Nothing like a slice of freshly baked cake with a cup of tea in the chilly weather.I have posted a couple of eggless cake recipes previously too.

Check them here
http://goodcritic.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/01/eggless-strawberry-cake.htm

http://goodcritic.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/eggless-date-and-nut-cake.htm

And for eggless almond nankhatai
http://goodcritic.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/almond-nankhatai.htm

For eggless choc cookies
http://goodcritic.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/12/chocolate-cookies.htm


EGGLESS BANANA CAKE
Ingredients

1 cup - Wheat flour
3/4 tsp - Baking powder ( double acting )
1/2 tsp - Cinnamon powder (optional)
1/2 tsp - Dry ginger powder(optional)
1/2 tsp - Shajeera, powdered(optional)
1/4 tsp - Salt
1/3 cup - Ghee at room temperature/unsalted butter1/2cup
1 tsp - Vanilla extract/essence
2 - Ripe banana, mashed
1/2 cup - Raisins
1/2 cup - Dates, chopped
1/2 cup - walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup - Cashew nut, chopped
1/2 cup - Dark or light brown sugar/can use white sugar too but brown sugar gives nice colour

To make caramel

1/4 cup - Granulated white sugar
1/4 cup - water

Method

1 ) First make the caramel with 1/4 cup granulated white sugar. Heat 3 tbsp water in a pan, add sugar and stirring continuously. Brown the sugar to a dark brown color. Once the sugar starts changing color, lower the heat. Once dark brown in color, add 1/4 cup water to the caramelised sugar. Take off the stove. When adding water keep a distance to avoid splashing on to the body.

2 ) Add chopped dates, raisins, walnuts, cashew nuts and vanilla extract to the caramel solution. keep aside.

3 ) Sift wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, shajeera powder and salt to a mixing bowl. Make  a well like indentation in the center of the sifted powderswith your fingers  and then add wet ingredients to the center, like mashed banana, ghee, soaked ingredients in the caramel solution, brown sugar and mix to combine with a spatula. Don't  mix and stir too much.

4 ) Preheat oven at 350 F. Grease a 8'' baking pan. Pour in the cake batter, cover with aluminum foil. Place pan  in the middle rack and bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Insert a tooth pick or a knife in center to check if the cake is fully cooked. It should come out clean. By 45 minutes, the cake will be fully baked. Baking time might vary with different ovens.

5 ) Take out of the oven to cool. Take off the aluminium foil cover before placing to cool.

 6 ) Place a plate on top of the cake pan and invert the cake pan onto the plate, to remove the cake from baking pan.

Note:Wheat flour is used to make the cake nutritious but plain flour/maida/cake flour can also be used otherwise.