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! 🙂
Thanks for the wonderful recipes. May Allah bless you.
What is garam masala please? Does it have a name in English?
It’s known as All spice. It’s a combination of many different spices.
Salaam.I tried this receipe but felt so bad that it didnt tun out great.i guess the cup i used to measure the flour was a big one,that’s why it didn’t come out soft and moist!Can u plz tell me the equivalent in grams for a cup of flour?Thanks so much:-)
W/Salaam, please refer to this note: http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/my-measurements/
Can i add vinegar to this to
Can i add vinegar to this to make it more fluffy? or will the vinegar act anti to yoghurt
Have not tried with vinegar.
Have not tried with vinegar. You can try if you like.
Ths cake is for how many
Ths cake is for how many people ?
About 8-10.
About 8-10.
hi.can i use curd instead of
hi.can i use curd instead of yogurt?
Hi, yes you can just make
Hi, yes you can just make sure it is fresh. 🙂
i tried the cake.it turn out
i tried the cake.it turn out to be good..
asw,i wanted to ask that can
asw,i wanted to ask that can we bake cake in spring-form pan??or will the batter run out of the pan??thank u
W/Salaam, yes there is a risk
W/Salaam, yes there is a risk of the cake leaking out of the spring form pan as the batter is very thin.
the baking time you mentioned
the baking time you mentioned is it in micro oven or electric oven?? if it is in electric oven then what is the baking time in micro oven??
Electric oven, sorry I never
Electric oven, sorry I never bake in the microwave so cannot know the conversion there.
hello Nusrat. I baked this
hello Nusrat. I baked this cake in microwave oven and it turned out really good i can assure that. but dont bake it for more than 9 minutes.
I made this recipe yesterday,
I made this recipe yesterday, doubled it and baked in 3 pans of 8 inches each, came out splendid. Thanks for posting such a lovely recipe. Finally an eggless recipe i am happy with!
is it important to use cocoa
is it important to use cocoa powder? i want to make the cake but i donot have cocoa powder right now.
Yes cocoa powder is important
Yes cocoa powder is important in this recipe.
Thanks a lot:) just made the
Thanks a lot:) just made the cake it came out so soft and Yum:)
thanx for this my son is
thanx for this my son is allergic to eggs and this is soo apt, will make it. meanwhile, kindly tell me what recipes i can use tamarind recipe..i saw it in the supermaket bought it and its soo nice and tangy but i need recipes for it ( i bought it for a brocolli curry from Nigella’s kitchen).thanx
So glad the recipe helped.
So glad the recipe helped. There are loads of recipes that use tamarind. Please type the word tamarind in the search bar on the top right of this page. It will give you all the recipes that use that ingredient. 🙂
can v use chocolate powder
can v use chocolate powder instead of cocoa. I have a tin which no one is drinking and would like to use it.could u reply soon. want to make it tomorrow for my mom. she’s allergic to eggs. thanks
Yes that would be fine. Sorry
Yes that would be fine. Sorry for the late reply!
hi,
hi,
don’t know if u r recieving any of my posts, keeps saying it is queued…….but if u r ,wanted to tell u this…made this cake today and used ur ganache,with white chocolate and it was amazing.wanted to take a pic but th plate was wiped clean…really really clean… my mon’s allergic to eggs so she sends an extra prayer and luv for u….thank u thank u thank u
fauzia can we use chocklate
fauzia can we use chocklate yoghurt or plain yoghurt is ok
Plain yoghurt. Not sweetened.
Plain yoghurt. Not sweetened.
asak pls may i knw 3/4 cup
asak pls may i knw 3/4 cup will be how many grams of sugar and the other doubt is the butter we use is it the cooking buter ??
1 cup of sugar is 200gm so 3
1 cup of sugar is 200gm so 3/4 cup would be 150gm. Not sure what cooking butter is. I meant the solid block of butter that is sold and used for baking or applying on bread and so on.
thanks for giving such a
thanks for giving such a wonderful recipe am really very very happy to see my problem solved because i am allergic to egg. what i wanted to ask is that can i use the home made yoghurt or nestle yoghurt. will the taste be same or diff
for how long the question is
for how long the question is to be queued it takes soooo long and i want to make the cake :(. am please repeating the question if possible reply sooon as i will be waiting to eat the cake coz i never tasted the cake am very senitive to egg and because of allergy i couldnt eat …………………..my question was that can i use plain yogurt or nestle yougurt ……will the taste be changed
Please understand that I am
Please understand that I am not online 24/7 and can only respond when I get time to come online and approve the comments and respond to all of them. You will not receive instant replies and the comments remain queued until I can come online to approve them. You can use plain yoghurt. 🙂