Name: Healthy Ragi Cake recipe by Madhulika Vatsal at BetterButter
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup + 2 tbsp Ragi/Finger Millet Flour; 1/4 Cup - Sugar; 1/4 Cup - Honey; 1 - Cup Grated Carrot; 3/4 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp - Baking Soda; 1/2 Cup - Chopped Walnuts; 1/4 tsp - Salt; 1/2 Cup - Curd; 1/4 Cup - Saffola Oil; 1 tbsp - Flax Seed Powder; 2 tbsp - Almond Meal; 1 tbsp - Melted Chocolate; For icing:; 1/2 Cup - Homemade Low-fat Cottage Cheese; 1/2 Cup - Homemade Low-fat Hung Curd; 2 tbsp - Powdered Sugar; For ragi sticks:; 1/2 cup - powdered sugar; 1/2 cup - butter; 1 cup - Ragi flour; 1tbsp - flax seed powder; 1 tbsp - white sesame seeds; 1/2 tsp - Baking powder; 1/4 tsp - Baking Soda

Ingredients Serving: 8

1 cup + 2 tbsp Ragi/Finger Millet Flour
1/4 Cup - Sugar
1/4 Cup - Honey
1 - Cup Grated Carrot
3/4 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp - Baking Soda
1/2 Cup - Chopped Walnuts
1/4 tsp - Salt
1/2 Cup - Curd
1/4 Cup - Saffola Oil
1 tbsp - Flax Seed Powder
2 tbsp - Almond Meal
1 tbsp - Melted Chocolate
For icing:
1/2 Cup - Homemade Low-fat Cottage Cheese
1/2 Cup - Homemade Low-fat Hung Curd
2 tbsp - Powdered Sugar
For ragi sticks:
1/2 cup - powdered sugar
1/2 cup - butter
1 cup - Ragi flour
1tbsp - flax seed powder
1 tbsp - white sesame seeds
1/2 tsp - Baking powder
1/4 tsp - Baking Soda

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and dust 5” round cake tin.
In a bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, flex seed powder, almond meal and salt.
In another bowl cream together honey, sugar and oil. Add in the curd and whisk.
Now add the flour mixture, grated carrots and walnuts and mix until the batter is lump free.
Pour the batter in greased tin. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Insert a toothpick in the cake, if it comes out clean the cake is properly baked. (If not done reduce the temperature to 160°C and bake for 5-10 minutes)
After it is cooled, demould it and slice the cake horizontally in two parts.
For icing, blend hung curd and cottage cheese in a mixer jar. Add sugar and beat it with a hand blender.
Sandwich the icing between the layers of the cake.
Also cover the cake completely with icing and smoothen it with a spatula
Make a spiral web with melted chocolate or decorate as desired.
For ragi sticks mix all the ingredients and make a dough. Roll the dough and cut into strips. Bake in preheated oven at 180?C for 15 minutes.
Cover the cake side with the prepared ragi sticks.

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