Gulkand Flavoured Cake

Name: Gulkand Flavoured Cake
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour; 3 tbsp. gulkand; 1 tsp. rose water; 1/2 cup milk; 1/4 cup oil; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; pinch salt; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. chopped pistachios; as needed few cherries & rose petals to garnish; 100 gm butter at room temperature; as needed few drops of red food coloring; 1 cup powdered sugar

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#Eggless - This is just a simple basic eggless cake for you to try. I flavoured it with some gulkand and rose water for some lingering aroma. Adding frosting is purely optional. Relish this yummy cake just as it is, as a dessert or as a tea time snack.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

1 cupplain flour
3 tbsp.gulkand
1 tsp.rose water
1/2 cupmilk
1/4 cupoil
1/2 cuppowdered sugar
pinchsalt
1 tsp.baking powder
1 tsp.chopped pistachios
as neededfew cherries & rose petals to garnish
Frosting -
100 gm butter at room temperature
as neededfew drops of red food coloring
1 cuppowdered sugar

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Steps

1

Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt 2-3 times. Keep aside. Whisk the butter, oil, sugar and gulkand well it everything is well incorporated.
2

Add all the dry ingredients and mix well in a cut and fold method. Pour into a greased cake tin and bake at 190 degrees C. for 40-45 minutes.
3

For the frosting - Beat the butter and food colour till light and fluffy. Fold in the sugar, little at a time, till everything is well incorporated.
4

Transfer to a piping bag and pipe in over the cake as desired. Garnish with cherries, pistachios and rose petals. Cut into desired shape and enjoy.