Cinnamon Eggless Cake - healthy recipe using wheat flour

I prepared this wheat cake yesterday. Its healthy and tasty. First time I tried preparing cake with wheat. Came out well.


Ingredients:


    * 2 cups wheat flour
    * 2 tsp cinnamon powder
    * 2 cups  brown sugar
    * 1-1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate 
    * 1/2 tsp baking powder
    * 1 cup of curd
    * 3/4 cup of water
    * 2/3 cup of cooking oil 
    * dates/almond/raisins - for garnishing

Preparation:

   1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees for 5  to 10 mins.
   2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
   3. Blend the curd, water and oil together in another bowl.
   4. Then mix the dry ingredients into this bowl and blend well. Add the nuts too.
   5. Bring it to dripping consistency, add more water if needed. ( I did not add more water as the consistency was correct. If you take the exact quantity mentioned above you don't need to add excess water)
   6. Oil the bottom of a baking dish pour the content and bake for 40 to 45 mins.Keep checking if the cake is baked by inserting a skewer.
   7. Cut and serve when cool.

Note: Since we are using wheat flour here the cake might burn a little at the bottom. Keep checking to avoid burning. Scrape out the burnt part if any once cooled and serve.

Chocolate Fondant - low calorie and healthy recipe in my version

I tried chocolate fondant last week and it turned out very well.  I am a bit calorie conscious person and don't freak much on cakes and sweets though I do like few of them as they are very rich in calories. This time I made  some variation in my recipe where I prepared the fondant using brown sugar instead of castor sugar and light butter. Was not sure about how it would taste like but wanted to give a try and check out if it would turn out good. It turned out yummy and within no time all of it was over. I and my hubby liked this very much. I will surely prepare it again as it does not count in lot of calories and doesn't take much time too in preparing it.

You can prepare this using Castor sugar and normal unsalted butter too. I am sure it will taste good too.

Ingredients:

• Light Brown soft sugar - 100 gms ( can use castor sugar)
• Eggs - 2 nos
• Dark cooking chocolate - 100gms
• Heart Healthy flora butter - 90 gms ( can use normal unsalted butter )
• All purpose flour (maida) - 35 gms

Preparation:

1. Beat the eggs and to it add the brown sugar. Beat the mixture well.
2. Meanwhile melt the dark chocolate and butter in the microwave.
3. Add the melted mixture to the egg  and sugar mix and stir in well. Add the flour stir it to see there are no lumps. Strain it through a strainer to remove lumps if any and get a fine mixture.
4. Chill in the refrigerator for 10 to 15 mins for it to set.
5. Bake in a preheat oven for 200 degree centigrade for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and serve.

You can use a rectangle baking dish, round baking dish or muffin tins for baking it. Choice is yours.