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Mawa cake

Name: Mawa cake
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Parsi and Irani
Ingredients: 3/4 cup crumbled khoa; 1/2 cup softened butter; 3/4 cup powdered sugar; 3 egg; 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tsp cardamom; 2 tbsp slivered almonds; a pinch salt

Milk solids, butter and cardamom in a small, golden cake. Irani cafe tea time in one bite.

55 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

Irani cafe tea cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKhoa and butter cakes, Irani cafe style.

The original

247kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

55minutessame

Classic Parsi mawa cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Khoa¾ cup, crumbled

Butter½ cup, softened

Sugar¾ cup, powdered

Egg3

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Baking powder1¼ tsp

Milk¼ cup

Cardamom1 tsp

Almonds2 tbsp, slivered

Salta pinch

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 175 C and grease a 12 cup muffin tray or small fluted moulds. Cream butter and sugar, then beat in the khoa.
2Beat in the eggs one at a time with the cardamom.
3Fold in the maida, baking powder and salt with the milk.
4Fill the moulds two thirds full, top with almond slivers and bake 20 to 25 minutes.
5Cool in the tray 10 minutes, then unmould.

Serve it like this

Serve the little cakes whole in paper cases, slightly warm, with milky Irani chai or bun maska alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Mumbai

Mawa cake

Milk solids, butter and cardamom in a small, golden cake. Irani cafe tea time in one bite.

55 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

Irani cafe tea cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKhoa and butter cakes, Irani cafe style.

The original

247kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

55minutessame

Classic Parsi mawa cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Khoa¾ cup, crumbled

Butter½ cup, softened

Sugar¾ cup, powdered

Egg3

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Baking powder1¼ tsp

Milk¼ cup

Cardamom1 tsp

Almonds2 tbsp, slivered

Salta pinch

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 175 C and grease a 12 cup muffin tray or small fluted moulds. Cream butter and sugar, then beat in the khoa.
2Beat in the eggs one at a time with the cardamom.
3Fold in the maida, baking powder and salt with the milk.
4Fill the moulds two thirds full, top with almond slivers and bake 20 to 25 minutes.
5Cool in the tray 10 minutes, then unmould.

Serve it like this

Serve the little cakes whole in paper cases, slightly warm, with milky Irani chai or bun maska alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Mawa cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Mawa cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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