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{{Short description|Indian dessert}}{{Infobox food
| name = Cumber cake
| image =
| type = [[Cake]]
| course = [[Dessert]]
| place_of_origin = [[Goa]]
}}

'''Cucumber cake''' is a [[cake]] prepared using [[cucumber]] as a primary ingredient. Additional ingredients may include typical cake ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and leavening.<ref name="Shenoy 2016"/> It may be served as a dessert cake,<ref name="mid-day 2016"/> and some versions are topped with an [[Icing (food)|icing]].<ref name="Shenoy 2016"/>

==Tavsoli==
Cucumber cake may be referred to as '''tavsoli''' or '''tausali''', and is a dish in [[Goan cuisine]].<ref name="Awchat 2009"/><ref name="Monteiro 2015"/> ''Tavsoli'' is prepared using cucumber, and additional ingredients may include rice, coconut, [[jaggery]], [[ghee]], cashews and [[cardamom]].<ref name="Awchat 2009"/><ref name="Monteiro 2015"/> [[Turmeric]] leaves may be placed atop the cake prior to baking, which adds flavor.<ref name="Awchat 2009"/> It may be served as a breakfast dish,<ref name="Aayis 2006"/> and may be prepared in the style of a [[dhokla]]<ref name="Food and Health"/> and [[steaming|steamed]].<ref name="Amit 2016"/>

==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[Cucumber sandwich]]
* [[List of cakes]]
*[[Zucchini bread]]

==References==
<references>

<ref name="Awchat 2009">{{cite book | last=Awchat | first=D.S. | title=The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook | publisher=Popular Prakashan | year=2009 | isbn=978-81-7991-482-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGeoulo2EBsC&pg=PA121 | page=121}}</ref>
<ref name="mid-day 2016">{{cite web | title=Meher Marfatia Column: Crosses, a square and Blue Circle | website=[[Mid-Day]] | date=January 10, 2016 | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/meher-marfatia-column-crosses-a-square-and-blue-circle/16848156 | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Shenoy 2016">{{cite web | last=Shenoy | first=Sonali | title=Cucumber Concoctions | website=[[The New Indian Express]] | date=January 29, 2016 | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Cucumber-Concoctions/2015/05/14/article2812645.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205202306/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Cucumber-Concoctions/2015/05/14/article2812645.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 5, 2015 | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Monteiro 2015">{{cite web | last=Monteiro | first=Lisa | title=Youngsters prefer eating non-vegetarian food, finds survey | website=The Times of India | date=April 6, 2015 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Youngsters-prefer-eating-non-vegetarian-food-finds-survey/articleshow/46817539.cms | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Aayis 2006">{{cite web | title=Cucumber cake (Tausalli) | website=Aayis Recipes | date=September 7, 2006 | url=http://www.aayisrecipes.com/breakfast-or-snacks/cucumber-cake-tausalli/ | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Food and Health">{{cite web | title=Tavsoli (cucumber cake) | website=Food and Health | url=http://www.strfri.com/foods/view/Tavsoli+(cucumber+cake).jsp | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Amit 2016">{{cite web | last=Amit | first=Dassana | title=Cucumber cake recipe, eggless steamed cucumber cake | website=Veg recipes of India | date=January 11, 2016 | url=http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/cucumber-cake-recipe-tavsali-recipe/ | access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>

</references>

==Further reading==
* {{cite web | last= | first= | title=Local cooks hold the torch of Indian cuisine: Vikas Khanna | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=January 18, 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Local-cooks-hold-the-torch-of-Indian-cuisine-Vikas-Khanna/articleshow/29007848.cms | access-date=January 29, 2016}}

[[Category:Cakes]]
[[Category:Goan cuisine]]
[[Category:Cucumber dishes|Cake]]

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