little ones… 🙂
Prep Time: approx. 30 Minutes.
Cook Time: approx. 30 Minutes.
Ready in: approx. 1 Hour 10 Minutes.
Makes 1 – 9×13 inch pan (16 servings).
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup melted unsalted butter
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
2 Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking Soda into a large bowl. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda. Make a well in the center and pour in the sweetened condensed milk, orange juice, vanilla and melted butter. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
I baked this for my YES! follow up session this Saturday and was pleasantly surprised when Vamsi came up and asked me, “Did you make this? It is really good!” Most of these kids ingest so much sugar that I hardly expected them to like this one… but they did!
inspirethoughts says:
Yummy!
Will try ti some time and let you know how it turned out.
August 25, 2008 — 8:17 pm
Lakshmi says:
Good luck! Btw, I baked it for 55 mins but you can experiment with the exact timing.
August 26, 2008 — 1:14 am
inspirethoughts says:
Cool I will remember. 🙂
August 26, 2008 — 3:20 pm
iswari says:
Fran Costigan has a couple of cookbooks “Great Good Desserts” and “More Great Good Desserts” (better and more comprehensive) you might want to check out. The recipes are all vegan (no eggs), she only uses unrefined sugars and her cakes have a nice texture and are not too sweet.
August 25, 2008 — 9:11 pm
Lakshmi says:
Thanks for the tip!
August 26, 2008 — 1:15 am
Anonymous says:
Where is the fotoo ?
Dare you post a recipe without putting up a nice lil’ photograph to go along with it, the next time !
I don’t like reading recipes without the snaps…:-)
But the cake sounds good !!
Geetu
August 26, 2008 — 4:35 am
Lakshmi says:
Re: Where is the fotoo ?
It is really good… haven’t been taking too many food pics lately.
August 26, 2008 — 1:59 pm
notanangel78 says:
I’m going try this out:)
August 26, 2008 — 8:07 am
Lakshmi says:
Lemme know how it turns out, Roo-chi!
August 26, 2008 — 1:59 pm
Anonymous says:
condensed milk = BIG TIME sugar 🙂
try it with some maple syrup … thats much better and see what happens
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
September 10, 2008 — 7:06 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂 yeah, I know it’s not entirely sugar-free but at least there is no *added* sugar! Will make it with maple syrup next time…
September 10, 2008 — 7:20 pm