Cinnamon Eggless Coffee Cake
By: Sanjeeta Kk
Published: Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:07am

Ingredients




1 cup of All purpose Flour
1/2 cup of wholewheat flour
1 cup of powdered sugar
6 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon Vinegar
1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee powder
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon of Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of Vanilla essence
1/2 cup of Curd or Yogurt
1/2 cup of strong coffee decoction

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 180°C. Grease a rectangular tin for baking the cake and keep it aside. Take a big vessel and sift the two kinds of flour with baking powder, coffee, powder, cinnamon powder and salt for at least three times. 2 Take another vessel and beat powdered sugar and oil till it is light and fluffy , for about 10 minutes. 3 Add the curd, coffee decoction, vanilla essence and vinegar in the sugar and oil mixture and stir it thoroughly. Keep 1 tsp. of sugar aside. 4 Gently mix in the liquid mix in the dry flour. Mix the whole batter very lightly till it resembles a uniform paste. Do not over mix, just 10-12 strokes will do. 5 Pour the prepared batter in the baking tin and sprinkle 1 tsp. of sugar over it. Bake it at 180°C for about 25-30 minutes or till done. 6 Insert a clean knife and take it out, if it comes clean the cinnamon tea cake is ready, else bake it for few more minutes. 7 Take out of the oven and let it cool on a wire rack. Cut it in desired shape and serve with tea or coffee. Stays good for a week.

About


A very light and delicious cake with the flavors of cinnamon & coffee in it.
Replace coffee concoction with instant coffee powder.
Add dates puree (Dates boiled in water and pureed) instead of coffee decoction for a different flavor and added health benefits.