Eggless Gulab Jamun Cake Recipe

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A decadent Indian dessert or to say Indian sweets inspired cake; this Gulab Jamun Cake is literally going to sweep you off your feet. Completely Egg-Free this moist, sweet, light and fluffy fusion Gulab Jamun Cake is what you need to make any occasion special.

Gulab Jamun Cake is something that I am really gonna hold close to my heart.

You know why? (How would you.. so stupid of me 😛 )

That is because I baked this cake for my daughter who turned 3 last week. It is truly said with kids days are longer and years are shorter. How I wish to go back to the day when I held her for the first time <3

Awwww... I know right!!

Well, recently I got an opportunity to bake this for a client and I was so so impressed with the gulab jamun decoration that I had to recreate the exact same design for my daughter. Not only that but also I wished to share with you all because IMO it is one of the beautiful cakes I have made so far.

In this post, you can find details on

1. What is Gulab Jamun Cake
2. Tips to Make Gulab Jamun Cake at home
3. How to serve the cake

Indian inspired cupcakes and cakes are taking over the market these days..

On my last visit to India, each and every bakery shop that I visited had some or the other kinds of fusion cake in the display. The most popular one was, of course, Rasmalai Cake.  (Let me know if you would like to have a video post on Rasmalai Cake since it is such a common cake I am not sure of making it anytime sooner.)

I also had the chance to taste Kaju Katli Cake which was pretty good too.

Now there are two kinds of people - One who likes fusion cake and ones who are totally against it... Which category do you belong to?

To make Gulab Jamun Cake you would, of course, need some gulab jamuns.

What is Gulab Jamun?

Gulab jamun is a milk-solid based sweet from the Indian subcontinent.

These milk solids, known as khoya, are kneaded into a dough, with a small amount of flour (maida), and then shaped into small balls and deep-fried at a low temperature. The balls are then soaked in a light sugar syrup flavoured with cardamom and rose water or saffron.

Then what is Gulab Jamun Cake?

It is basically a variation of my Eggless Vanilla Cake recipe or to be precise Eggless Fruit Cake recipe.

So instead of vanilla or fruit essence, I have used Rabdi Essence in this recipe.

It is a rabdi flavoured cake, the even light and fluffy layers of cake with soft crumbs are then drenched in the sugar syrup that is scented with rose and saffron, layered with the smoothest cloud-like whipped cream frosting sandwiched with bits and pieces of soft gulab jamun that literally melts in your mouth which is then dressed up in the most amazing silky smooth whipped cream frosting.

A slice of this cake would surely make you close your eyes and enter into the state of nirvana 😀

No no no I am not at all exaggerating here; since everything is made fresh and at home, including the gulab jamuns which are totally homemade you get the best experience ever.

I always prefer to make homemade Rasmalai and homemade Kaju Katli or any Indian sweet like, in this case, homemade gulab jamun for all the fusion cakes, the final outcome has to be impressive.

Surely I would share a detailed post on how to make gulab jamun at home for you guys.

Gulab Jamun Cake ingredients:

1. Cake Base:

Haha.. sounds silly right.. so obviously you would need a cake base for which I have used the same base recipe from my Fresh Fruit Cake post except that in this case substituted the fruit essence with Rabdi Essence.

Feel free to use any of your favourite cake recipes or check out this simple eggless vanilla cake recipe made without condensed milk that is perfect for beginners.

2. Gulab Jamuns

You can make your own gulab jamun mix using mtr gulab jamun, gits gulab jamun or any gulab jamun packet for that matter.

Or make gulab jamun from scratch like I did, using mawa.

Simply just refer google for gulab jamun near me and just buy it from there. 😉

You would need 10 pieces of gulab jamuns for this cake.

3. Whipped Cream

The only type of cream that is available to me here is non-dairy whipping cream so that is what I use to fill my cakes most of the time.

Since it is not as stable as the non-dairy whipping cream that is available back in India, I often make a Stabilized Whipped Cream and use it for frosting my cakes.

Have also used Pistachios and Rose Petals as garnish.

Actually have added some pistachios along with gulab jamuns in the filling so I think this cake can pass out as being named: gulab jamun pistachio cake 😉

Tips for making Gulab Jamun Cake:

1. I feel that the gulab jamuns make this cake pretty heavy so I would advise you to work with chilled cake as far as possible.
2. Always soak the cake to keep it moist for 3-4 days. Soaking with the syrup that came along with gulab jamuns is just ideal for this cake
3. Use an ice-cream scoop or ladle to add even layers of cream as part of filling. This is a useful tip especially if you are a beginner.
4. Make sure to chop your pistachios and also gulab jamuns to bite size pieces.
5. Always place the gulab jamuns on top of your cake as part of decoration right before delivery as the gulab jamuns is heavy there are possibilities that it might slide down with the passage of time. Though mine stayed firm throughtout the travelling and reaching the client's house just a precautionary step is what I wanted to tell you.

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How to serve Gulab Jamun Cake?

Well, this technique is not only applicable to this cake but for all the cakes that you would cut and serve going forward.

Instead of making a regular triange slice on cakes like we usually do while cutting it, we should cut it into rectangles for serving.

What I mean is make horizontal and vertical cuts like rows and columns and then serve them to your guests.

If you were to cut a triangle slice the max pieces that you would get is 8 in any cake whereas if follow the method of cutting the cake in rows and columns it would serve a large number of guests.

This is exactly what a catering guy would do while serving wedding cakes.

Makes sense right!!

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Finally, let us see how to make Gulab Jamun Cake at home from scratch

Conclusion:

In all get away from your regular baked gulab jamun cheesecake or no bake gulab jamun cheesecake and give this interesting Eggless Gulab Jamun Cake recipe a try.

This Cake is

Light with soft crumbs

Moist

Delicious filling

Soft gulab jamuns

Looks so good; Ain't it?

And if you try this recipe then do let me know by tagging me, tweeting me or Instagram me. I would love to follow you and your posts.

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I will see you soon with yet another one

Until then

Hugs

Sushma