Easy r​ecipes for Diwali party: Try Orange Cake, Badam Halwa Truffles, Tri Layer Halwa and more

Diwali party recipe: Orange Cake

What's Diwali without indulging in some festive culinary delights? From classic favourites to creative fusions, we’ve curated a collection of recipes to elevate your celebrations. The Tri-Layer Halwa brings tradition and innovation together with layers of beetroot, bottle gourd, and carrot halwa, each bursting with flavour and vibrant colour. The refreshing Orange Cake is a light, irresistible dessert for any gathering, while Badam Halwa Truffles offer a decadent twist to impress your guests. And for a rich indulgence, the Mocha Cake is sure to make a lasting impression. Roll up your sleeves and treat your guests to these delightful recipes.

• Orange Cake

Ingredients:

For Orange cake base

For cake:

• Orange, 70 gm
• Egg, 1 no
• Refined flour, 16 gm
• Unsalted butter, 50 gm
• Castor sugar, 50 gm
• Almond powder, 50 gm
• Baking powder, 1 gm

• Orange juice, 60 ml
• Corn flour, 4 gm
• Sugar, 20 gm

For cake

• Boil fresh oranges in water and make puree.
• Mix egg and sugar, whisk it till mixture gets fluffy consistency.
• Combine together orange puree and egg mixture.
• Then fold the mixture with refined flour, almond powder and add baking powder.
• Finish with melted unsalted butter and rest for half an hour.
• Bake at 180 degree celsius for 45 minutes.

• Cook orange juice, corn flour and sugar together.
• Once you get saucy consistency then remove from the heat and cool it down completely.
• Assemble a slice of warm orange cake on a plate and pour orange sauce on top
• Served with vanilla ice cream and garnish with blueberries and candied orange.

Diwali party recipe: Date, Coconut, and Mocha Cake

• Date, Coconut, and Mocha Cake

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter, 600 gm
• Sugar, 600 gm
• Eggs, 10
• Maida (Flour), 600 gm
• Baking powder, 10 gm
• Nescafe Coffee, 40 gm
• Coconut powder, 125 gm
• Fresh dates (chopped), 125 gm

• Cream the butter and sugar, adding eggs gradually one by one.
• Once well-mixed, add flour and baking powder.
• Dissolve coffee in water and add to the batter.
• Add coconut powder and chopped dates, mix, and fold well.
• Pour into a mold and bake at 180°C for 45 minutes.
• Baking tip: To avoid heavy flour in your recipe, sift it through a sieve or whisk it to aerate.

Diwali party recipe: Badam Halwa Truffles

• Badam Halwa Truffles

Ingredients

• Almond, 250 gm
• Sugar, 100 gm
• Saffron, 1 gm
• Cardamom powder, 2 gm
• Full fat milk, 100 ml
• Ghee, 25 ml
• Dark chocolate, 80 gm
• Milk chocolate, 80 gm
• White chocolate, 80 gm

• Heat-up the oven at 180°C. Place the almond in baking tray, the roast in the oven until nice brown colour. Remove from the oven and set aside.
• Place the almond in a blender, the using the pulse button cut until make coarsely but not too powder.
• In a pan, heat the milk together with the saffron. In another sauce pan, add the ghee and coarse almond. Start add sugar in the ghee and almond mixture
• Add the lukewarm milk and saffron into the ghee mixture. Finish to add cardamom powder and cook for about 5 minute.
• Cool the badam halwa mixture. Make small balls (around 10 gm). In 3 separate pan, individually melt each type of chocolate.
• Coat the halwa balls into the melted chocolate. Place in the fridge. Then serve the badam halwa truffle with a nice cup of masala chai.

Diwali party recipe: Tri Layer Halwa

• Tri Layer Halwa

Ingredients:

• Beetroot (grated), 3 cups
• Bottle gourd (grated), 3 cups
• Carrot (grated), 3 cups
• Milk, 6 cups
• Mawa, 1.5 cups
• Sugar, 3 cup
• Ghee, 9 tablespoon
• Cardamom (crushed), 6
• Cashew, 15

• In a pan, sauté the grated vegetable (beetroot, bottle gourd, or carrot) in 1 tbsp ghee for 3-4 minutes.
• Add 2 cups of milk, bring to a boil, and cook until thickened.
• Stir in 1 cup sugar and ½ cup mawa, and cook until the halwa turns glossy and leaves the sides.
• Add cardamom, garnish with cashews, and remove from heat.
• Layer each halwa in a glass, one on top of the other, and serve hot, garnished with nuts.