Food

Mawa Cake

Chef Tushar Tondvalkar Darpan, 25 Jul, 2025

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:

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

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