Vegan Millet Xmas cake | Easy Xmas Treats

Name: Vegan Millet Xmas cake | Easy Xmas Treats
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Finger millet (ragi flour); 1/4 cup Little millet flour; 1/4 cup Foxtail millet flour; 1 1/3 cup Wholewheat flour (if Gluten Free, sub with any other GF flour, but the bake time and liquid will vary quite a bit); 1 tsp Cornflour; 1 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder (Sub with All spice powder); 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1/8 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder; 1/2 tsp Clove powder (if using all spice powder, omit nutmeg and clove powders); 1 cup Mixed nuts chopped (I used cashew, almonds, black raisins and pistachio); 15 Dates (I used Mejdool de-seeded chopped dates, increase by 4-5 if you want it sweeter); 1.5 cups Fresh orange juice (this will increase if using any GF flour in place of Wholewheat / APF); 1/2 cup Olive oil (or any neutral oil like avocado / Canola); 1/2 cup Hot water; 1/4 Tutti fruiti (candied papaya - optional but recommended .); 1.5 TBSP Orange zest

December 23, 2018

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Let’s bake a vegan, Millet based Refined Sugarfree Xmas plum cake, perfect for Christmas and holiday baking

The family loves tea cakes and my mom in particular loves Xmas cakes. This Plum Cake takes us all to the Annual Nilgiris cake fest held at Bangalore where various huge themed cakes made their annual appearance much before they became trendy in the baking world – lovely memories.

With the holiday season upon us, it was natural to bake a xmas fruit cake which was not boozy ,sugar-heavy or with any fancy fittings- something that my family would enjoy. My husband believes that food can be as healthy as you want it to be , and this cake is a success in that direction. With no added sugar, and made from various millets, this is surely not your typical Xmas cake, but as a family we loved it a lot.

While most bakes at home are banana bread and its variations, special occasions do call for specialities like Transylvanian Cinnamon Sugar Yeasted Cake

Wishing all you readers a very happy X-Mas and a joyous year ahead.. !

Adapted from Various recipes, this is a no-refined sugar added bake and this cake made its way to our tummies as an early Xmas treat!

Let's bake a vegan, Millet based Refined Sugar free Xmas plum cake, perfect for Christmas and holiday baking

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Tips to make the BEST, MOIST AND Soft Millet Xmas / Plum Cake:

This is a 100% Eggless recipe- if using eggs, the ratio of dry : wet ingredients will vary.
Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature
Whisk / Sieve the flours throuhgly before mixing
As with all cakes, fold in the dry mixture to the wet slowly. do not overbeat
This is a 90% millet recipe with wholewheat flour. Any variation of flours (including making it 100% wholewheat or APF or any ratio change will vary the bake time, liquid content – adjust accordingly)
Baking times vary from oven to oven and even oven to airfryer. Tent the bake / cake if it burns too quickly
Cool on the wire rack and then slice. Best sliced with overnight refrigeration
If you are allergic / dislike nuts, you can skip or use what works for you (suggestions include candied orange slices, dehydrated fruits etc)

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What you need to make Vegan, Millet based Refined Sugar free Xmas cake

Prep time – 25 Mins, bake time -40 mins ; Makes – 8~10 medium slices

Dry ingredients

1/2 cup Finger millet(ragi) flour
1/4 cup Little millet flour
1/4 cup Foxtail millet flour
1 1/3 cup Wholewheat flour (if Gluten Free, sub with any other GF flour, but the bake time and liquid will vary quite a bit)
1 tsp Cornflour
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder (Sub with All spice powder)
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/8 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder
1/2 tsp Clove powder (if using all spice powder, omit nutmeg and clove powders)

Wet ingredients –

1 cup Mixed nuts chopped (I used cashew, almonds, black raisins and pistachio)
15 Dates (I used Mejdool de-seeded chopped dates, increase by 4-5 if you want it sweeter)
1.5 cups Fresh orange juice (this will increase if using any GF flour in place of Wholewheat / APF)
1/2 cup Olive oil (or any neutral oil like avocado / Canola)
1/2 cup Hot water
1/4 Tutti fruiti (candied papaya) – optional but recommended .
1.5 TBSP Orange zest

How to make Vegan, Millet based Refined Sugar free Xmas cake

In a pan, bring the hot water to a rolling boil , add chopped dates and let it boil for 4-5 mins till dates are soft but not mushy. Cool slightly and Add the baking soda to this mixture and mix, it will froth a bit, but that’s ok. Let it settle down
Meanwhile, In another bowl, soak the finely chopped dry fruits in room temperatures orange juice for 20 mins.
Sift the dry ingredients twice over in a large bowl.
Preheat oven to 170C and grease a baking dish (I used a Bundt pan)
In another large bowl, add all the soaked dates, oil, soaked dry fruits, Orange Zest + juice well. Add this wet mixture to the dry mix and slowly fold till no dry streaks appear.
Add a little more hot water 1/2 tsp at a time or pure orange juice if the mixture appears too dry. Add in the tutti frutti if using .
Pour the cake batter to the prepared cake pan, bake for 30-35 mins or till a skewer comes clean.Tent the pan if you feel it’s browning too quickly.
Cool on a wire rack and de-mould gently. Let it cool to room temperature and slice as required.