Recipes
Cocolate Eggless Cake Recipe
Prep Time | 2 hours |
Cook Time | 45 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
for chocolate cake:
- 1 cup condensed milk / milkmaid
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1½ cup maida / plain flour / all purpose flour
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- ¾ tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup Warm Milk add as required
for chocolate frosting:
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups powdered sugar / icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cold milk add as required
Ingredients
for chocolate cake:
for chocolate frosting:
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Instructions
chocolate cake recipe:
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1 cup of condensed milk.
- add ¾ cup unsalted butter which is at room temperature. you can also use salted butter, make sure to skip salt later.
- with the hand blender or whisk beat in one direction till the mixture turns smooth and fluffy.
- also sieve, 1½ cup of maida, 3 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder, ¾ tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp of baking powder and ¼ tsp of salt.
- then fold gently without disturbing the air bubbles.
- add vinegar (optional – helps for more soft and spongy cake)
- also add vanilla extract to enhance the chocolate flavour.
- then add warm milk and start to mix.
- mix gently and add more milk if required.
- also make sure the batter is of smooth dropping consistency.
- meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°c for 10 minutes and transfer the cake batter to a cake mould. make sure to line a butter paper at the bottom of tray to prevent from sticking.
- spread the cake batter with the help of spatula.
- also tap twice to level up uniformly and remove any air bubbles if present.
- bake the cake at 180 degree celsius or 356 degree fahrenheit for 25 to 35 minutes. to bake in microwave or cooker check out the notes section below.
- to check the cake has baked completely, always insert a toothpick at the centre and see if it comes out clean. else bake for 5 more minutes.
- cool down the cake completely. also transfer the cake to cooling rack to cool faster.
chocolate frosting recipe:
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take take half cup of butter at room temperature.
- beat the butter till it turns smooth and fluffy.
- then add ½ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
- also add 2 cups powdered sugar / icing sugar. ( suggest you to stick to icing sugar as they do have a small proportion of corn starch which prevents from melting)
- additionally add a tsp of vanilla extract to enhance the chocolate flavour.
- finally add ¼ cup of cold milk.
- beat till the mixture turns smooth and spreadable.
- if the frosting turns too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. if frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar.