This eggless date & walnut cake | date and nut bread is a healthier treat, made without refined flour or refined sugar and no butter. A cake that you can feel good about eating!

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Hello folks!

I’m so excited as I write this, as this is the 100th post on my blog! And what better than making a cake to celebrate this sweet journey? 🙂 I know I’m late, but I would still like to wish all the mother’s out there a happy Mother’s Day, hope you had a beautiful day 🙂

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I have for you a very simple egg-free, refined flour free, butter-free & no added sugar, moist date and walnut cake. So in case, you are on a diet and still want to indulge in a slice of cake, this is the cake you oughta try.

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I hardly bake without eggs and never use whole wheat flour in any of my cake recipes. But this eggless date & walnut loaf cake makes for an amazingly moist and tender cake despite being eggless, I was completely baffled how a cake without the most basic ingredients can be this good?

So what’s the secret? The secret would lie in the dates paste, which lends this cake the desired sweetness as well as keeping it moist at the same time.

This moist, eggless, butter-free, date and walnut cake has the right amount of sweetness to satisfy those sweet cravings. It is also a perfect tea time cake.

This is the best ever date loaf with walnuts that I’ve had so far, considering it doesn’t have flour, butter, sugar or eggs!

You must try this amazing eggless date & walnut cake, coz you will surely be adding this to your recipe repertoire.

I’m trying to experiment with a few eggless cake recipes and will surely post them once I have something worth sharing 🙂

{ Update – I’ve shared a couple of eggless cake recipes, which you can find here } You will find tried and tested recipes for chocolate cake, red velvet cake, mango cake, rasmalai cake, orange cake, marble cake, mango semolina cake, all of which are eggless and super delicious!

  • INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE EGGLESS DATE & WALNUT CAKE
  • HOW TO MAKE EGGLESS DATE & WALNUT CAKE?
  • Eggless Date & Walnut cake | Date & Walnut Loaf

INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE EGGLESS DATE & WALNUT CAKE

1.Soak 20-25 seedless dates in 1.5 cups of warm milk for a couple of hours or until they soften. Remove the seeds if not using seedless. Save a few dates to be folded in the batter.

2.Preheat the oven on 350 degrees F. Blend the soaked dates into a paste along with the milk in which it was soaked.

3.Add 1/2 cup oil in the date and milk mixture and mix well.

4.Sift together 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Grease a loaf pan with oil and dust with little flour or line it with parchment paper.

5.Chop the walnuts (about 1/2 cup) and few dates, coat it with 1 teaspoon whole wheat flour.

  1. Add the flour to the dates and milk mixture. Mix just until no more flour pockets are visible. Do not over mix the batter. A few lumps are okay. Gently fold in the walnuts and dates.

7.Bake the cake in a greased loaf pan for 35-40min on 350*F.

8.Transfer to a wire rack and let it cool in the tin for 15-20 minutes, then unmold it and let it cool completely before slicing.

NOTES

1.To get clean slices, you need to let the cake cool completely before you slice it. If you try to slice it even when it’s partly warm it will be crumbly.

2.You can add various things like choco chips if you wish, or flavor it with some spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice mix, etc.

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HOW TO MAKE EGGLESS DATE & WALNUT CAKE?

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Eggless Date & Walnut cake | Date & Walnut Loaf

Ingredients1x2x3x

Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature

  • 20-25 seedless dates chopped
  • 1 & 1/2 cup milk or any other plant-based milk for a vegan version
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour, spooned and leveled, plus 1 teaspoon more to coat the chopped walnuts and dates
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup walnuts

Instructions

  • Soak the dates in warm milk for a couple of hours or until they soften. Remove the seeds if not using seedless. Save a few dates to be folded in the batter.
  • Preheat the oven on 350 degrees Blend the soaked dates into a paste along with the milk in which it was soaked.
  • Add oil in the date and milk mixture and mix well.
  • Sift together flour and baking soda and baking powder. Grease a loaf pan with oil and dust with little flour or line it with parchment paper.
  • Chop the walnuts and few dates, coat it with some flour.
  • Add the flour to the dates and milk mixture. Mix just until no more flour pockets are visible. Do not over mix the batter. A few lumps are okay. Gently fold in the walnuts and dates.
  • Bake the cake in a greased loaf pan for 35-40min on 350*F.
  • Transfer to a wire rack and let it cool in the tin for 15-20 minutes, then unmold it and let it cool completely before slicing.

Notes

Recipe adapted from here .

As I had mentioned in my earlier post, I had visited Washington DC for the cherry blossom festival. We stayed in Virginia with my friend Soniya and her family for 3 days. Soniya was kind enough to plan a day’s trip to Luray Caverns, situated in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Sharing some pics of this astoundingly beautiful place. Visiting these caverns is an experience so exhilarating and breathtaking with all it’s magnificent stalactites and stalagmites, which I had only learned about in geography. But to experience and see them in reality really blew my mind, nature is indeed magical 🙂

I found it very interesting and fascinating at the same time that the formations here have been named after the things they resemble, how amazing is that ?? Well check out the pics, I’ve captioned them for ease of convenience, hope you enjoy them 🙂

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The coolest spot in the caverns- Dream lake, the stalactites on the ceiling are reflected by the shallow lake, which in fact is less than an inch deep. Can you see the ripple created by the water droplet in the picture? If the lake is still, it actually looks like stalactites and stalagmites are growing toward each other. Absolutely incredible!

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Pluto’s ghost- This large white column was visible from several spots in the cavern. The men who discovered it, actually thought it was a ghost until one of them was brave enough to go near it and realize it’s just a huge white column. Boy! doesn’t that look like a ghost, indeed?

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No that is not a snake, circled in the pic, it’s just another formation! How cool is that?

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Do you see a drapery?? One of the many drapery formations in the caverns. Beautiful!

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A fallen column

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Shaggy dog formation

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Seashell in spring, ice cream cone in summer or Christmas tree in winter! You decide 🙂

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Fried egg formation. I didn’t manage to get a decent pic of this but wanted to share it with you guys. This image is courtesy ofWikipedia

If you get a chance, I highly recommend you visit this place!

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Regards,

Freda

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Eggless Date & Walnut cake | Date & Walnut Loaf

Ingredients

Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature

  • 20-25 seedless dates chopped
  • 1 & 1/2 cup milk or any other plant-based milk for a vegan version
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour, spooned and leveled, plus 1 teaspoon more to coat the chopped walnuts and dates
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup walnuts

Instructions

  • Soak the dates in warm milk for a couple of hours or until they soften. Remove the seeds if not using seedless. Save a few dates to be folded in the batter.
  • Preheat the oven on 350 degrees Blend the soaked dates into a paste along with the milk in which it was soaked.
  • Add oil in the date and milk mixture and mix well.
  • Sift together flour and baking soda and baking powder. Grease a loaf pan with oil and dust with little flour or line it with parchment paper.
  • Chop the walnuts and few dates, coat it with some flour.
  • Add the flour to the dates and milk mixture. Mix just until no more flour pockets are visible. Do not over mix the batter. A few lumps are okay. Gently fold in the walnuts and dates.
  • Bake the cake in a greased loaf pan for 35-40min on 350*F.
  • Transfer to a wire rack and let it cool in the tin for 15-20 minutes, then unmold it and let it cool completely before slicing.

Notes

This mango parfait is a delicious and fuss-free dessert that is sure to make an impression. It can be easily customized with whatever you have in your pantry, so go ahead and make some this summer.

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I had some leftover canned mango pulp that was sitting in the refrigerator, which I could have easily enjoyed as it is! But the blogger in me was itching to do something with it. Browsed through my refrigerator, I had a sponge cake, cool whip and I had recently bought mangoes from the grocery store!

So I already knew what I was making – mango parfait it was!

The previous night I prepared the jelly and let it set, so I could put this together the next day. This is quite similar to the fruit custard and jelly I’ve shared earlier, except this time I took the shorter way out and used cool whip instead of making the custard.

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You could also use some yogurt, sweeten it and whisk it well to get rid of any lumps. To make it even more decadent how about a cream cheese plus condensed milk mixture? Aahh endless possibilities, there is always a next time 🙂

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There is absolutely no right or wrong way of making a parfait. That’s the best part about making one!

For now, let’s go ahead and have a look at how to make this creamy mangolicious parfait! Simple, fuss-free and divine!

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  • YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THESE EASY AND DELICIOUS DESSERTS
  • HOW TO MAKE MANGO PARFAIT?
  • Mango Parfait Recipe

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THESE EASY AND DELICIOUS DESSERTS

  • Fruit Custard With Jelly
  • Serradura (Portuguese sawdust pudding)
  • Mango cream
  • Banana pudding Parfait
  • Strawberry Fool
  • Mahalabia (Middle Eastern milk pudding)

HOW TO MAKE MANGO PARFAIT?

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Mango Parfait Recipe

Ingredients1x2x3x

Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml

  • 2 cake slices 1 cup cubed cake pieces
  • 1/2 cup mango pulp
  • 1 cup of whipped cream/ custard/ sweet whisked yogurt
  • 1 cup small mango pieces
  • 1 jelly packet
  • Mint leaves and cherries for garnish optional

Instructions

  • Prepare the jelly as per package instructions, leave it to set. I like to do this in the night so it sets well in the refrigerator overnight.
  • Take your serving glass, layer as following :- 1/2 cup cake pieces, 1/4 cup mango pulp, 1/4 cup of whipped cream/custard/sweet whisked yogurt, 1/2 cup of mango pieces, 1/4 cup of whipped cream/ custard/ sweet whisked yogurt. Top it off with some roughly chopped jelly cubes, or with some nuts of your choice. Garnish with cherries and mint leaves. You can let this sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours (only if you use custard ) or serve right away (preferably for the cream version). Enjoy!

I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to share your feedback with photos and suggestions to me at aromaticessence77@gmail.com

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Regards,

Freda