Hii friends! For our Eggless Challenge this month, Gayathri gave us a Pound Cake Recipe...now we all know what a Pound cake is. The main characteristic of a Pound cake is its dense and tight crumbs and rich taste and texture. Getting the same tight crumbs and dense texture, without the cake being heavy and doughy, is a real challenge. All the egg substitutes I tried to replicate the egg based pound cake texture, didn't really satisfy me. They either turned spongy or had a different taste profile...unlike a pound cake. I tried and experimented to my heart's content with every possible thing, and finally had my Eureka moment when I hit on this one...quite accidentally!! The credit for this month's egg-free recipe goes to my toddler...it was while browsing the nutrition analysis of various diets to feed her that the thought of using Nuts as egg substitute struck me...and you can see the result! I am really really satisfied with the taste as well as the texture. This cake wins hands down on all the points. Dense and tight, yet light and moist...and definitely as rich as a pound cake should be...yay!!!! we have a Winner here...
