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Desserts

Mawa Cake

Chef Tushar Tondvalkar Darpan, 25 Jul, 2025 03:17 PM
  • Mawa Cake

Yield: 16 portions  

Ingredients

  • 340 gms mawa (khoa)  
  • 600 ml milk 
  • 6 whole eggs  
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract  
  • 600 gms all-purpose flour 
  • 2 teaspoons salt 
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder 
  • 100 gms butter (room temperature) 
  • 5 gms cardamom powder 
  • 450 gms sugar 

 
Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. 
  2. Add mawa (khoa), sugar, and butter in a bowl and beat with a hand blender until it's pale and fluffy. 
  3. Mix flour, cardamom powder, and baking powder and keep aside. 
  4. Add all the eggs to the mawa mixture and mix well with a whisk. 
  5. Add ⅓ of the flour to the mawa mixture with ⅓ of the milk, and mix well. 
  6. Add the remaining ingredients, mix well, and make sure there are no lumps in the batter  
  7. Divide the batter into 16 portions. 
  8. Bake it for 20-25 minutes or poke a toothpick to check if the cake is ready. 

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