It was my birthday yesterday, but unfortunately Mom has turned pure vegeterian this month (Karthik masam). So had to do a good search for an eggless cake which could taste as good as the real cake. Luckily, found this really simple and easy recipe on www.trustedrecipes.com. It is very very easy to make and makes a decent cake!
Ingredients:
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine softened
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whisked yogurt (curd)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup warm milk
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C).
- Lightly butter two 9-inch-round baking pans or one 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Dust its sides of cake pan(s) with cocoa powder. In a large bowl, combine cocoa, sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add whisked yogurt, a very few spoons at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk. Pour into prepared pan(s).
- Bake until cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-35 minutes. Cool in pan(s) for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edges to loosen cake from pan. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
I prepared two of these cakes as my elder daughter loves a layered cake. And I am not yet very successful in preparing the perfect chocolate icing, so I took the easy out and used Hershey's chocolate sauce instead :)
- Place the first cake upside down and smear it with the chocolate sauce and place the second cake over it.
- Pour some more chocolate sauce over the second cake in an irregular fashion to get a design of sorts. I was going to spread it out evenly but my daughter felt it looked better as modern art :) I must say I agree with her :)
- You can go ahead and decorate it with any cake decorations, but I chose GEMS (again, influenced by my daughter's love for GEMS). I gave P2 the chance to get creative and she ended up giving the finishing touch to my birthday cake!!
