Craving for some soft, spongy, delicious cake? Eggless Pistachio Mawa Cake to your rescue! This Indian style rich cake is a must try. It will leave you craving until you finish the whole cake. Are you ready to explore this cake with me?
Eggless Pistachio Mawa Cake
Whenever I used to go to ice cream shops in my childhood, I used to look at all the flavors. Chocolate, Vanilla, Butterscotch were the usual flavors. But, Pista flavored ice cream had my heart. It’s unique, rich, soul soothing flavor was always my go to ice cream. My love for pista started there and I’ve been experimenting with it in various ways since then. Eggless Pistachio Mawa Cake is one of the recipes I’m so proud of. It turns out perfect every time I make it!
Eggless Cakes are such a pain to bring it to perfection. It took a lot of time for me to work on it. If you are not aware of my journey, in the initial days of baking I used to take baking orders. Nowadays a lot of people prefer eggless cakes. I faced a lot of difficulties before but now I love the way eggless cakes turn out.
Benefits of Mawa
Today we are discussing Eggless Pistachio Mawa Cake. So, let me tell you some benefits about consuming Mawa. Mawa is a dairy product so it is helpful for a good immune system, to strengthen your bones, source of Vitamin B and rich in calcium. Works great for the health of your skin and hair. Plus don’t forget that the mawa taste is super delicious.
Ground pistachio with saffron, mawa and cardamom blends perfectly together to give that the taste that you would never forget. I don’t want to keep you waiting anymore. Take a look at the recipe and start baking. I’m sure you are going to love it as much as I do. Don’t forget to tell me how it turned out. It’s always a pleasure to see you try my recipes. I will see you soon again with another drooling recipe. Until then take care and keep baking!
Here are other simple Pistachio recipes that you would love :
- Buttery Pistachio Babka
- Pistachio Wafer Cookies
- Pistachio Fig Frangipane Tart
- One Bowl Pistachio Tart
Eggless Pistachio Mawa Cake
Ingredients
- 112 g (1/2 cup ) Unsalted Butter
- 135 g (3/4 cup) Castor Sugar
- 160 g (1 1/4 cup ) Wheat Flour
- 1/4 cup Ground Pistachio
- 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/4 cup Curd
- 3/4 cup Milk
- 1/3 cup Instant Mawa Check the recipe linked in notes
- Pinch of Saffron
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
To make cream:
- 1/4 cup Ricotta Cheese
- 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
- Pinch of Saffron
- 2 tbsp Sliced Pistachio
- Few Rose Petals (for decoration)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C for 10 minutes. Prepare a 7" round pan by applying butter and parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk in flour, ground pistachio, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a small bowl, add 2 tbsp milk and saffron. Heat it for 2 minutes and reserve.
- Using a whisk, beat butter and sugar till creamy.
- Add in the curd and whisk it.
- Mix in the mawa till no lumps.
- Add in dry ingredients and cardamom powder.
- Fold in just till mixed.
- Add in the saffron milk.
- Add in milk and mix well.
- Pour it in the prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
To make Cream:
- Beat ricotta till creamy.
- Add in cream and saffron.
- Beat till mixed.
- Cover and keep in fridge for at least 1 hour, so that saffron gets infused.
- Once cake is completely cooled, top it with cream.
- Top it with more saffron and sliced pistachio with rose petals.