Danish Apple Cake Recipe | Easy Tea Cakes

Danish apple cake recipe with step by step photos.Tea cakes or Brownies are the most preferred ones at home rather than the cream based cakes.I have made this Danish apple cake several times and served to guests and I have even baked them in beautiful disposable loaf pans and it was loved by everyone.I have followed the recipe from one of my old books-Nita mehta cakes and bakes and must say that this recipe is a keeper and is tried and tested by me many times.The addition of walnuts and cinnamon powder complements the soft and juicy bite apple and must say that this was totally delicious.Try this quick and easy apple cake this Christmas.

Check out other Tea time bakes in my blog:

• Banana Bread
• Carrot Cake | Moist Carrot Cake Recipe
• Christmas Fruit Cake | Kerala Plum Cake
• Mango Pound Cake
• Pineapple Upside Down Cake-Step wise recipe
• Eggless-Dates Cake
• Eggless Marble Cake
• Eggless Parle-G Biscuit Cake
• Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake | Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake 
• Eggless Orange flavored Sponge Cake

Here is how to make danish apple recipe with step by step photos:
Danish Apple Cake Recipe:
yields:8" square cake | Source: Nita Mehta
Prep time: 10 mins | Baking time: 35-40 mins | Total time: 50 mins
Cuisine: International | Category: Baking-Cakes

Ingredients:
3/4 cup(75 gms) All purpose flour
3/4 cup(75 gms) powdered Sugar
1 cup Red Apple,cored and chopped along with peel(from one big apple)
1/4 cup Walnuts
75 ml Oil
2 large Eggs
3/4 tsp Cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp Baking powder
a pinch of Baking Soda
a pinch of Salt
1 tsp Vanilla essence

for topping:
1/2 Red Apple,cut into slices along with the peel
1 tbsp Brown sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 tsp melted Butter

Method:

• Grease an 8"square tin with butter/oil and dust it with flour or you can line a parchment paper in the tin.
• Sift flour with baking powder,baking soda,salt and cinnamon powder.

• Separate egg whites and egg yolks.Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt and vanilla essence till stiff.Add sugar in batches and beat well after each addition.
• Put egg yolk one at a time.Beat well.

• Add oil and beat for half a minute.
• Add flour gradually and fold gently with a large wooden spoon.

• Fold 1 cup apples and chopped walnuts(dust the walnuts with flour before adding) into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tin and evenly arrange the remaining apple slices on the batter.

• Mix a 1 tbsp of brown sugar with 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder and 1 tsp melted powder in a bowl and sprinkle this mixture on the arranged apples in the tin.
• Bake in pre-heated oven at 170 deg C/300 deg F for 35-40 mins.Insert a skewer in the center to check the doneness of the cake.If it comes out clean,remove from oven.

• Let it cool and invert on a rack and cut into pieces and serve.

You can serve a warm/cold custard sprinkled with the cinnamon powder along with the cake.

Notes:

1. You can bake this in two small loaf tins or 1 big loaf tin too.
2. Walnuts add a nice bite in the cake,so do not miss it.
3. The cup I used in the recipe is 1 cup = 200ml.

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Eggless Wholewheat Chocolate Cake Recipe

Eggless wholewheat chocolate cake recipe with step by step photos.Chocolate cake is a favorite to most of us and I would never no to a piece of chocolate cake as it is always tempting.But we restrict ourselves to eat less as it is usually made out of flour(maida) and butter,though sometimes I go overboard and eat more and feel guilty later.Also when I prepare any bake for my son I like to do it with wheat flour rather than the regular white flour.This recipe of wholewheat chocolate cake comes to rescue under such circumstances.I have tried this cake a couple of times and it came out well.The only change I usually do in this recipe is to use cold milk instead of cold water as the cake tastes bit rich with the usage of milk rather than the water in the recipe.The cake is also very moist because of the usage of COLD water in the recipe.I have mentioned few variations in the notes in case if you want to try the recipe.

Check out other eggless cakes recipes in my blog here:

• Eggless Chocolate Banana Bread-low fat version
• Eggless-Dates Cake, Eggless Marble Cake
• Eggless Sponge Gateau with Strawberry Cream Icing
• Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake | Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake 
• Eggless Orange flavored Sponge Cake
• Eggless Cocoa Walnut Brownies
• Eggless 2 mins Instant Microwave Mug Brownie/Cake
• Eggless Parle-G Biscuit Cake
• Eggless Chocolate Cake

Here is how to make eggless wholewheat chocolate cake recipe with step by step photos:

Eggless Wholewheat Chocolate Cake:

Yields: 1 loaf or 7" round tin | Source: Vegrecipesofindia

Prep time: 10 mins | Cooking time: 35 mins | Total time: 45 mins

Cuisine: World | Category: Desserts/Snack

Ingredients:

dry ingredients:

1 cup(120 gms) Whole wheat flour(1 cup=250ml)

3 tbsp Cocoa powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

a pinch of Salt

for wet ingredients:

3/4 cup(150 gms) Sugar

1 cup(250 ml) Cold Water

1/4 cup Oil

1 tbsp Lemon juice/Vinegar

1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

Method:

• Grease a loaf tin or 7" round tin with oil and line with parchment paper.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C/350 deg F for 10 mins.

• Sieve wholewheat flour with cocoa powder,baking soda and salt a couple of times and keep it ready.

• In a bowl take sugar and add cold water and mix it until the sugar melts.Add oil and lemon juice and mix it nicely until you get uniform mixture.

• Add vanilla essence and mix it again.
• Now add the sieved flour-cocoa mixture to the wet ingredients and mix it nicely until you get a homogeneous mixture with out any lumps.The batter will be slightly on the thinner side.

• Pour it in the prepared pan and tap it to remove the air bubbles and bake it in the preheated oven at 180deg C for 35-40 mins until the cake is done.To check the doneness of the cake you need to inset a toothpick in the center ,if it comes clean which indicates that it is done.

• Remove the tin and let it cool for 8-10mins on the counter and gently loosen the edges with a knife and gently invert on the wire rack and let it cool completely.

Cut into slices and serve as a snack or decorate with chocolate ganache or cocoa frosting and serve as a dessert.

Notes:

1. To make ganache: heat 1 cup cream over medium flame until it is hot(you do not need it bubbling, just hot enough to melt the chocolate) and pour over 2 cups chocolate chips and whisk it nicely until you get an uniform smooth ganache mixture and let it become slightly warm.Pour this ganache over the cake and decorate it with sprinkles or cocoa powder for a simple celebration cake.
2. Use good quality cocoa powder and good quality chocolate for a richer taste.
3. You can even frost the cake with cocoa frosting or chocolate icing.
4. I have used 1 cup cold milk instead of 1 cup cold water and still it worked well and liked the taste of cake made with milk than the water.You can even use half and half of cold milk and cold water.Make sure you use cold water/milk not the room temperature water/milk.
5. You can make the cake with regular flour or half and half too.
6. You can replace oil with the melted butter(at room temperature)in the recipe but it needs to be beaten nicely as it is difficult to incorporate butter to the cold water.

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Wholewheat Coconut Raisin Cookies | Eggless Cookie Recipes

Eggless wholewheat coconut raisin cookies recipe with step by step photos.I have posted coconut cookies recipe few weeks before and the coconut cookies are always a hit with my friends and family.The crunch of dessicated coconut in every bite of the cookie is so delicious that it is quite addictive and loved by adults mostly.

As I bake the coconut cookies often I prefer to use the wheat flour instead of all purpose flour for my home purpose.I also add raisins or dried cranberries to these whole wheat coconut cookies and they complement the coconut taste very nicely.This recipe is very much similar to my Coconut cookies recipe with few changes.I have started baking even the cakes with wheat flour and hopefully I should blog them some time in near future.

Cookies make a good snack on the go especially while travelling and I always pack few home made snacks like cookies,cereal bars,dried nuts and few tetra packs of juices or flavored milk which can be handy for the kids as well as adults and keep them full for at least a couple of hours.
Check out other cookies recipes in my blog:

• Coconut Cookies - Eggless
• Multigrain Crackers
• Tutti Frutti Cookies - Eggless
• Eggless Ragi Cookies

Here is how to make eggless whole wheat coconut raisin cookies recipe with step by step photos:

Eggless Whole wheat Coconut Raisin Cookies Recipe:

yields 12 big cookies

Prep time: 20 mins | Baking time: 20 mins | Total time: 40 mins

Cuisine: Indian | Category: Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Wheat flour

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

3 tbsp Dessicated coconut

3 tbsp Butter, at room temperature

3 tbsp Sugar,powdered
3-4 tbsp Raisins

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence

2-3 tsp Milk

1-2 tbsp Dessicated coconut,for topping

Method:

• Cream the butter with powdered sugar until creamy and pale and then add vanilla essence and beat again.

• Add wheat flour,baking soda and dessicated coconut(1/3 cup) and mix until the mixture resembles the crumbs.Now add raisins and add a couple of teaspoons of milk and mix until it forms a dough, do not over mix it.

• Place a parchment paper on the cookie tray and keep it ready.
• Spread 2 tbsp dessicated coconut in a plate.
• Make small balls out of the dough and roll the balls on one side in the dessicated coconut and place the doughy side does(coconut side up) on the tray and gently press it. Repeat the same and prepare all the cookies and place them at a distance giving them enough space to raise while baking.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C/350 def F for 10-12 mins.
• I do not like if the cookies spread more and hence I usually refrigerate the cookie tray until the oven gets preheated,but this step is optional.But if you feel the dough is slightly wet it is advised to keep the dough in the refrigerator,this avoids the cookies get spread more while baking.

• Bake it in the oven at 170 deg C for 15-18 mins, keep an eye on the cookies after 12 mins.The moment you see the brown patches at the edges and at the bottom of the cookies, it is time to bring them out of the oven.
• The cookies might be slightly soft to touch on top but when they are cooled they will be perfect.Cool the cookies on the sheet for a while and then remove them carefully and place on the wire rack to cool further.Once they are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

Serve them with a glass of milk or as a snack.

Notes:

1. Replace wheat flour with all purpose flour for white looking cookies.
2. You can even add dried canberries instead of raisins to the cookie dough, they add nice bite to the cookies.
3. You can sieve the flour with the baking powder before adding to the wet ingredients.
4. Add 1-2 tsp of Corn flour along with the flour which gives lighter cookies.
5. The amount of sugar mentioned is perfect for us as I like my cookies slightly less sweetened.But if you want them sweet you can increase sugar upto 1/4 cup.
6. You can increase the butter quantity to 1/4 cup for buttery cookies but this quantity is right enough for us.

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Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies | Eggless Cookies Recipes

Eggless chocolate chip cookies recipe with step by step photos.Chocolate chip cookies along with a glass of chilled milk is a classic combo and I just them.I love to dunk the chocolate chip cookies in the cold milk and eat them.There are various versions of chocolate chip cookie recipes, some like their cookies soft and some like chewy and some like crisp and this recipe of mine yields a crisp yet soft to bite chocolate chip cookies and it is eggless too.I will post another recipe of chocolate chip cookies with eggs sometime soon which is a soft cookie version.

As I mentioned before these days I am baking cookies like crazy and sometimes I am baking 2-3 batches at one go so that I don't need to bother about the kiddo's snack box or those mid night hunger pangs for me.I have used dark brown sugar in the recipe and hence my cookies look bit darker in color but if you use regular brown sugar you will get golden brown cookies.I bet once you get the hang of the home made cookies I am sure you will never turn to buy the store bought cookies any more.

Check out other cookies recipes in my blog:

• Coconut Cookies - Eggless
• Multigrain Crackers
• Tutti Frutti Cookies - Eggless
• Eggless Ragi Cookies

Here is how to make eggless chocolate chip cookies recipe with step by step photos.

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

Yields:16-18 cookies | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 20 mins | Baking time: 15 mins | Total time: 35 mins

Cuisine: International | Category: Snacks

Ingredients:

3/4 cup All purpose flour

2 tsp Corn flour

a pinch of Salt

1/4 cup Butter

1/4 cup Brown sugar

2 tbsp Caster Sugar

1/2 cup Chocolate chips

1/4 tsp Baking soda

1-2 tsp Milk,if needed

1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

Method:

• Sieve flour with corn flour,salt and baking soda a couple of times and keep aside.

• Cream the butter with caster sugar and brown sugar until creamy and pale and then add vanilla essence and beat again.

• Add the sieved flour mixture and chocolate chips to the creamed butter mixture and mix until the mixture resembles the crumbs.Now add a couple of teaspoons of milk and mix until it forms a dough, do not over mix it.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins.
• Place a parchment paper on the cookie tray and keep it ready.
• Make small balls out of the dough by hand or scoop out using a small ice cream scooper and place them on the prepared cookie tray at a distance giving them enough space to raise while baking.

• I do not like if the cookies spread more and hence I usually refrigerate the cookie tray for 5-7 mins in the refrigerator, however this step is optional.But if you feel the dough is slightly wet it is advised to keep the dough for a while in the refrigerator,this avoids the cookies get spread more while baking.
• Bake it in the oven at 170 deg C for 12-15 mins, keep an eye on the cookies after 10 mins.The moment you see the brown patches at the edges and at the bottom of the cookies, it is time to bring them out of the oven.

• The cookies might be slightly soft to touch on top but when they are cooled they will be perfect.Cool the cookies on the sheet for a while and then remove them carefully and place on the wire rack to cool further.Once they are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

Serve them with a glass of  chilled milk or as a snack.

Notes:

1. You can avoid brown sugar and make it with only white caster sugar but I highly recommend the use of brown sugar in the recipe.
2. Instead of chocolate chips you can add chopped chocolate chunks in the recipe.
3. You can also add few m&m's along with chocolate chips if you are making them for the kids.

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Eggless Coconut Cookies Recipe | Eggless Cookie Recipes

Eggless Coconut Cookies Recipe with step by step photos.I rarely baked cookies all these years because we were calorie conscious and was always worried about the amount of butter used in the preparation of cookies.Now I have a toddler at home who is fond of all these baked goodies and hence started baking more than before these days.Though he is fond of only chocolate based bakes like chocolate cake, choco chip cookies etc I am bitten with the baking bug that I am baking breads,cakes and cookies crazily these days.

I love all the cookie varieties,buns,breads,cakes that are available in Bangalore Iyengar bakeries and the Coconut cookies are one of them.Today I am posting the recipe of  Coconut cookies using  dessicated coconut, the recipe is very quick and easy and is also versatile. I have used regular flour in the recipe but one can easily substitute it with wheat flour.You can add raisins, dried cranberries or chopped cashews while making the dough and it adds a nice bite to the cookies. I have few more cookie recipes in my drafts that I will post them some time later.

Check out other cookies recipes in my blog - Eggless Tutti Frutti Cookies, Multigrain Crackers.

Here is how to prepare eggless coconut cookies recipe with step by step photos:

Eggless Coconut Cookies Recipe:

yields 20 small cookies

Prep time: 20 mins | Baking time: 20 mins | Total time: 40 mins

Cuisine: Indian | Category: Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup All purpose flour

2 tsp Corn flour

1/8 tsp Baking Soda

1/3 cup Dessicated coconut

1/3 cup Butter, at room temperature

1/3 cup Sugar,powdered

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence

2-3 tsp Milk

2 tbsp Dessicated coconut,for topping

Method:

• Sieve flour with corn flour and baking soda a couple of times and keep aside.
• Cream the butter with powdered sugar until creamy and pale and then add vanilla essence and beat again.
• Add the sieved flour mixture and dessicated coconut(1/3 cup) and mix until the mixture resembles the crumbs.Now add a couple of teaspoons of milk and mix until it forms a dough, do not over mix it.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins.
• Place a parchment paper on the cookie tray and keep it ready.
• Spread 2 tbsp dessicated coconut in a plate.
• Make small balls out of the dough and roll the balls on one side in the dessicated coconut and place the doughy side does(coconut side up) on the tray and gently press it. Repeat the same and prepare all the cookies and place them at a distance giving them enough space to raise while baking.
• I do not like if the cookies spread more and hence I usually refrigerate the cookie tray for 5-7 mins in the refrigerator, however this step is optional.But if you feel the dough is slightly wet it is advised to keep the dough in the refrigerator,this avoids the cookies get spread more while baking.
• Bake it in the oven at 170 deg C for 15-18 mins, keep an eye on the cookies after 10-12 mins.The moment you see the brown patches at the edges and at the bottom of the cookies, it is time to bring them out of the oven.
• The cookies might be slightly soft to touch on top but when they are cooled they will be perfect.Cool the cookies on the sheet for a while and then remove them carefully and place on the wire rack to cool further.Once they are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

Serve them with a glass of milk or as a snack.

Notes:

1. Replace all purpose flour with wheat flour for a healthy variation. I always prepare these cookies with wheat flour and very rarely I prepare them with the maida.
2. You can add raisins or dried canberries to the cookie dough, they add nice bite to the cookies.
3. The amount of sugar mentioned is perfect for us as I like my cookies slightly sweetened.But if you want them sweet you can increase sugar upto 1/2 cup.
4. You can increase the butter quantity to 1/2 cup for buttery cookies but this quantity is right enough for us.
5. The addition of cornflour makes the cookies light, hence I highly recommend to use it.

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Eggless Banana Bread Recipe | Eggless Banana Walnut Bread

Whenever I buy bananas I always end up having few bananas which are over ripen by the time we consume and I never feel bad as I always look up for it so that I can prepare various varieties like Pancakes, Banana Bread ,banana buns, muffins with them. I always had great results using bananas to create nice eggless whole wheat banana pancakes, eggless whole wheat banana muffins which are absolutely delicious and a bit guilt free.

I had already posted a Banana Bread recipe with Eggs and also Choco Banana Bread but somehow never posted the eggless version of Banana Bread, better late than never I am posting today a quick and easy eggless banana bread recipe.This recipe yielded a nice moist and beautiful loaf of banana bread which holds it shape nicely when sliced.The addition of brown sugar added a nice color to the bread and as I used dark brown sugar the color was but dark than the usual banana bread.

I always add walnuts to my banana bread or banana muffins as the combination of banana and walnuts is something I really love as they add a nice bite to the bread,hence do not skip them unless you do not like those nuts. I had made this bread for a small tea party at my place and needless to say that it was a hit.I love to eat banana bread just like that but one can toast it a bit and apply peanut butter or nutella or butter and have it like regular bread for breakfast.

Check out other eggless bakes recipes in my blog:

• Eggless Chocolate Banana Bread-low fat version
• Eggless-Dates Cake
• Eggless Marble Cake
• Eggless Sponge Gateau with Strawberry Cream Icing
• Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake | Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake 
• Eggless Orange flavored Sponge Cake
• Eggless Cocoa Walnut Brownies
• Eggless Parle-G Biscuit Cake

Eggless Banana Walnut Bread Recipe:

Yields: 1 loaf | Source: here

Prep time: 10 mins | Baking time: 40-45 mins | Total time: 1 hr

Cuisine: International | Category: Baking

Ingredients:

1.5 cups All purpose flour

4 large ripen Bananas

1/2 cup unsalted Butter,melted

1/2 cup Walnuts, roughly chopped

3/4 cup Brown sugar(you can make it to 1 cup if you like it sweet)

1/2 cup Milk or Buttermilk

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

a pinch of Salt

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 350 def F or 180 deg C for 10-12 mins.
• Line a 9"*5" pan with a parchment paper and grease the sides of the pan with butter and keep it ready.
• Sieve flour with baking soda and salt nicely a couple of times and keep it ready.

• Melt the butter and let it cool.
• Peel,chop and mash the ripen bananas with the brown sugar until it is smooth.

• Add melted butter,vanilla essence and milk(or buttermilk) and mix it nicely with a whisk until it is uniformly combined.

• Now add flour mixture and gently fold until just combined and you see no streaks of flour remaining in the batter.

• Sprinkle a tsp of flour on the chopped walnuts and toss them a bit so that the flour covers all the walnut pieces.

• Add chopped walnuts to the prepared batter and mix it gently and pour it into the prepared pan and tap it gently to remove the air bubbles. I have sprinkled few sunflower seeds on top , but you can sprinkle even chopped walnuts on top as well.
• Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake at 180 deg C(350 deg F) for 40-45 mins until done.

• Check it for doneness by inserting a toothpick, if it comes out clean it is done else bake it for bit long until it pass the toothpick test.
• Remove the pan from the oven and let the pan cool a bit and then run a knife at the edges and invert the pan and gently tap the pan to remove the banana bread from the pan and let it cool on the wire rack completely.

Slice and serve it as breakfast or a snack or dessert. You can keep it for 2 days under room temperature and upto 3-4 days when refrigerated.

Notes:

1. The color of banana bread depends on the quality of brown sugar used in the recipe.I use dark brown sugar and hence the banana bread was very dark in color.
2. You can increase the sugar upto 1 cup if you like it bit sweet.
3. One can toast the banana bread a bit with butter and can apply peanut butter or nutella or just serve as it is, it tastes yumm.
4. I have replaced melted butter with oil and still got good results.
5. Use large ripen bananas for the recipe for the best taste.

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