We know you want to get healthier, but every time you see a cake, it’s hard for you to resist. We feel you. Such is the appeal and taste of a cake that no matter how strictly you follow your diet plans, a cake has the power to give up to the temptation.
There is a way to relish the deliciousness of the cakes and yet feel no guilt because it’s healthy. Yes, cakes can be healthy and wholesome if baked with fresh and nutritious ingredients. Because of the increased demand for healthy cakes as people like you are quite conscious about their health, many bakeries offer healthier versions of cakes along with doorstep delivery. Order cake online in Delhi, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Hyderabad or wherever you live to taste the sweetness of good health.
And, if once in a while you wish to bake a cake at home, then you can pick any of these healthy recipes, mentioned in detail.
- Yoghurt Cake: A yoghurt cake that is super easy to make, nourishing, and tasty to eat. Everything about this cake is finger-licking good.
Ingredients: Yoghurt, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, vegetable oil, lemon zest, pinch of salt, vanilla essence, and apricots (optional).
Steps :
- Beat eggs and sugar in one bowl
- Stir in vegetable oil, lemon zest, yoghurt, and vanilla extract
- Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and add it to the wet ingredients.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients until combined
- Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake it.
- Brush the cake with warm apricot juice (Optional).
- Carrot Cake: Seasonal carrots are sweet, so you won’t need refined sugar in much quantity making it a healthier option. If you use the whole wheat flour, there is no cake healthier than this one.
Ingredients: Carrots, eggs, whole wheat or all-purpose flour, sugar, canola oil, lemon zest, vanilla extract, salt and baking powder.
Steps:
- Prepare the cake tin and preheat the oven.
- Blend carrots, eggs, sugar, canola oil, lemon zest, and vanilla extract.
- Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three steps blending for a few seconds.
- Then, pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Garnish the cake with carrot shreds.
- Apple Cake: Sweet and succulent apple cake for the ones who love their cake to be a bit healthy and juicy.
Ingredients: Apples, yoghurt, all-purpose flour, eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, lemon, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt
Steps:
- Cut apples into ½ slices or ¼ slices
- Mix with lemon juice and cinnamon powder.
- In a bowl, mix eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, and vanilla extract
- In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix well dry and wet ingredients to form a batter.
- Scrape the batter into the cake pan.
- Arrange apple slices in concentric circles over the batter.
- Dust cinnamon powder and bake for 30-40 minutes.
- Beetroot Chocolate Cake: Who can ever say no to chocolate cake. Well, not even the waistline watchers. Even if they do it, they regret it. So, a cake loaded with low-calorie and naturally sweet beetroot with other wholesome ingredients.
Ingredients: Beetroot, whole wheat flour, egg, sugar, vegetable oil, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, baking powder, dark chocolate.
Steps:
- Blend beetroot, egg, sugar, oil, vanilla extract, cocoa powder.
- Add to this mixture, whisked flour, baking powder and salt
- Combine well. Do not overmix.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes
- In a bowl, add chunks of dark chocolate and milk , melt it.
- Pour melted dark chocolate over the cake.
- Flour Cake with Almonds and Honey Figs: Crunchy nuts in a cake taste delicious. The use of whole wheat flour, figs, and honey just make it sweetly healthy.
Ingredients: figs, a spoon of oil mixed with a spoon of honey, cinnamon powder, almond flour, coconut, sea salt, baking soda, flax seed (grounded) eggs and egg white, apple cider vinegar, honey, vanilla essence, coconut oil.
Steps:
- Preheat the oven and grease the cake pan with butter and parchment paper.
- Brush figs with honey and oil mix, sprinkle cinnamon powder and oven roast for 15 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix almond flour, coconut flour, salt and baking soda, and flaxseed meal
- In another bowl, whisk eggs and egg white. Then stir in the honey syrup, vanilla essence, apple cider vinegar, and oil.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients together in a bowl. Combine well and gently to get a batter like consistency.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared cake tin. Pour half of the batter again, and layer it with figs. You can pour honey-oil mix and sprinkle some raw sugar on the top if you feel like.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake: A pound cake filled with fresh blueberries and baked with a hint of refreshing lemon makes it irresistible and healthy at the same time.
Ingredients: Wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, yoghurt, virgin coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, zest, lemon juice, blueberries.
Steps:
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yoghurt, oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Stir in the dry ingredients and combine well.
- Gently fold blueberries into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake. Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cranberry Cake: In the evening, when you crave for something sweet, bake and eat this cake.
Ingredients (coffee cake): Milk, coconut oil, honey, eggs, vanilla extract, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
Cranberry Layer: Cranberries, honey, oat flour, lemon juice.
Crumble: Oats, Oat flour, honey, coconut oil.
Steps:
- Prepare the baking dish and preheat the oven.
- In a large bowl, whisk milk, coconut oil, honey, eggs and vanilla. Add to this mixture, the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir until just combined. Pour the batter into the baking dish.
- To make the cranberry layer, mix cranberries, honey, oat flour, and lemon juice in a bowl. Spread the layer on top of the cake batter.
- Now, make the crumble layer by mixing oats, oat flour, honey, and coconut oil. Pour it over the cranberry layer.
- Bake it for 35-40 minutes.
- Let it cool down, and serve with evening tea or coffee.
Happy Baking!
