Servings : one 8" cake
I’ve been getting frequent requests for an eggless cake recipe. Bearing in mind that I needed to achieve the kind of cake that has all the softness, moistness and delicious flavour that my favourite egg-based cakes have, I decided to turn to my trusty Moist Chocolate Cake recipe and work with that basic recipe, altering it to be suitable for those who want an eggless version. I made a few adjustments, and here are the results as you can see for yourself, a delicately soft, super moist, almost fudgy textured cake, with the same amazing and intense chocolate flavour! The cake does not rise as much as the egg-based version, however the taste is incredibly similar! I definitely will be making this cake again and AGAIN! 😉
I didn’t feel the cake needed any frosting, so we enjoyed it as is with tall glasses of chilled milk (YUM!!), but you can frost it with ganache or buttercream frosting, or even our awesome and super-quick fudge frosting if you like!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup plain/all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup grinded/castor sugar
- 1/3 cup melted butter or odourless oil
- 1/2 cup milk (at room temperature)
- 1/2 cup hot coffee (1/4 tsp. instant coffee mixed in 1/2 cup hot water)
- 1/4 cup thick yoghurt (at room temperature)
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
Instructions
Preheat oven to 170 degrees C, then grease, line and flour one 7″ or 8″ cake pan.
In a big mixing bowl, sieve the flour with the cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder THREE TIMES. This aerates the flour and evenly distributes the baking powder/soda thereby giving a lighter and fluffier cake. Add the grinded/caster sugar. Stir together.
Create a well in the center and add the liquid ingredients, starting with the hot coffee, followed by the melted butter or oil, then the milk and finally the yoghurt. Mix until just combined (if using a hand-mixer, takes less than a minute). Do not over-mix as it will give a tough cake.
Pour the batter into the prepared greased pan and bake in the middle rack in the oven for approximately 20-25 minutes or until a skewer stuck into the center of the cake comes out clean. Do not over-bake.
Cool on a wire rack, turn the cake out of it’s pan and peel of the grease-proof paper. Cool completely and either frost or serve as is.
Enjoy! 🙂
Asalaam o alaikum Fauzia!
Asalaam o alaikum Fauzia! Would you recommend using this recipe for an egg- less black forest cake?Jazakillah khair for all of your delicious recipes!
W/Salaam, yes that is fine.
W/Salaam, yes that is fine.
Asalaam o alaikum, how would
Asalaam o alaikum, how would you adjust the measurements for a 9inch round pan?
W/Salaam, difficult to give
W/Salaam, difficult to give you small alterations for the cake recipe, you can try the same it will just be a bit thinner coz of the wider pan or make 1 and a half of the recipe measurement and try that way.
Hi fauzia…by yoghurt u mean
Hi fauzia…by yoghurt u mean maziwa lala right?
Hi! If you can get a thicker
Hi! If you can get a thicker yoghurt (maziwa mala) it would be better. I find maziwa lala to be a bit on the lighter consistency. A good local one is ilara yoghurt.
Hi! I was looking for a
Hi! I was looking for a recipe to make for class, and I needed an eggless one for a friend of mine that doesn’t eat eggs. I tried out this one and :
1. It looked amazing.
2. My friends said it was delicious.
3. They almost didn’t believe it was eggless!
This is so great, thank you so much for this recipe! 🙂 I’ve a small blog of my own, and I was wondering if it would be alright with you if I put up your recipe on it?
Looking forward to trying other recipes from your blog.
Thank you in advance!
Hi, thanks for the wonderful
Hi, thanks for the wonderful feedback! Yes you can put up my recipe on your blog, please link back to this page as the source. Let us know your blog name so we can check it out too. 🙂
Hello fauzia ur dishes r
Hello fauzia ur dishes r outstanding …fauzia clear me onething as i have cooking range baking n grilling operating with one knob at a time when move clockwise baking on n when move anticlick wise grilling on ..kindly tell as m not able to on both at a time for bakingg ..so what to do as normally top of my cakes left uncooked ..kindly guide me plz urgenttttttt
Hi, sorry but I really do not
Hi, sorry but I really do not know how those kinds of ovens operate, you can try starting with the bottom and then midway turn the top one on.
Another favorite! Thank you!
Another favorite! Thank you!
how much would be 3/4 cup of
how much would be 3/4 cup of powdered sugar in grams?
150gm.
150gm.
Hi Fauzia, hope you are doing great! Its very interesting blog. I have tried many of this kind of eggless chocolate cakes..but my ingredients are very different. I should try this one soon.. Anyways thanks for sharing this with me!
Plz can i know wat the size of cups it is?..coz every cup is different size
Please refer to this note: https://fauziaskitchenfun.com/my-measurements/
Hi fauzia
Awesome recipe … want does thicker yogurt means … its greek yogurt or normal curd with 3.5% fat ???
Hi, either use greek yoghurt OR simply strain natural yoghurt using a fine clean cloth to remove excess water.