Healthy Oats Cake
Ok an honest confession..for
me baking means lots of butter and flour, lots of icing and chocolates and the
quintessential baking aroma permeating my house.
However with people getting
more health conscious and avoiding fats and carbs I also decided to come up
with something healthy.
I have two packets of oats sitting at home and no
takers because frankly speaking oats taste horrible however much you might try
to dress it up. I, somehow, have very healthy intentions but fail to follow
them through. So, this time, I decided to try and make a healthy cake.
The first ingredient that
came to my mind was oats. No problem there. Plenty in my kitchen. I took a cup
of oats and ran it in the mixer to get a fine powder. Added some baking powder
to it also. Now this takes care of my flour substitute.
But I balked at the idea of
no butter and oil. Still I decided to see this recipe through.
Now egg substitute is easy. Just
add curd mixed with baking soda. Check.
Hmmmm sugar!!! Artificial sweetener
was an option but I have been told those are not good for your health. So I compromised
a little and used brown sugar which is a tad better than white sugar. I used 1
cup of brown sugar which I felt can be reduced a little.
To add to the flavor a added
dried cranberries which are a good source of anti oxidants. They are also known
as “super food”.
The main problem came while clicking
a pic because keeping with the health theme I could not use whipped cream, any
frosting or even a sprinkling of icing sugar to beautify the cake. So here is
the plain Jane but totally delicious Healthy Oats Cake.
P.S. I used the smallest cake
tin I had because I had no idea how it would turn out.
Ingredients
1 cup oats
¾ cup brown sugar
1 ¼ cup curd
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
½ cup dried cranberries,
chopped ( if you don’t have these you can use raisins)
Churn the oats in the mixer
to make a fine powder.
Add baking soda to the curd
and let it sit for 5 minutes.
Mix oats, baking powder and
brown sugar. Now add the curd and mix well.
Preheat oven at 170 degrees Celsius.
Pour the batter in the
greased cake tin and bake for 20 -25 minutes.
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