Eggless Chocolate Cake

Eggless Chocolate Cake
I love baking, and im back with Eggless Chocolate cake, with chocolate ganache, and some frosting. This is such a dlicious cake with all the frosting in it. My lil one loved it very much. This was made on an order for childrens day special party :)!!.
It takes a lot of time and patience to make cake and decorating it. Later on the result was good, everbody loved it. Here is the recipe for it..






Ingredients For cake
All purpose flour – 1 ½ cup
Cocoa powder – 4 tblsp
Baking powder - 1 ½ tsp
Baking soda – ¾ tsp
Sweetened Condensed milk – 1 cup
Unsalted Butter/oil – 1/2 cup, melted and cooled
Pure Vanilla extract – 1 ½ tsp
Water – ¾ cup

Ganache frosting
Baking chocolate – 150 gms
Heavy whipping cream – 100 gms
Unsalted butter – 1 ½ tblsp

Vanilla Frosting
Butter - 1/4 cup
Icing Sugar - 1 cup
Vanilla essnece - 1/2 tsp
Milk - 1 tblsp

Chocolate Frosting
Butter - 1/4 cup
Icing Sugar - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 2 tblsp
Vanilla essnece - 1/2 tsp
Milk - 1 tblsp


Method to Make Cake
1. Preheat the oven at 350 degree F or 180 degree C for 10 minutes.
2. Prepare 9 0r 8 inch round cake pan. Spray it with cooking spray or lightly butter the pan and keep it aside.
3. Sift all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.
4. Then add water, melted butter, vanilla extract and condensed milk. Mix well using whisk. If there are lumps don’t worry about it.
5. Pour the batter into a prepared cake pan(step 2). Tap the pan on the countertop to remove air bubbles.
6. Bake into preheated oven for 30 minutes or till toothpick inserted in center of cake will come out clean.
7. Remove it from the oven and let it cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Then using a knife loose the sides of the pan and invert it into cooling rack from the pan and let it cool completely before frosting.


Method to Make Vanilla Frosting
1. In a mixing bowl add in butter and half of the sugar and beat with a electric beater till fluffy and creamy..
Add in vanilla and beat again.
2. Pour in the milk and beat till creamy.
3. Cut the cake into horizontally into two layers and apply the frosting and frost the cake.
4. Writing letters, I used this frosting.


Method to Make Chocolate Ganache frosting
1. Chop the chocolates and put into a heatproof bowl.
2. Heat the heavy cream and butter in a sauce pan on medium heat. As soon as it comes to a boil. Turn off the stove.
3. Pour hot cream and butter mixture into chocolate.Let it stand for 2 minutes.
4. Then stir very gently with a spoon. Keep stirring till it becomes shiny and everything is incorporated well.
5. Put the cake with cooling rack on a baking dish. So any access drip from frosting will not be wasted.
6. Now pour the chocolate ganache frosting on the cake, using back of spoon or butter knife spread it evenly.
Let the ganache frosting set for 1-2 hours before cut the cake.



Method to Make Chocolate Frosting
1. 1. In a mixing bowl add in butter and half of the sugar and beat with a electric beater till fluffy and creamy..
Add in vanilla and beat again.
2. Pour in the milk, cocoa powder and beat till creamy.
3. Use it for side decoration, with the star tip.
Enjoy UR Cake !!

Note:
I made the cake, Cut it in the middle applied vanilla frosting, sandwiched the cake.
Again on top the chocolate ganache frosting, and atlast the chocolate frosting for decorating the sides with star,
and letters were written using vanilla frosting.

Microwave Vanilla Cake

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Microwave Vanilla Cake Eggless

I was so much tempted to make a microwave cake when i saw Cham's - Spice club recipe for Microwave chocolate cake. I have made some changes in the recipe, used EnerG egg replacer for the first time and cake puffed up very well, an soft. Very happy with the result of eggless cake. This cake was made so fast in a giffy!!

Here is the recipe which i wish to pass on to..
1. Mahima's event 15 minutes cooking.
2. Srivalli for her event Mithai Mela


Ingredients

All purpose flour: 3/4 cup
Hot water:2/3 cup divided
Sugar 3/4 cup
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder 1/4 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Vegetable oil 2 tblsp butter + 2 tblsp oil
Egg 1 (equals to 1 1/2 tsp of Energ + 2 tblsp of warm water)
Vanilla extract 2 tsp


Method

1. Grease a microwave safe bowl.
2. In mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients flour+baking soda+baking powder.
3. In a mixing bowl take 1 1/2 tsp of EnerG Egg replacer whisk it with 2 tblsp of warm water.
4. Add the oil + butter,hot water, vanilla. Mix until it blend smootly.
5. Pour into the grease microwave pan and micowave in high for 5 to 6 min. Let it stand 10 min and invert the cake and remove the wax paper.
6. Serve with some choco butter icing on it, enjoy !!
This hardly takes 15 minutes for the whole process of preparation an baking is just 5-6 minutes.









Goes to Mahima's..





And to Srivalli's..

Eggless Vanilla Choco cake

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Eggless Vanilla Choco Cake

I tried to make a cake with icicing for the first time and came out pretty good. Made vanilla cake using whole wheat pastry flour. Actually i searched a lot for a eggless plain cake, at last found this and made this on my hubby's Birthday.

I wish to send these cake to..
Poornima Nair's event - For the love of Chocolate.



Ingredients

1 1/4 pressed cups of Whole Wheat pastry flour
½ Can of condensed milk
100 ml of soda water
1/3 cup of butter
1 tblspn of powdered sugar
3/4 tblspn of baking soda
3/4 tblspn of baking powder
2 table spoons of vanilla extract


Method

1. First Preheat the oven at 300 degrees before starting mixing. Take floor, with baking soda + baking powder, sift and keep aside.
2. In a big bowl add butter and sugar and mix well together.Then add condensed milk and beat well for 5min continuously.
3. Add soda water and beat well. Add vanilla extract and mix well till you feel that it has been puffed up.
4. Add flour mix gradually and mix it in single direction. While mixing we must be very careful so that it will not create any lumps.
5. Grease the baking dish with butter and put all purpose floor in it. Dust it properly and then pour the batter into the dish and bake it at 200 degrees for 5-7 min and then bake it at 150 degree for 20-25min. When done remove it and cool it. Do not try to remove the cake before it cools down.



Choco butter Icicing

5 tblspn butter
1/2 cup Cocoa powder
2 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tblspn milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In mixer bowl cream the butter. Add the cocoa and powdered sugar alternately with milk. Beat to spreading consistency adding more milk if needed. Blend in vanilla. Forsting is ready.

Note: I used a rectangluar shape baking tray. Cutted it into two and made a double layer cake. After the cake is cooled, add the icing around it and over it smoothly. I have decorated with whipping cream later on top and edges.









Party time.. cake with strawberry milk shake !!

Dates cake eggless

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Eggless Dates Cake to celebarte the Awards

This is one of the hit cake from Shilpa's - Aayis recipes, whenever i make this cake it never went wrong and came out perfect, thick and spongy. We both love this cake anytime, and most of my friends too. Shilpa thank you for such a wonderful cake for vegetarians. This cake actually gave me the confidence to bake some more cakes, that even eggless cakes comes out good. I have made some variation in the ingredients and quantity. I have used butter and baking powder, except all of ingredients are same as specified by Shilpa.


Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour(maida)
18 dates(Khajoor)(Used seedless)
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tblsp spn cashews chopped


Method

1. Soak the dates in warm milk overnight after removing the seeds. If using seedless no need to soak them directly grind them in the blender using milk.
2. Add sugar and grind them to a smooth paste along with the milk in which it is soaked in. Take them in a large bowl.
3. Meanwhile,Sieve together all the dry ingredients flour+baking soda+baking powder.
3. Now add oil+butter to the blended dates puree.
4. Spoon by spoon add the flour mixer to the and mix slowly. Atlast add the chopped nuts and mix.
5. Pour it in a dusted baking tray and bake in the preheated oven 350F for about 30-40 minutes. So that the inserted knife/toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.

Awards


My friends Sanghi , Anusriram , Yasmeen has passed on to me this lovely 'UR a Sweet Heart Award'. Thank you for passing on and thinking of me.. U all are a sweet heart..





Sanghi has passed on two more awards for, 'Good chat blog Award' and 'Lemonade Award'.. Thank you so much..











Celebrating with an Award from my side


Celebarting these awards with this Dates cake and 'Circle of Friends' to all my fellow bloggers who have passed on to me these inspiring awards and for the buddies who comment on my blog, which inspires me to cook more :)!! Thank you all of you for the love and affection showered on me!!

Hey, thank you Sanghi, Anusriram, Yasmeen with this huge friendship hugs.. Do accept this 'Circle of Friends' from my side.






I wish to pass 'UR a Sweet Heart Awards'and 'Circle of Friends' to all the sweet hearts friends around the blog..
Asha, Usha, Cham, Ashwini, Smitha, Sushma, Mahimaa, Happy cook, Sukanya, Pavitra, Preety, Deesha, Uma, Meera, Madhu, Paru, Srilekha.

Eggless Orange Muffin

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Eggless Orange Muffin

This is very simple and easy orange muffin using flax seeds, tried flax seeds for the first time and came out good. I love baking but was always so sad because, as i cant afford to make different variety of cakes and muffin without egg. And was also bored of eating cake with banana. So made lot of research regarding eggless cakes, came back with flax seed, it works. Now i guess i can make some more cakes :)!!

This Eggless Orange Muffin goes to..
1. JZ's - Santa’s Holiday Challenge.
2. Vandana Rajesh's - Baking For Beginners.
3. Purva's - Christmas Feast Event.
4. Mythreyee's - Sweet Series - Baked Sweets.


Ingredients

1 cup All purpose flour
1/2 cup sweet Condensed milk
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup Sugar
2-3 tblsp Milk
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1 tblsp Orange squash
1 tsp Orange rind grated (optional)
1 tblsp Flax seeds
3 tblsp Water (to mix flax seeds)


Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda, keep aside.
2. Need to make the flax seeds thick and creamy, so can blend it or mix it in a bowl and keep aside. I mixed them in a bowl.
3. In a large bowl add butter and sugar, beat them until creamy, in a same direction using a whisk.
4. Next add the creamy thick flax seeds, orange squash, rind, condensed milk and again beat in the same direction.
5. Add flour spoon by spoon and mix well. If the batter is too tight can add more milk.
6. Place the muffin cups in the muffin cake pan, pour the mixture 3/4 of each cup.
7. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (360°F) for 20 minutes or till a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Unmould and cool on a wire rack.

Orange Muffin

Eggless Banana Yogurt Cake

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Eggless Banana Yogurt Cake

This wonderful cake is Meera's recipe Eggless Banana Cake , thank you so much for such a nice eggless cake :)!!.It came out very good. I just added some Almond and cashews chopped instead of Doodh masala. This cake is really easy and its oil or butter free. Wonderful Meera for such a nice cake.

I'm sending this cake to Siri's event for Frozen Yogurt cool summer. Enjoy hosting Siri.


Ingredients

1 cup mashed Ripe Banana
2 cups rawa
1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup milk
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
3 cardamoms, peeled/crushed
1/2 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
1 tbsp Almond and Cashews chopped


Method

1. Mash bananas. Add yogurt, milk, sugar. Whisk together.
2. Mix salt, baking soda and raw.
3. Add the dry mixture into the wet one.Stir well so no lumps are formed.
4. Add chopped almond, cashews and crushed cardamoms,stir. Cover and keep aside for 1 hour.
5. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease & pour the batter in the pan. Bake for 30 - 45 minutes.(It took 45 minutes for my cake, as Meera told it depends on the oven :) !!)

Here it comes..






Goes to Siri's..

Eggless Banana Cashew Muffins

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Eggless Banana Cashew Muffins


Banana Muffin is for the baking fever spread all over.. as it is holiday season !!


Wishing all my bloggers and friends..
Happy Holidays.. An a great New Year a head..


This recipe is picked from Mahanandi - Banana Walnut cake with a slight changes.I have taken Cashew nuts instead of walnuts, Butter instead of oil, I have taken milk and baking soda.

I love cake and keep searching for the eggless cakes. Thank you Indira for your recipes. So here is the recipe.. enjoy baking.. !!



Ingredients

1 cup All-purpose flour
1/4 cup Cashew nuts chopped
1 banana smashed
1/4 cup Sugar powder
4 tblsp Butter
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup Milk

Method

1. Mix all dry ingredients - flour, baking soda and powder.
2. Mix the wet ingredients - butter and sugar first. Then add the smashed banana, vanilla extract and Add milk.
3. Now add flour spoon by spoon and mix well. If the batter is too tight can add more milk.
4. Place the muffin cups in the muffin cake pan, pour the mixture 3/4 of each cup.
5. Can decorate with choco chips on the top.
6. Bake it in a preheated oven at 350° F for about 30 minutes.

Eggless Apple cake

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Eggless Apple Cake

This was my second attempt for the eggless cake. Apple Eggless cake is very simple and easy to make and even the taste wice its good.
So here is the recipe below.


Ingredients

1 cups Maida (All purpose flour)
1 peeled & grated Apple
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Fine Sugar
1/2 cup Milk / Milkmaid
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Vannilla essence

Method

1. Mix all dry ingredients - flour, baking soda and powder.
2. Mix the wet ingredients - butter and sugar first. Then add the grated apple, vanilla essence and add milk.
3. Now add flour spoon by spoon and mix well. If the batter is too tight can add more milk.
4. Pour the cake mixture to the baking tray of ur choice.
5. Bake it in a preheated oven at 350° F for about 30 - 35 minutes.

Eggless Choco moist cake

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Eggless Choco moist cake

This is Eggless Chocolate moist cake. Its very easy and simple to prepare. This was my first attempt of making cake specially eggless after I came to US. This was a surprise cake on my Husband's B'day, It came out good. So I dare to put over here.You can see flower over the cake they are craft flowers just for decorating purpose. Hope you enjoy making it at home.



Ingredients

All purpose flour / Maida 1 1/2 cups
Coco powder 3 tea spns
Baking soda 1 tea spn
Salt 1/4 tea spn
Water 1/2 cup
Milk 1/2 cup
Sugar 1 cup
Vanilla extract 1/2 tea spn
Oil/Butter 1/4 cup

Method

1.Mix water, sugar, oil, vanilla till the sugar completely dissolves.
2.Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda.
3.Add the flour mix to the liquid mixture one table spoon at a time.
4.Mix well to form a uniform dough.
5.Grease a baking dish with butter & sprinkle little maida.
6.Pour the batter in a baking dish & allow it to bake for about 30 -35 min at 350 F.
7.Let it get cool & then Serve.



Very Important points to note down while making cake

1. While mixing the cake mixer, mix in one direction only.
2. First mix all the dry ingrediants and then the wet ingrediants.
3. Dust the baking dish before you pour the cake mixer on it.
4. Baking vessel can be a Foil or a metal one .( Your choice, I used Foil Baking dish)
5. If you add Oil to cake it vil be more moist than a butter cake.