Ingredients

• 10 - prunes (dried plums), chopped and pitted
• 1/2 cup - rolled oats (dry-roasted)
• 1 cup + 2 tbsp - whole wheat flour
• 1 tbsp - honey
• 1 tsp - ghee
• 2 - eggs
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1/4 tsp - baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup - butter
• 1/2 cup - granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp - brown sugar
• 1.5 tsp - vanilla essence

How to Make Prunes & Oats Loaf Cake

• Dry-roast the oats for 5 minutes on low flame and keep aside.
• Sieve the whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.
• Take another bowl, add the butter and sugar and mix well with a hand mixer until fluffy.
• Add the eggs and mix for about 3 minutes.
• Add vanilla essence and mix for about 2 minutes with a hand mixer.
• Add honey and ghee and mix.
• Gently pour the dry flour mixture into this bowl.
• Use a spatula to gently mix the ingredients.
• Add the chopped prunes and roasted oats.
• Mix well with a wooden spatula.
• Grease a cake tin and dust flour over it.
• Pour the mixture into the tin evenly.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 35 minutes at 170 degrees Celsius.
• If not done fully, bake for another 5 minutes. Check by inserting a knife at the centre of the cake. If the knife comes out clean, the cake is done.
• Move to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Serve with tea or an anytime snack.
• Recipe courtesy: Mad Cooking Fusions