Eggless Baked Cream Cake … delicious with that layer of cream baked in!

Eggless Baked Cream Cake … a cake as delicious as it is interesting, that cream baked into the centre is divine! A light, tender, flavourful crumb and then the very indulgent cream baked in the centre takes this simple bundt cake to another level. Also, it’s very pretty, a nice bake for Easter.

It’s taken me a bit to find a good crumb for an eggless pound cake, and I love the way this turned out. Other than easy and moist, it’s very flavourful and has a very satisfying feel to it. It’s a great cake to make now, for Spring, Easter or summer!

Importantly, as with most bundt cakes, this one leaves the tin well every time I’ve made the recipe, though I’ll have to be grateful to this Nordic Ware tin for that! Great quality, professional bakeware is key to clean release from bundt tins and never lets me down!

It’s a simple, one bowl recipe and I hope you enjoy making it. You could always do a half recipe in a smaller tin if you please. Might work well in a round, springform tin too. I’ve did a similar Eggless Saffron Thandai Cream Cake last year in a smaller tin with baked cream, and that turned out great too, one that The Bake Feed shared on their Instagram handle recently.

Do tag me on Instagram @passionateaboutbaking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Eggless Baked Cream Cake

A cake as delicious as it is interesting, that cream baked into the centre is divine! A light, tender, flavourful crumb and then the very indulgent cream baked in the centre takes this simple bundt cake to another level!
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Keyword baking, cake, dessert, eggless, eggless baking, eggless cake, eggless layered cake, homemade, one bowl, simple, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 13 minutes
Servings 10 people

Ingredients

Eggless vanilla pound cake

  • 100 g clarified butter /ghee melted, cooled
  • 50 g oil
  • 300 g castor sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 175 g thick yogurt
  • 2 tbsp corn flour
  • tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • Pinch salt
  • 290 g all-purpose flour
  • 240 g buttermilk

Vanilla cream filling

  • 300 g Amul Fresh cream/ 20% fat
  • 100 g milk
  • 2 1/2 tbsp cornflour
  • 50 g sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract

Chocolate glaze

  • 100 g dark chocolate chopped
  • 30 g unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp honey

Instructions

Eggless vanilla pound cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180c. Lightly grease & flour a 12 cup Bundt tin. I used @nordicwareusa, it never fails.
  • Place the ghee, oil, sugar & vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer/or a large bowl & whisk on medium high speed until well mixed. Add the yogurt, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Whisk again, scraping the sides down a couple of times.
  • Add the plain flour with buttermilk & whisk until smooth.
  • Pour about 520g of the batter into the tin. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the top is slightly firm & light brown.
  • Take out of the oven, top with the vanilla cream, followed by the remaining batter. Return to the oven and bake for approximately 45 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
  • Cool completely in the tin, gently loosen the edges and turn out. Pour over the glaze if desired.

Vanilla cream filling

  • Whisk all the ingredients together in a heavy bottom saucepan until smooth. Simmer over low heat, STIRRING CONSTANTLY, until it thickens to a custard consistency. Be careful since it can catch the bottom. Take off heat and whisk well until smooth.
  • Note: I now make this in the microwave at 30 second intervals, whisking well after each heating, until the edges begin to thicken.

Chocolate glaze

  • Place all the ingredients in a bowl and melt over a double boiler until the chocolate has melted. Cool to room temperature before using.

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Sweet Potato Pound Cake with salted butter caramel sauce

” Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot

Sweet Potato Pound Cake with salted butter caramel sauce.  Autumns here. There’s a nip in the early morning air, and the nights are getting cooler each passing day. The weather’s changing and suddenly earthy, warm, spicy feels good. I love the way one season gives way to another, inspiring you to move from one ingredient to ingredient, light spices to moorish ones. Fall is in the air. With it cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace all dance in the air with heady aromas.The tin of pumpkin pie spice calls my name come October. It’s a strange connect and a warm one too. Felt like a Pumpkin Pie Spice and Walnut Loaf Cake with Buttermilk Frosting was to be baked again. I did shift gears suddenly. All thanks to a rather late discovery over the past couple of years, the sweet potato. This very humble root vegetable, earthy, flavourful, unassuming, surprisingly sweet and quite delicious, offers immense possibilities.Sweet potatoes are also a quintessential part of Old Delhi, especially in winter. Street carts piled high with sweet potatoes roasted in coal, that taste is quite unparalleled, best enjoyed then and there. Chopped up and tossed in lime juice and a typical chaat masala, or spice mix, I don’t bother recreating that at home. It’s the ambiance of the old city that adds to the flavour! So at home it is often a salad, tikkis, oven roasted fries {absolutely delicious}. Then 2 days ago, this cake happened. I tried to keep it a whole food cakesweet potato puree + brown sugar + whole wheat flour + homemade sweet butter. An experiment with fingers crossed. An experiment off an earlier wholegrain pound cake recipe. You will notice optional walnuts in the ingredients listed. I was never really sure how edible the cake would turn out to be, so I skipped them. It turned out unexpectedly delicious. Moist, full of flavour and even better the next day. Was even good cold out of the fridge. An earthy rustic treat!The deep dark salted butter caramel sauce made a good experiment better! That I am addicted to it is all the fault of the Cookaroo. She swears by this sauce from Smitten Kitchen and is never far from deliciousness. It’s  fabulous to store in the fridge. Drizzle over just about anything to add to the oomph. Reminds me  of the chewy taffy that the nuns used to sell at the tuck shop at school in Bangalore. Also of the gooey insides of the 5 Star bars that fascinated and tempted the sweet tooth when young.  The salted edge is what makes this sauce a winner. Must warn you that it is very addictive, and can burn the greedy tasters tongue. Pairs beautifully with cakes and especially fall flavours – pears, apple, pumpkins,walnuts …

Did I forget figs? With fall here, the produce is changing. Exciting times ahead as far as food goes. I am having a field day literally! With the camera my trusted companion, this cannot be a better time of the year for moody shooters like me. From buying up sweet potatoes like there’s no tomorrow, to foraging wild figs {goolar}, autumn is keeping me busy.

[print_this]Recipe:  Sweet Potato Pound Cake with salted butter caramel sauce

Summary: Sweet Potato Pound Cake with salted butter caramel sauce. A whole food cake – sweet potato puree + brown sugar + whole wheat flour + homemade sweet butter. The cake turned out unexpectedly delicious. Moist, full of flavour and even better the next day. Even good cold out of the fridge. An earthy rustic treat!

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:

  • Sweet Potato Pound Cake
  • 100g unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 250g sweet potato puree {I boiled and mashed 2 small ones}
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4tsp baking soda
  • 150g whole wheat flour
  • 50g walnuts, chopped {optional}
  • Deep dark salted butter caramel sauce
  • 200g granulated sugar
  • 70g salted butter
  • 60g low fat cream

Method:

  1. Sweet Potato Pound Cake
  2. Grease well 1 X 6″ and 2 mini heavy duty bundt tins {or a 7″ spring form tin}
  3. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  4. Place butter, sugar and sweet potato puree in  a big bowl and beat well at high speed until smooth, 2-3 minutes.
  5. Beat in vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and baking soda.
  6. Beat in eggs one by one.
  7. Fold in the walnuts if using, and whole wheat flour in 4-5 lots.
  8. Turn into prepared tins.
  9. Bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
  10. Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out gently onto a rack to cool.
  11. Pour over about 1/2 cup of salted butter caramel sauce, and top with walnuts if desired.
  12. Deep dark salted butter caramel sauce
  13. Place the sugar in a deep heavy bottom saucepan and melt over medium low heat until dark amber. Swirl around if needed.
  14. Add the cream and butter together. Be careful as it will splutter at first before it comes together. Stir to combine. Pour into a jug once warm else store in a jar. You might need to heat it gently before serving as it tends to harden in the fridge. {Can be made ahead}

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