Mawa Cake Recipe

Mawa is also known as khoya (or khoa), which is a popular dairy product consumed widely in India and its neighboring countries. The ingredient is used a lot in making sweets. Khoya is made with full cream or full fat milk that is simmered in an iron wok (kadhai) for several hours to finally give coagulated milk solids. Apart from sweets, mawa is also used in baking. For example, mawa biscuits  and mawa cake.

Mawa cake is a popular Indian cake, easily available in local bakeries. The delicious and fluffy sweetmeat can also be cooked within minutes at home for festive occasions and events. Follow this recipe to bake a delicious mawa cake in your kitchen!

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Mawa Cake Recipe

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Course

Desserts

Cuisine

Indian

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Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup maida
• 1.5 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 200 gram khoya/mawa
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/3 tsp baking powder
• Muffin moulds/cake pan greased and floured

Course Desserts Cuisine Indian Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup maida 1.5 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 200 gram khoya/mawa 1 tsp vanilla essence 1/3 tsp baking powder Muffin moulds/cake pan greased and floured

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Instructions

1. Place maida, sugar, butter, khoya, vanilla and baking powder in a bowl and beat well with a beater, till smooth. Add the eggs and beat it again. The batter should have dropping and smooth consistency. If not, add a little milk and beat again.
2. Pour into muffin moulds/cake pan and bake in a pre-heated oven (180 C-360 F) 20-25 minutes. Insert a skewer or knife in the cake, if it comes out clean your cake is ready.
3. Serve.