Eggless, Whole Wheat Orange Cake
Ingredients:
Cake:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp chia seeds
1 cup plain yogurt( I used homemade)
1/2 cup oil ( I used vegetable oil, you may use any consented oil)
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
3 Tbsp orange zest( from 3 oranges)
1 orange, thinly sliced(optional)
Orange Glaze:
1/4 cup orange juice
1 3/4 cup icing sugar
2 Tbsp orange zest
1 tsp melted butter
How to proceed:
Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Sieve together whole wheat flour, baking powder and baking soda. Myself being a shortcut queen, I put all these ingredients in my vitamix blender jar and ran it for 5 seconds.
3. Take it in a deep, wide bowl.
4. Add chia seeds and mix them well. Keep aside.
5. In the same blender jar, I added oil, milk and mixed it for 5 seconds. Alternately, you can just whisk it all together till well combined.
6.Add sugar and blend for 5 more seconds.
7. Add yogurt and blend well.
8. Add orange zest and vanilla essence and run the blender just for 1 second. We don't want to crush the orange zest.
9. Gently mix the wet ingredients in dry ingredients and fold to mix until well combined.
10. Add fresh orange juice to adjust the consistency of the batter.
11.Grease a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
12. arrange the orange slices on the bottom of the pan as per your liking. This is completely optional.
13.Add a cup of water in another baking pan( I used cookie sheet) and place it on the bottom rack of the oven.
14. Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until a toothpick/ knife stuck in the center comes out clean.
15.Let cool in the loaf pan for 5 mins before taking the cake out.
Orange glaze:
Whisk together all the ingredients together until well blended.
Pour the glaze over the cake. Slice and serve.
Enjoy the cake with tea/ coffee, at breakfast or as a dessert.
