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Eggless gulab jamun cake

tasty Eggless jamun cake without mix
4.72 from 7 votes
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Ingredients

Cake dry ingredients:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup milk powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Cake wet ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk
  • saffrons few strands
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup flavorless oil

Sugar syrup:

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • few strands of saffron
  • 1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder

Rabri:

  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • few saffrons

Instructions

Gulab jamun Cake

  • Firstly preheat the oven to 320 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Take milk, cardamom powder, and few strands of saffron in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 2 minutes, keep it aside
  • Add all-purpose flour, milk powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a wide vessel and mix well
  • Take sugar and oil in a separate bowl and mix well
  • Furthermore, pour the hot milk into the oil-sugar bowl and mix well
  • Transfer the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl and mix gently. Avoid overmixing
  • Take a 7-inch bundt pan and add very little oil spread and sprinkle little flour and grease
  • Transfer the cake batter and tap the pan to remove air bubble
  • Bake for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
  • Cool the cake for 5 minutes then invert and unmold the cake

Sugar syrup

  • Add hot water, sugar, cardamom powder, and saffron into a pan and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes
  • Mix well in between and cook till the syrup turns sticky, avoid string consistency
  • Turn off the stove and set aside

Soaking cake in sugar syrup

  • Clean the pan and transfer the cake back to the pan
  • Prick holes all over the cake with a toothpick or skewer
  • Gently pour the entire sugar syrup over the cake and keep aside for at least 2 hours or until the sugar syrup is well absorbed in the cake

Prepare Rabdi | Rabri

  • Boil evaporated milk in medium flame for 5 minutes
  • Furthermore add sugar, cardamom powder, saffron and boil for 5 minutes, turn off the stove
  • Cool the rabdi at room temperature and refrigerate till you serve

Unmold the sugar syrup absorbed cake

  • Gently pour hot water in a wide pan
  • Carefully place the bundt pan and let it sit for 5 minutes
  • After 5 minutes carefully take the pan outside. invert and unmold the cake

Serve cake

  • Slice the cake and pour rabdi, serve
  • You can also serve the cake with vanilla ice cream

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Notes

Cake
  1. Adjust the sugar according to your taste 
  2. for extra flavor can add any essence according to your taste 
  3. Always use a flavorless oil
  4. I have used bundt pan but you can bake the came in any pan of your choice but baking time may vary
  5. Nonstick pan helps for easy unmolding 
  6.  Avoid adding excess  saffron
Sugar syrup
  1. After preparing sugar syrup you can add rose essence 
  2. Avoid string consistency
  3. If you prefer sweeter cake increase the sugar and proportionally increase water
  4. You can add cloves, cinnamon, or any other spice of your choice 
Rabdi
  1. I have used evaporated milk but you can boil thick milk and cook till mill reduce to half
  2. Keep mixing in-between to avoid milk cream
  3. Adjust sugar according to taste
  4. If you are skipping rabdi increase sugar in came or sugar syrup 
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