Eggless Orange Raisin Cake (Vegan)
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
1 large orange
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup soy milk (or any milk)
1/2 cup oil
1/4 soy yogurt (or any yogurt)
Topping Ingredients
1 orange
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. corn starch (also called corn flour in some
countries)
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Secret Ingredient - hold this thought while preparing this dish
"I win the hearts of others through the beauty of my simplicity and serenity."
Secret Ingredient - hold this thought while preparing this dish
"I win the hearts of others through the beauty of my simplicity and serenity."
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour
a 9x13 inch pan.
2. Zest the orange, take the white skin off, take seeds
out (if any), and put the whole inside of the orange (this includes pulp) with
the zest in a food processor.
3. Now add 1/3 cup of walnuts, 1 cup of raisins, 3/4
cup of soy milk, 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of oil, and 1/4 cup of soy yogurt to the food processor
and pulse till a fine paste like batter forms. These are the wet ingredients.
4. In a large bowl, combine flour,
sugar, baking soda and salt. These are the dry ingredients.
5.
Now add the wet ingredients mixture
to the dry ingredients.
6.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake
in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into
the center of the cake comes out clean.
7.
For the topping: Zest the other
orange, juice it (this time remove all the pulp) and set aside.
8.
Add the 1 tsp. corn starch to the
orange juice and blend well till no lumps form.
9.
In a small sauce pan, heat the orange, corn
starch mixture, add the 1/3 cup of sugar, and the zest and stir till the
mixture is bubbly, then switch off the heat. This is the topping mixture
10. Drizzle the topping mixture over warm cake. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of finely chopped
walnuts over the topping on the cake.
Serves about 16.
