Tutti frutti cake is a popular variety of Indian cake made with flour, tutti frutti (candied papaya), sugar and flavorings. This cake can be made both with eggs and without eggs. I share an eggless tutti frutti cake recipe that has a soft, light and moist crumb. This Eggless Cake Recipe is also easy and even newbies in baking can make this cake easily.
About Tutti Frutti Cake
This is a delightful cake with tutti frutti being one of the star ingredient. Of course there is the cake but without tutti frutti it will be a simple vanilla cake. The tutti frutti brings in some chewy bites and sweet pops of flavor in the cake.
To make this tutti frutti cake, I have adapted my recipe of Vanilla Cake . I have been making this tutti frutti cake for many years now. In this recipe, I have used fresh homemade curd (yogurt) as an egg replacement.
I also add some acidity to the batter with apple cider vinegar (can swap with lemon juice or white vinegar) – which when combined with baking soda, helps the batter to aerate and makes for a soft fluffier cake.
Earlier when making the cake, I used to add ½ cup oil or melted butter in the recipe, but later I started reducing the amount of oil. I felt that with even with ¼ cup oil or melted butter the cake gets a lovely light crumb and is moist.
You can use both melted butter or oil in the recipe. I have made the cake with both oil and butter on various occasions. Both give good results in the cake. If using oil, then use a neutral flavored and neutral tasting oil like sunflower oil.
What is Tutti Frutti
Tutti frutti are basically candied fruits made with pineapple, cherries, currants, watermelon rind, apricots, various berries etc. In India what we call tutti frutti are candied colorful bits of papaya. They are made from green unripe papaya. Making homemade tutti frutti is an extensive and time consuming process.
While you can make them at home, but if you live in India you can also buy them easily from grocery stores and online. If you live in US, then you can find them in Indian grocery stores and online as well.
Tutti frutti is one ingredient that I use, which has artificial colors. I don’t have the time and energy to make these candied raw papaya pieces at home. So I buy from outside when I have to add them in recipes. A few recipes where you can add them are these:
How to make Tutti Frutti Cake
Sift Dry Ingredients
1: Take a sieve. Keep a mixing bowl below the sieve. In the sieve add 1.5 cups all purpose flour – about 187 to 190 grams all purpose flour.
2. Then add 1 pinch salt, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder and 1 teaspoon baking powder.
If you do not have cinnamon powder, then you can skip it. Alternatively you can add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder.
3. Sift all the dry ingredients.
4. Now add ½ cup tutti frutti.
5. With a spoon or spatula, just mix the tutti frutti with the sifted flour so that they get coated with the flour. Keep aside.
6. Grease a loaf pan measuring 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches with butter and oil and set aside. You can even line the pan with butter paper or parchment paper. Also preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius or 356 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
A round cake pan having 7 to 8 inches diameter also works well.
Mix Sugar with Liquids
7. In a bowl take ¾ cup sugar (160 grams sugar).
8. Add ½ cup water.
9. Begin to mix the sugar with water with a whisk or spoon.
10. The entire sugar should dissolve before starting with the next step.
11. After all of the sugar has dissolved, add ¼ cup melted butter or oil. You can melt butter in a small pan or bowl and keep it ready.
Use unsalted butter. But if you have salted butter then skip adding the salt when sifting the flour.
12. With a whisk stir briskly for 2 to 3 minutes so that the melted butter mixes with water evenly.
13. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or scrape half of a vanilla bean and add the tiny seeds in the solution. Here I have used vanilla bean. Mix again well. Keep this sugar solution aside.
Make Curd (Yogurt) Mixture
14. In another bowl take 3 tablespoons fresh curd or yogurt. Ensure that the curd is not sour.
15. Add 1 tablespoon water.
16. Add 1 tablespoon vinegar. You can use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar. I have used apple cider vinegar. You can also use 1 tablespoon lemon juice instead of vinegar.
17. Stir and mix very well with a spoon or small wired whisk.
18. Now add ½ teaspoon baking soda.
19. Stir and mix again very well.
20. You will see the solution frothing and bubbling.
Make Tutti Frutti Cake Batter
21. Quickly add the prepared sugar solution to the dry sifted flour mixture.
22. Immediately, add the bubbling curd solution also to the flour mixture in the bowl.
23. Be quick and begin to mix gently to a smooth batter with a wired whisk. Mix with light pressure from your hands on the whisk.
24. Do not overdo the mixing. You can even fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Tiny lumps are fine in the batter.
25. Pour the batter in the greased or lined cake pan.
26. Gently tap the cake pan on the kitchen table top once or twice.
Bake Tutti Frutti Cake
27. Place the cake pan in the oven.
28. Bake the cake at 180 degrees Celsius or 356 degrees Fahrenheit in a preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or more or less if required.
Baking time will vary depending on the temperature conditions in the oven and the size of the oven. Remember not to open the oven door until the cake is 3/4 baked. Opening the door many times will cause your cake to sink in the center.
29. Check with a bamboo skewer or fork and it should come out clean. If the cake is baked well then the bamboo skewer will have a few crumbs on it and no sticky cake batter.
If the cake is under baked then keep back in the oven and bake for some more minutes.
30. Place the pan on a rack to cool down.
31. When the cake has completely cooled at room temperature, then using a butter knife loosen the edges of the cake. Invert the pan on a chopping board. Gently tap the bottom of the cake pan and remove the tutti frutti cake.
32. Slice the cake.
32. Serve tutti frutti cake slices as it is or with some milk or tea or coffee. Remaining cake slices or loaf can be refrigerated in an airtight container and lightly warmed before serving.
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Tutti Frutti Cake
Ingredients
For dry mixture
- 1.5 cups all purpose flour – about 187 to 190 grams
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon) – optional
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup tutti frutti – approximate 80 grams
For sugar solution
- ½ cup water
- ¾ cup raw sugar or regular sugar – 160 grams, or add as required * check point 3 in notes
- ¼ cup melted butter or neutral flavored oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla powder or half of a vanilla bean, scraped
For curd mixture
- 3 tablespoons Curd (yogurt), dairy or vegan
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
Sifting dry ingredients
- Take a sieve. Keep a mixing bowl below the sieve. In the sieve add the all-purpose flour, salt, cinnamon powder and baking powder.
- Sift all the dry ingredients.
- Now add the tutti frutti.
- Simply mix the tutti frutti with the flour so that they get coated with the flour.
- Grease a loaf pan with butter and oil and keep aside. You can even line the pan with butter paper or parchment paper. Also preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius/356 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
Making sugar solution
- In a bowl take sugar and water.
- Mix the sugar with water till all the sugar granules are dissolved.
- After all of the sugar has dissolved, add melted butter or oil. You can melt butter in a small pan and keep it ready. With a whisk mix briskly for 2 to 3 minutes till the oil has mixed evenly with the water.
- Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or scrape half of a vanilla bean and add the tiny seeds in the solution. Mix again well. Keep this sugar solution aside.
Making curd mixture
- In another bowl take fresh curd or yogurt, water and vinegar.
- You can use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar. I have used apple cider vinegar. You can also use lemon juice instead of vinegar. Mix very well.
- Now add baking soda. Stir to combine so that the baking soda is mixed evenly.
- You will see the mixture frothing and bubbling.
Making tutti frutti cake batter
- Quickly add the sugar solution to the sifted dry ingredients.
- Then immediately add the bubbling curd solution.
- Mix gently to a smooth batter with light pressure from the hands on the whisk. Do not overdo the mixing. You can even fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Tiny lumps are fine in the batter.
- Pour the tutti frutti cake batter in the greased or lined cake pan.
- Gently tap the cake pan on the kitchen table top once or twice.
Baking tutti frutti cake
- Place the cake pan in the preheated oven.
- Bake the cake at 180 degrees Celsius/356 degrees Fahrenheit in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or more or less as required. Baking time will vary depending on the temperature conditions in the oven and the size of the oven.
- Check with a skewer or fork and it should come out clean.
- Place the pan on a wired rack to cool.
- When the tutti frutti cake has completely cooled at room temperature, then using a butter knife loosen the edges of the cake. Invert the pan on a chopping board. Gently tap the bottom of the cake pan and remove the cake.
- Slice the cake.
- Serve the eggless tutti frutti cake as is or with some milk or tea or coffee. Remaining cake can be refrigerated and lightly warmed before serving.
Notes
Nutrition Info (Approximate Values)
This Tutti Frutti Cake post from the archives (December 2013) has been republished and updated on 23 September 2021.
Hi Dassana
Wish you merry Christmas.. I will be trying my hands on this cake in cooker for the first time. For how long should it be kept in it?
swati, i think it should take 25-30 minutes. but just check with the knife or a big tooth pick before you remove from the cooker. the tooth pick should come out clean if the cake is done. wishing you merry christmas.
Hey dassana
I tried it out today and it really came out well..the texture…moisture everything..however one thing that went wrong was when i took it out from the greased pan it dint turned out perfectly..i think my fault was i should have used a butter paper ..i have tried few cakes before also but this one one was a hit…thanks a lot…wil try more recipes from your blog..
thanks swati for the feedback. if you grease well an aluminium pan, then the cake comes out easily. you can also grease with oil or butter and then lightly dust the cake pan with flour. this way also the cake comes out easily. for baking in cooker, it also depends on the type of pan. steel pans do give these issues at times. so then its best to use butter paper.
Hey Dasana,
This was the second time I tried this cake. It’s just so delicious and turns out absolutely awesome.. Great texture and super soft.
The only thing is it that as I cut the loaf into slices, it falls apart. Don’t know what goes wrong. I am using bread flour instead of all purpose. Could that be an issue?
thanks mansi. may be it is due to the bread flour.
Dassana , i made ur tutti frutti cake today with whole wheat flour & it turned out awesome : ) Here’s wishing u & ur family Merry X’mas & a very happy & prosperous new year 2015 !! Do continue posting these delicious recipes , & inspire us with ur amazing work , Cheers !!
thanks pavi for this positive feedback. wishing you and your family a merry christmas and happy new year.
Hi dassana,
Can I make this cake without yogurt a.k.a dahi ?
swati, yogurt is essential as it makes the cake soft.
Hi, I’ve been trying to open the page which has the recipe of eggless Orange cake. But there seems to be some sort of problem in it. I’m unable to open it and am being guided to some succuri web page.
Could you look into it.
Thanks
thanks minakshi for informing us. yesterday website was down because of some technical issue.
I tried this receipe .it turned out really well. Thank u very much. This tutty fruity tried for the first time that 2 whole wheat.
thanks purvi. glad to know this.
I have made this cake a couple of times in last 2-3 months. The cake is soft and moist with delicious taste. My family just loves it.
thanks payal for sharing this positive feedback on cake.
Hi,
I m going to try it… Let’s see how its turnout..
Hi, I have a Samsung convection microwave. Wanted to know from you that while baking in convection mode is it safe to use the aluminium foil? To line the baking tray while baking cookies or to cover up the cake tin while baking cakes and breads?
yes in the convection mode you can use the aluminium foil. but don’t use in microwave mode or combination modes. but just as a test, place the foil in convection mode while baking. if arcing does not happen, then your oven is not faulty. sometimes ovens are faulty and i have read microwave rays being radiated even while baking in convection mode. so its always better to test first.
Thanks a lot.
welcome minakshi
Hi,
It looks amazing, I want to try it out too.
Can you please tell me which tutti fruity brand you used and from which store?
Thank you.
Versha
thanks versha. i got it from a local shop. actually from a halwai shop. i don’t know the brand name.
FANTABULOUS Recipe! <3 Turned out too too good! Thanks!
welcome priya. glad to know this.
Mine turned out very badly. I followed the exact measurements . But i really want to try . this. Can you pls specify everything in grams and Ml so that i can measure and do it accordingly. Thanks much!
which cups you used. i will try to update the weight in grams.
Dear Dassana Awesome I am going to try it and i hv received the ingredients list also.
okay suja. thanks. i just replied to your comment.
Dear Dassana thanks for your mouthwatering recipe.
But one suggestion or request from me is that if you can also suggest the quantity of each ingredients to be taken while making it. because i suppose if the quantity is not taken properly it will mess up whole thing. here if flour i hv to take then how much cup flour, how much sugar etc. am planning to prepare your this cake recipe. Shall appreciate your early response.
hi suja, the quantities are mentioned right towards the end of the step by step post.
I tried this recipe yesterday. Very yummy. My husband liked it alot.
your website is great for the beginners especially. I recommend your site to others too . my culinary skills graph gaining height from being horizontal Have tried cakes , rajma masala restaurant style , kadhi pakora, manchurian , ghiya kofta… and so many other … very nice recipes with marvellous demonstration.
thanks rhino. good to know. cooking is not difficult. just needs practice and the skill grows.