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Eggless Mango Cake Recipe

This eggless mango cake with lime glaze is light, moist, and delicious! You will love this easy tropical cake recipe that is made without butter, eggs, or condensed milk!
Course Cakes, Desserts
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 1 mango loaf cake
Calories 367kcal
Author Freda Dias

Ingredients

Dry ingredients:

  • cup cake flour, 210 grams, I made my own, refer notes
  • teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon green cardamom powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Wet ingredients:

  • ¾ cup castor sugar 167 grams
  • ¾ cup fresh mango pulp, 170 grams (For canned mango pulp, refer notes)
  • ½ cup whole milk 125 ml
  • teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice
  • cup vegetable oil 70 grams

Lime glaze

  • ½ cup Confectioner's/icing sugar
  • 1 to 1½ tablespoon lime juice, adjust as per desired consistency

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350° F / 180° C, and position a rack in the middle of the oven. Grease a loaf pan with little oil and line with parchment paper.
  • Measure ½ cup of whole milk, and add vinegar. Mix well and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes. In the meanwhile, prep your dry ingredients.
  • In a mixing bowl, sift cake flour (refer to notes to make your own), baking powder, baking soda, table salt, and ground cardamom from a height. Whisk well and set aside.
  • After 15 to 10 minutes, the buttermilk will curdle. It is ready to be used in the recipe.
  • In another mixing bowl, add mango pulp, oil, castor sugar, and prepared buttermilk.
  • Whisk well until everything is well combined and you have a homogeneous mixture.
  • Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients. Mix just until combined and no more flour pockets are visible. Do not over-mix, or you will end up with a pretty flat cake. A few lumps are okay in the batter.
  • Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan, and smooth the surface with a spatula. Tap the pan against the countertop to remove any air bubbles.
  • Bake at 350° F/180° C for about 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Transfer the cake to a cooling rack. Let it cool down in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove it from the pan and cool on the rack completely.

Lime glaze

  • In a mixing bowl, add sifted icing sugar and 1 to 1½ tablespoons lime juice. Whisk well until you have a smooth and pourable consistency.
  • If it is too runny, add more icing sugar. If it is too thick, thin it out with a few teaspoons of lime juice. You can also some lime zest if you like. 
  • Once the cake has cooled down completely, drizzle the glaze over the loaf. Slice and enjoy! 

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Notes

  • If using canned mango pulp, make the following changes;
Buttermilk: Decrease it to 1/4 cup. You can skip the homemade buttermilk (milk+vinegar) and use whole milk instead.
Sugar: Decrease it to 2/3 cup. This also depends on your own preference. 2/3 cup will yield a mildly sweet cake, if you want a sweeter cake, increase the sugar to 3/4 cup.
  • To make your own cake flour, measure out 1½ cups of all-purpose flour, then remove 3 tablespoons of the flour and replace it with 3 tablespoons of cornstarch/cornflour. Mix well, and that's it!
  • Kindly refer to the serving suggestions, storage instructions, variations, recipe tips, and FAQs for more info related to this post!
  • Nutrition Disclaimer: The nutrition info listed are approximate values that are calculated using an online nutrition calculator. If you rely on them for your diet, please use your preferred nutrition calculator.
  • Measuring cup used, 1 Cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml 

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 367kcal | Carbohydrates: 65.3g | Protein: 7.7g | Fat: 8.4g | Saturated Fat: 1.8g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 402mg | Fiber: 2.2g | Sugar: 11.3g | Calcium: 146mg | Iron: 3mg