| Almost Vegan Cornmeal Snack Cake Recipe |
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 25 Mins
Yields: 9x13 inch pan (16 Pieces)
If you are looking for a healthy snack cake recipe or just a healthy snack idea, then this is the one you should be trying. Don't hesitate looking at the long ingredients list, because its all easily available and in general the recipe is very flexible. So you can substitute one for another.
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1 cup Whole Cornmeal (use only fine grind)
- 1 cup Quick Cooking oats
- 1 cup Almond Meal
- 1 cup Walnut Meal
- 1 cup Raisins
- 1 cup Coarsely Chopped Pistachios
- 1/2 cup Dried Cranberries
- 1/2 cup Flax Seed Meal
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon Mini Chocolate Chips
- 3/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder
Wet Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup Canola Oil
- 2/3 cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 and 1/4 cups Mashed/Pureed Bananas with little water
- 1 cup Brown Rice Milk
- As Needed Water/Milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 175C/350F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan with butter/non stick cooking spray. I lined it with parchment paper and then greased it also with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl combine together all the dry ingredients reserving the 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips.
- Mash 1 large ripe banana with a fork. I chopped the banana and used some of the milk to grind it into a creamy paste. Mix together all the wet ingredients together and stir it well.
- Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and combine it well without any lumps. I used another 1/4 cup of water to get the required consistency.
- Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Smooth it out with a spatula dipped in hot water and top it with the reserved chocolate chips.
- Bake it for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Mine was done in 22 minutes.
- Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let it cool completely before you can remove the cake from the pan. After it is completely cooled, invert the cake pan to remove the cake and cut it into pieces.
My Notes:
- I have included a couple of healthy substitutes to the already healthy snack cake. Instead of 1 cup of regular size butterscotch chips, I have used 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips. Instead of 1 cup of melted butter I have used 1/3 cup of oil, 2/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce and increased the quantity of mashed bananas from 1 cup to 1 and 1/4 cups.
- I have also used brown rice milk instead of dairy milk. The original recipe used whole wheat flour and regular cornmeal, which I have substituted with whole wheat pastry flour and whole cornmeal.
- Where I live I was able to fine almond meal and walnut meal ready made. If you are not able to find it readily, process nuts of your choice in a food processor until its finely powdered.
- The sweetness was just right for us. Viji had used 1 cup of dates, which I replaced with 1/2 cup of dried cranberries and also included 1 cup of chopped pistachios. Maybe that's the reason my cake was not very sweet. I think if I had used the dates the cake would have been very sweet.
- With so many ingredients in the cake, we couldn't feel the presence of cardamom. So if you are a spice fan increase the quantity to 1 teaspoon instead of 1/2 teaspoon.
- I was on a tight schedule on the day I was going to bake this cake. So I prepared the dry ingredients the previous night itself. So it was just mixing in the wet ingredients and baking the next day.
Recipe by Madhuram's Eggless Cooking at https://www.egglesscooking.com/almost-vegan-cornmeal-snack-cake/