This verse is one that I hold close to my heart. It is very easy in today’s world to get carried away by what you do. We may act out of good will or good thought – or as many people say, purity of the heart but at a stage, there comes a time when we get a slight “feel good” factor in our hearts which makes us feel superior. It is the time for us to recognize that shaytaan is playing his game. Unfortunately, many of us don’t realize. It is a really tough task to keep your thoughts clean, to keep your words clean and to keep your actions clean – unstained by pride. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.’ A person (amongst his hearers) said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (saws)! Verily a person loves that his dress should be fine, and his shoes should be fine.’ He (the Prophet (saws)) remarked: ‘Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.’ We need to constantly keep whatever we do checked – if this mustard seed is present. As a human being, we all are bound to have that lapse but as much as we remind ourselves that we are nothing in front of the Almighty, it will make us difficult to feel the arrogant type of pride…
Another simple eggless bake coming your way… it is a simple cake, sweetened by condensed milk and given a lift by some rose essence. I loved the smell that was all over the kitchen while baking. The cake is on a denser side as it is 100% wholewheat flour, but nevertheless I loved it with my cup of tea. The kids were wary because of the density – so if you are baking for kids, I would suggest keeping it 50:50 of all purpose and wholewheat flour. Off to the way it is made… Recipe loosely adapted from here
Eggless Wholewheat Rose Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup 113 gm butter, melted
- 1 cup condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cup wholewheat flour aatta
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp rose essence
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease and flour a small loaf pan and set aside.
- Seive the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk the condensed milk and melted butter till well combined.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into it.
- Then add the milk slowly to make the batter really thick. Do not overmix!
- Finally add the rose essence and combine. Transfer to the loaf pan and flatten using a spatula.
- Bake for 30 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then tip onto a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.
flavorful snack cake dear.
Thank you so much Ramya…
Rose cake sounds interesting that too with whole wheat. Oh Rafee I know what your kitchen should be smelling like 🙂
Thank you so much Rekha dear… 🙂
soft and spongy
Thanks a lot Amrita…
Rose essence n rose water same aano?
Rose essence is stronger than rose water dear… you can can find it in the essence section…
Masha' Allah a beautiful hadees on "pride " ……a healthier approach to cakes
JazakAllah Khairan Nusrath…
Masha Allah..Lovely hadesh, Cake is so soft and spongy dear
JazakAllah Khairan Farin…
thats so yummy…
Thanks a lot Smitha…
That sounds like a beautifully scented and moist cake. Lovely.
Thank you so much Jyothi…
must be very delicious and aromatic cake 🙂
Thank you so much Monu… 🙂
Its me laxmi..
What happened?
Perfect with a cup of tea,yummy cake
Thank you so much Suja…
spongy n soft ..delicious 🙂
Thanks a lot Julie… 🙂
Soft and moist cake…….Rose cake is new to me and making it with wheat makes it more healthier…..I must try this soft and rose flavored cake….. 🙂
Thank you so much Remya… 🙂
Hmmm u are tempting me again with condensed milk and rose water combo…
Thank you so much Meena…
it looks so spongy.perfect for tea time….
Thank you so much Amila…
Masha Allah, it looks so decadent.
JazakAllah Khairan dear…
delicious and healthy cake.. Looks so moist
Thank you so much Veena…
that's a healthy cake.. and looks soft, moist and delicious..
Thank you so much Sona…
Healthy and a moist cake. I like the Adding of rose essence. Super.
Thank you so much Jeena…
Healthy and yummy 🙂 Will try this one 🙂
Thanks a lot Gauri… 🙂
I love fresh cream eggless cakes. however when we attempted eggless cakes at home they came out very dense and heavy. This does not seem dense and I would love to try it out!
Hi Abida… Do check out the recipe index for more tried and tested eggless bakes… I love baking them more than the ones with eggs. Hope it turns out well for you… Thanks for coming…
Ive never fancied rose flavor for cake!! but this is 2nd time im coming across such cake, must be delicious would love to try sometime 🙂
It gives a very nice flavor and the aroma is amazing, Aara… do give it a try… thanks a lot dear… 🙂