Ragi cake with dark choclate glaze icing

I have baked many cakes earlier but never realised that I can try one using ragi flour as well until I came across with one of the posts on Facebook from some member of a foodies club. I had tried the ragi cookies earlier and they were good and being a health food freak I am and gave this recipe a try but with my own touch using some substitues in the original recipe . I baked it with my fingers crossed and was a little skeptical but it came out so good that I am sure I am going to make this again very soon and very often!

I am not a good food photographer and a little lazy in clicking pictures for step by step recipe . But this time around I did cick a few. Hope it helps. This is my first attempt at ragi cake and I will be trying more kinds with ragi as main ingredients. 

For now here goes the recipe.

Ingredients :

1 cup ragi flour 

1/2 cup whole wheat flour 

1/2 cup white flour(can replace with wholewheat flour)

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup date syrup 

1/2 cup canola oil

1 egg

1 tablespoon baking powder

For chocolate glaze:

50 grams dark chocolate bar

1 tablespoon oil

1/2 tablespoon sugar

Cherries to garnish 

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 180 C.

Sift together the flours and baking powder in a bowl. Beat the oil and sugar with an electric blender and add egg to it. Add vanilla essence and date syrtand beat again for 2 minutes. Fild in the dry ingredients and mix gently.

Brush the cake mould with oil amd dust with flour. Pour thr batter amd bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

To prepare the glaze, melt the chocolate in oil in microwave for 2 minutes. Add icing sugar. Wait for cake to come to room temperature. Apply icing with a spoon and garnish with cherries on top.

Emjoy guilt free!