Eggless Whole Wheat Banana and Candied Cherries Cake

Hii friends,

After long long time!!!!
It has been so long since I posted something in this blog.. I came to India a couple of weeks back and got spoiled by all petting and pampering by my parents and in laws. Everyone were so excited to cook for us and so I hardly get any chance to cook now a days. Still, as cooking is my life breath, it is impossible for me to be without cooking for days together. This is the first time I came to India after staring this blog. I showed my blog, dashboard etc to all my relatives and friends. They gave me enough motivation, encouragement and wishes for my future posts.

About this cake.. This super soft, moist and fluffy cake is very low in calories as it is made using whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour, curds instead of egg and oil instead of butter. I am not a very big fan of cinnamon. But then I started realizing that adding cinnamon powder to banana cakes gives an awesome taste to it. As it is eggless, it can be prepared by vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

Try to use the bananas which are big and has black spots on its skin. The more riper the banana is, the more sweeter your cake will be. 

Have the ingredients and measurements right, the cake will taste simply great. Let's go through the recipe. Try and let me know your feedback.

Ingredients

• Whole wheat flour -  1 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - a pinch
• Candied Cherries - 1/4 cup, roughly chopped
• Sugar - 1/2 cup + 2 tblspns
• Thick unsour yogurt - 1/4 cup
• Oil - 1/4 cup
• Banana - 2, medium sized
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
• Apple Cider Vinegar- 1 tblspn
• Flax seeds powder - 1 tblspn
• Hot water - 3 tblspn

Method

• Preheat the oven @180 deg C. Grease your cake/ loaf pan with oil/ butter. Dust some flour, spread them all around the pan. Tap off the excess flour. This step will allow the cake from sticking to the pan.
• Mix together flax seeds powder and hot water. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes.
• Sieve the dry ingredients together for about 2 or 3 times; Wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt. This will make the cake more light and spongy.
• Take some flour in a bowl and mix the chopped candied cherries. Keep aside
• In another bowl, mix all the wet ingredients one by one; oil, sugar, yogurt, vanilla essence, mashed bananas, apple cider vinegar and flax seeds slurry taken out of the fridge.
• Now add half of the sifted dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Fold in gently, as slow as you can. Do not over mix or mix vigorously as it would take away the aeration of the cake.
• Now add the remaining dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix in slowly until everything is combined
• Add the flour coated cherries to the batter and fold in gently.
• Pour the batter to the cake/ loaf pan. Bake in the preheated oven @180 deg C for about 40 to 50 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted comes out clean. The temperature of each oven will vary from each other. So, keep an eye often until it is baked.
• Once baked, take out of the oven. Run a knife over the edges to separate the cake from the pan.
• Allow it to cool for 15 minutes before you remove from the pan.
• Cut / slice once it cools down completely.
• Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee