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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Eggless Saffron Thandai Cream Cake (Suji Cake)- Happy Holi

Eggless Saffron Thandai Cream Cake, a cake that turned out more special than I imagined. The textures and flavours all came together in perfect harmony, and this dense moist cake literally screams holi. Thandai mix in the filling flavoured the cake beautifully, and the sprinkle on top gave it added texture and flavour.

The suji cake is a twist to my eggless saffron halwa tea cakes inspired by the Middle Eastern basbousa. You will love the custard cream filling which is basically cream and milk thickened to a custard with cornflour. When such basic ingredients like semolina or suji yield such magic, baking is even more fun. Saffron, pistachio and rose petals can really uplift a dessert!

It’s quite fascinating to bake the cream layer between two layers of the cake. The custard sets basically because of the cornflour in the cream filling, and that is has been thickened over the stove first. Have to admit I was a bit nervous when I took the cake out of the tin the first time because I expected the filling to burst the banks and flow all over the place. Such a pleasant surprise to find it well formed!

Hope you try this over Holi, or anytime actually. Feel free to skip the thandai spice mix, flavour the custard filling with saffron, maybe pistachios. Don’t forget to tag me at @passionateaboutbaking if you bake this!

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Eggless Saffron Thandai Cream Cake

This cake turned out more special than I imagined. The textures and flavours all came together in perfect harmony, and the cake literally screams holi. Thandai mix in the filling flavoured the cake beautifully, and the sprinkle on top gave it added texture and flavour. The cake is a twist to my saffron halwa tea cakes inspired by the Middle Eastern basbousa.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword baking, cake, cheesecake, dessert, eggless, eggless cake, eggless layered cake, Holi cake, homemade, one bowl, saffron, semoline cake, Thandai, vegetarian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • whisk
  • Oven
  • spatula

Ingredients

Cake batter

  • 150 g semolina/suji
  • 100 g clarified butter/ghee melted
  • 300 g sweetened condensed milk {3/4 tin}
  • 40 g almond meal
  • Generous pinch saffron strands

Thandai custard cream filling

  • 360 ml cream Amul 20% fat
  • 120 ml milk
  • 2 1/2 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp thandai spice mix

Topping

  • 50 g condensed milk
  • 2 tbsp thandai spice mix

Piping

  • 240 ml cream Amul 20% fat
  • 1.5 tbsp cornflour
  • Rose essence
  • Few drops beetroot juice to colour

Instructions

  • Cake
  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a loose bottom 7″ tin with ghee and dust with semolina. Place on a baking tray.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the clarified butter/ghee with the semolina and stand for 10-15 minutes.
  • Whisk in the condensed milk, almond meal and saffron strands.
  • Add HALF the batter to the prepared tin, and bake for approximately 20 minutes until light golden brown and firm to touch.

Prepare the cream filling while the cake is baking.

  • 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 if left unattended.
  • Take off heat and whisk well until smooth.
  • Pour the thandai cream filling over the first baked layer and sprinkle with 2 tbsp thandai mix.
  • Whisk the remaining half batter and gently spoon over the thandai mix and spread uniformly.
  • Return the cake to bake for a further 20-25 minutes until the top is light golden brown and firm to touch.
  • Take out of the oven, and pour over the 50g condensed milk, then sprinkle over 2 tbsp of thandai mix.
  • Leave the cake to cool in the tin to room temperature, then refrigerate for 3-4 hours until set.

Topping

  • Prepare the cream the same way as for the filling, then refrigerate until cold and of piping consistency. It'll be a light piping consistency.
  • Gently remove the cake from the tin and place on serving platter.
  • Pipe over with rose cream, scatter over rose petals, pistachio slivers.
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