Eggless Pineapple Cake

Ingredients

1-1/4 cup all purpose flour/maida
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 can (7oz) condense milk (sweetened)
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple (Drained and save the juice)

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 325 degrees F
2. Grease 9 inches round cake pan
3. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom powder and salt in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, 1/2 cup pineapple juice, condensed milk, butter and gently fold everything together.
4. Pour the mixture in the cake pan and Bake for 30 mins or until the knife inserted comes out clean.
5. Remove the cake from Oven and let it cool for couple of mins. Keep a plate on top of the cake pan and turn the cake to transfer onto the plate. Prick the cake with fork and brush with remaining pineapple juice(while the cake is still hot).

Eggless Date Cake

Ingredients

Around 20 Dates(Kharjoor)
1 cup all purpose flour or maida
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil (I use Olive oil)
2 Tbsp crushed walnuts or any nuts of your choice(optional)
Method

If you are using a seeded hard dates then soak them in milk overnight and remove seeds. I use soft dates so i just remove the seeds and don't soak.

1) Blend Dates, Sugar and milk into smooth paste, add oil and mix.
2) Mix the all purpose flour and baking soda,add to the above paste slowly and mix.
3) Preheat oven at 350F for 5 mins.
4) Grease the cake pan and pour this mix and shake to form a flat surface and spread nuts on top.
5) Bake the cake in oven upto 40 mins or until the knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.

Notes: You can make this cake without oil too if you want a low calorie version.