Easy Vegan Gulab Jamun Cake
Make this easy Vegan Gulab Jamun Cake with simple ingredients. It is indulgent, moist, soft and tastes just like the traditional dessert! It uses white bread and cashews as the base along with delicious spices!
Ingredients
- 7 slices white bread 1 slice of about 35 g so total weight: 245 g
- ½ cup cashews 70-80 grams or 2.5-2.8 ounces
- 1 cup soy milk 240 ml or 8 oz
- ½ cup water 118 ml or 4 oz, plus more if required
- 1 cup brown sugar 200 grams or 7.05 ounces
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup oil 55 grams or 2 ounces
- ½ tsp ground cardamom seeds
- Few strands of saffron
- 1 tbsp rose water/Gulab jal
Optional Garnish
- ¼ cup pistachios chopped
Instructions
- Start by adding the cashews, soy milk, water, sugar, cardamom, and saffron to a pot and place it on the stove on medium heat.
- Bring it to a boil, be careful to stir a few times to prevent the bottom from burning, and immediately switch off the heat.
- Let it slowly cool down (this helps soften the cashews without the need for multiple bowls. Alternatively you can soak the cashews overnight, drain and add to this mixture after boiling).
- While the mixture cools down, Turn your oven on to 180C/350F.
- Then take 7 slices of white bread and blend/process it to a fine powder.
- Add this white bread powder to a large mixing bowl.
- Add baking powder to this and stir it in with a spatula.
- Once the cashew spice milk mixture cools down, add the rose water, pour it into a blender, and blend smooth.
- Pour this into the bread powder and stir to combine everything well with a spatula.
- The bread powder will absorb the liquid and you will get a thick batter.
- Pour it into a well-oiled cake pan (bundt or otherwise).
- Place into the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, covering the pan with an aluminium foil halfway through to prevent the top from burning.
- Do the crumb test by inserting a long toothpick to see if the centre is cooked. This cake is moister than regular cakes so you will have more crumbs sticking to the toothpick.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool down completely before removing from the pan.
- Top with chopped pistachios and serve with some ice cream or a side of coffee/vegan chai!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 SliceCalories: 204kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 146mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gCalcium: 2.8mgIron: 0.4mg
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