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Published: Oct 28, 2020 ยท Last Updated On: Mar 7, 2025 by Natasha Minocha

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake

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I remember a time when walking by the neighborhood bakery meant seeing a Tutti Frutti cake on display. Always. A lovely warm pound cake with tutti frutti, I grew up munching on them. 

Tutti frutti cake on a serving platter with a knife.

Given my nostalgic mood lately, I wanted to recreate the old-fashioned cake reminiscent of a carefree childhood. But as ever, I couldnโ€™t resist giving the recipe a Tasha Twist. So instead of the traditional version, I made an eggless Tutti Frutti cake thatโ€™s also vegan!

The utterly moist, fluffy, and soft cake is a perfect everyday cake and is wonderful for the upcoming festive season too. You can add it to your Diwali spread of mawa cake, saffron cardamom cheesecake, and chocolate peda with nary a worry of flavors repeating.ย 

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

What is Tutti Frutti?

Tutti Frutti or tutti i frutti translates into โ€˜all fruits.โ€™ Itโ€™s a confectionery made with the flavors of different fruits. In India, itโ€™s created out of raw papaya mixed with artificial flavoring. But often it is also made out of candied fruits. 

I opted to forgo the usual tutti-frutti that we get here. Instead, I bought a pack of candied fruits from the organic store that had a jumble of incredibly flavorsome oranges, raisins, kiwi, papaya, cherries, and pineapple. 

Tutti Frutti/ Candied Fruits for Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

The candied fruits are like little delicious gems that not only bring brightness to the cake but complement other flavors beautifully! Also, they are free from artificial flavoring and additives - a tad healthier than common alternatives found in the market.

That said, the cake base is so delicious that if you canโ€™t get your hands on candied fruits, regular tutti-frutti will work like a charm. 

How to make an eggless Tutti Frutti cake?

Since the recipe is eggless, start with mixing apple cider vinegar with almond milk. While you wait for it to curdle, sift the dry ingredients together โ€“ whole wheat flour, buckwheat flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

Iโ€™ve been experimenting with palm sugar lately, so that went in next. Palm sugar has a lot of lumps โ€“ a lot. So, make sure you get in there and break them up with your hands.ย 

The last dry ingredient to go in is the zest of one lemon. The citrusy flavor comes through mildly in the cake. What it does is shine a spotlight on the candied fruits. The flavor is enhanced, imparting the cake a bright zip.

By now, the vinegar + milk mixture would be ready. Add in coconut oil, vanilla extract, and a few drops of pure lemon oil. I love that citrusy essence it adds. If you donโ€™t have any, simply add more lemon zest to your dry ingredients. 

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry. Gently. This cake doesnโ€™t need overzealous mixing.

Process for making Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

Baking the eggless Tutti Frutti cake 

There is a trick to adding the tutti-frutti to the batter, so it doesnโ€™t sink to the bottom. Toss them with a bit of flour till they are coated well and good. 

Then fold in the flour-dusted candied fruits into the batter. I also added a few chopped cashews to the mix. Again, do it gently and donโ€™t overmix.

Pour the batter into your prepared pan, scatter some more cashews and tutti-frutti on top, and then let the oven do its thing for a good 40 to 45 minutes.

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

Variations of the recipe

For an old-bakery style tutti-frutti cake, go for 100% all-purpose flour. Or you can try half all-purpose and half whole-wheat. I havenโ€™t attempted a completely gluten-free version, but if you do, please drop a comment on how it goes.ย 

Palm sugar can be substituted with coconut or raw sugar. You can even use regular white sugar. Just bear in mind the color will be lighter than mine. Palm sugar tends to give cakes a warm brown hue. 

You can replace coconut oil with any neutral-tasting oil or even butter. If you donโ€™t have homemade almond milk, any plant-based milk will do. Regular milk fits the recipe, too, if thatโ€™s your preference.ย 

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

Instead of apple cider vinegar, you can utilize any vinegar. If not that, then a tablespoon of lemon juice should be enough to curdle the milk. You can switch the cashews with any nuts you prefer.

Finally, you can swap tutti-frutti with raisins, cranberries, etc. Please donโ€™t skimp on the lemon zest if you use dried fruits. The zing of the lemon accompanies the sweetness of the fruits very well and amplifies the cakeโ€™s flavor.

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

Serving the eggless Tutti Frutti cake

I served the moist, light, and spongy cake as is. 

As the cake bakes, the candied fruits plump up. So, when you plate a slice, you have these gorgeously gem-colored speckles adorning the cake. The confetti effect of the Tutti Frutti is all the embellishment it needs.

You can, of course, serve it with a dusting of icing sugar or maybe a few dried rose petals. Now that I think of it, I should have added the petals!

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

Half the joy of cooking is sharing it with others.ย Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m always eager to hear from you.ย So go right ahead and drop a comment or reach out onย Instagram,ย Pinterest,ย YouTube, orย Facebook. I hope you love eggless tutti frutti cake as much as we do!

๐Ÿ“– Recipe

Tutti frutti cake on a serving platter with a knife.

Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake

Natasha Minocha
Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake - The utterly moist, fluffy, and soft vegan cake is perfect for the upcoming festive season!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Course Cakes, Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 servings
Calories 337 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Almond milk You can use any milk you prefer
  • 1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
  • 1.5 cups Wholewheat flour
  • 1/2 cup Buckwheat flour You can use all-purpose flour too
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Palm sugar You can use any sugar you prefer
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1/2 cup Coconut oil You can use any neutral-tasting oil.
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2-3 drops Pure lemon oil Optional
  • 3/4 cup Tutti frutti
  • 1/4 cup Cashewnuts, chopped
  • 2 tsp Wholewheat flour

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180C.ย  Grease a 6" cake tin well.
  • In a small bowl, combine the almond milk and vinegar. Set aside for a few minutes.
  • In a large bowl, sift together the wholewheat flour, buckwheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Stir in the palm sugar and lemon zest.
  • In another bowl, whisk together the milk and vinegar mixture, coconut oil, lemon oil, and vanilla extract.
  • Pour over the dry ingredients. Mix well.
  • Toss the tutti frutti and chopped cashews with 2 tsp of flour and fold into the cake batter.
  • Pour into the prepared pan. Place some tutti frutti and cashew pieces on top if you like.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes at 180C until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Let the cakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning it out on a cooling rack.
  • Serve as is or dust with some icing sugar on top. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 ServingCalories: 337kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 271mgPotassium: 107mgFiber: 2gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake| Easy Vegan Tutti Frutti Cake Recipe

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  1. Eggfree Cake Shop says

    April 11, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    5 stars
    The recipe for Eggless tutti-frutti cake is amazing. This cake is healthy as well as. Loved this recipe. Thanks

    Reply
    • Natasha Minocha says

      April 13, 2022 at 2:42 pm

      Oh that's so lovely of you to say! Thank you very much.

      Reply
  2. Neha says

    October 29, 2020 at 2:06 am

    Wow! I love all your recipes. I have tried so many of them. My favorites are bagels, mawa cake, pancake, banana bread. The tutti fruiti cake is one more on the to do list. You have such easy to follow and fool proof recipes, it makes my work so much easier. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Natasha Minocha says

      October 29, 2020 at 3:39 pm

      Oh thank you so much, Neha for your wonderful comment. I'm thrilled that you enjoy the blog and have recreated so many recipes from here. Really appreciate your following along!You made my day! xx

      Reply
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