Gulab Jamun Cake Recipe is a tasty and super delicious dish.It is easy to prepare and takes just about 45 minutes to bake it.
Ingredients:
For The Cake
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp group nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tsp Rose Water
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
For the Cardamom and Rose Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 oz unsalted butter, softened
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- Rose Water to taste
Additional Items
- 21 Gulab Jamuns,
- Dried Rose for decorating
- Two 9″ round cake pans
Method: Gulab Jamun Cake Recipe
- Preheat your oven to 350. Spray the cake pans with cooking spray and lightly flour each pan.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt, cardamom powder, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a small cup or bowl, mix the rose water and buttermilk.
- In a mixing bowl, add the brown sugar and butter and cream together until fluffy. Keep the mixer on low speed and gradually add the oil until incorporated. Then add each egg yolk, one by one, until incorporated.
- Add ¼ of the flour to the batter, mix. Add ¼ of the buttermilk mixture, mix. Repeat until done and set aside.
- In another bowl, add the egg whites and beat on medium until stuff peaks form. Gently fold the peaks into the cake batter.
- Immediately spread batter evenly into the cake pans.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted to the middle comes out clean.
- Rest in the pan for 10 minutes, then take out and rest on cooling rack until completely cool.
For the Cardamom and Rose Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl until mixed. Add the cardamom powder and mix. Add the rose water to taste.
For layering
- Using a long knife or string, divide each cake into two even layers. You will end up with four layers.
- Crumble 12 gulab jamuns, set aside.
- Put one layer of the cake on a cake stand.
- Add ¼ of the cream cheese frosting to the layer, then sprinkle with ⅓ of the crumbled gulab jamuns.
- Repeat until final layer.
- Add the rest of the cream cheese to the top, then place the remaining gulab jamuns around the edge.
- Sprinkle rose on top, but this is optional.
