Monday, September 26, 2011

EGGLESS VANILLA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

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This is a basic eggless vanilla cake recipe without any butter or condensed milk in it. I bookmarked this cake long time back from Divya’s Blog – the baking encyclopaedia for me. Today made it and came out really well. The frosting is such a simple one,perfect for the beginners like me!  I dint made any changes, made it as such as I am always scared in experimenting in baking ventures. I myself bake once in a blue moon, so if it doesn’t comes out well, then I will never try again…

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Ingredients

All purpose flour/maida 1 & 1/2 cups minus 3 tblsp
Corn flour 3 tblsp
Sugar 3/4 cup
Baking powder 1 tsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Oil 1/2 cup
Curd 1 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method

  1. Pre heat oven to 180 oC. Sieve maida with corn flour twice to ensure even mixing. Mix curd and sugar in a bowl well. Add the baking powder and baking soda and let it rest for 2 – 3 minutes.
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  2. You can see the mixture now to be slightly frothy. Now mix oil and vanilla well to it. Add the flour one tablespoon at a time and mix well.
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  3. After mixing all the flour, pour it in the baking pan,greased with oil and dusted with a tsp of flour.
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  4. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the toothpick inserted inside comes out clean. Mine took 40 minutes for getting done. let it be in the pan for 5 minutes and invert carefully in a wire rack for cooling.
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If you want you can enjoy this simple vanilla cake as such with tea /coffee. Otherwise if you want you can frost it with the chocolate frosting given below.
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Ingredients

Butter 1/4 cup
Coco powder 1/3 cup
Milk 1/6 cup
Powdered sugar 1 & 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp

Method

  1. Melt butter in a pan in low flame and add the coco powder, mix to well. Add the powdered sugar,milk and vannila and stir well to get a spreading consistency frosting.
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  2. Trim the crusted top and apply the frosting all over with a cutlery knife. Decorate with silver/golden beads if desired. I used ready made sugar candied flowers.
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Let it set for some time before you dig in!! I hope I learn the techniques of applying the frosting by experience, still for the first time, this is not bad rightSmug?
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Notes
  • You can use 1 & 1/2 cup cake flour instead of maida and cornflour.
  • Use icing sugar for frosting if you have. If you powder,make sure its powdered very fine.
  • If you don’t like oil in this cake, you can try replacing with 1/2 cup melted butter.
  • All the aroma gets incorporated well the next day :)

76 Stars(comments):

Raji said...

Lovely cake Raji...wonderful attempt.

Sarah said...

cake looks delicious! frosting is pretty good ... And it will get better as you try...

Prathibha said...

Very nicely done cake rajo..looks gr8,I wish u could pass me a slice

Kalpana Sareesh said...

oooo wonderful.. i love it.. very well xplained clear pics..

Tina said...

yummy yummy dear...perfectly baked...

jayasree said...

Good one...Cake looks moist and perfect.

Priya said...

Cake looks super spongy and incredible,lovely frosting..

S.Menaga said...

wowww wonderful spongy cake!!

Sharmilee! :) said...

Looks very tempting esp the slice...Perfect sponge cake

Rekha shoban said...

perfect cake...looks very soft and yummy!beautiful presentation on cake and the flowers looks very cute!

Vani said...

Cake looks perfect and yummy :P Bookmarked!

Aruna Manikandan said...

Cake looks wonderful raji...
bookmarked it :)

Chitra said...

bookmarked !!Looks perfect. well decorated.

priya ravi said...

cake looks soft and yummy.. For frosting i dont melt butter. Instead i beat the butter with sugar & milk alternately at room temp to get that fluffy texture.

Aarthi said...

this cake looks so good...I love chocolate in anything

Sudha Sabarish said...

That's a yummy cake raji.

Ramya said...

Cake looks great Raji:-) I love this combo of vanilla cake and chocolate frosting!! yumm

Umm Mymoonah said...

Love that cute spongy cake and the frosting is irresistible.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

wow...Wonderful recipe...Love this cake ...Nice clicks...

Thanks for sharing...

Muskaan at A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine said...

Hummm...this looks irresistible..wonderful presentation as always..

Cheers
Muskaan

Divya Kudua said...

I absolutely love this recipe.Have recently posted a chocolate version on my blog.As you said,it is perfect as a tea cake too,spice it up with cinnamon,cardamom or vanilla and you are good to go.You've done the frosting quite well,how I wish to lay my hands on those pretty sugar flowers:)

aipi said...

A stunner ~ beautiful work n presentation dear!
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Laavanya said...

Cake looks very moist... and yummy frosting indeed.

notyet100 said...

Cake looks so yum,..:) will try sometime luv the frosting too,,

Radhika said...

Those sugar flowers look so cute raji. Like you said for a first time this is simply gorgeous. Wish I had it in me to try out frosting.

Pavithra said...

Beautiful one Raji..u hav done so well and did u get the message i sent u in FB ?

Shanthi said...

Wonderful cake with an expert touch

Prathima Rao said...

I had tried this too over the weekend for few friends & it came out perfect!! Next time Im gonna try it with your version of the frosting..Makes it even more elegant..:)
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Premalatha Aravindhan said...

wonderful cake,like the deco with gum paste flowers...yummy chocolate frosting...

jeyashrisuresh said...

i was looking for a perfect vanilla cake,wonderful idea of making chocolate frosting and nicely presented too

divya said...

looks absolutely inviting,droolworthy and super tempting..

Kaveri said...

This cake looks yummilicious...

Preeti Kashyap said...

Love this! yummy!

Nitha said...

That looks delicious.. Loved the decorations too.. You know what - i have been searching for that silver beads all around here and cant find it :(

Rinku Naveen said...

Pass me that piece pls..My my it looks super delicious! Its come out so perfect! And loved those cute flowers too..

Anu said...

Lovely Cake and nice frosting.
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Uma said...

Wow. Am drooling here. Lovely cake. chocolate frosting is attracting me like anything.

Cheers,
Uma

Krithi's Kitchen said...

The flowers looks so pretty on the delicious looking chocolate cake!!
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Angie's Recipes said...

What a pretty cake! Those little flowers are so lovely.

Suhaina said...

why make cakes with eggs when u can make such lovely cake without it.. really appreciate ur talent dear..perfect job..hats off for u ..well explained and well captured too..

Divya said...

Hi Raji... lovely cake with rich chocolate frosting... i was waiting for you to frost a cake and me to try the same coz you are so perfect in your measurements... thanks a lot for the wonderful recipe...

Shanavi said...

O my..Simply drooling over ur chocolate frosting..SImply fab..Beautiful small frosting flowers.Cute

Shama Nagarajan said...

wow..too tempting

Now Serving said...

wow that looks sinfully delicious, Raji!!!

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Cheers, priya

ANU said...

awesome cake with chocolat frosting love it!

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Madhavi said...

Beautiful cake.. :)

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Priti said...

Looks yum, the base cake looks soft n moist ...nice pics

SpicyTasty said...

looks absolutely delicious..

Suja said...

Soft and yummy cake,looks awesome dear..

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

Awesome! Looks great!

Priya said...

Looking great!! Thanks for the frosting steps...Whenever I try to do frosting its whole mess-up..one quick question..Can we use any other powder for frosting instead of coco-powder, because my kid doesnt like coco taste...how we will get the plain white frosting...Please reply

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Wow...cake looks spongy and yummy....cute and lovely cake...looks tempting.

Kurryleaves said...

perfectly done dear...jus love your blog for the way you explain the recipe..amazing job...
gonna try this one soon

sanjeeta kk said...

The cake and the frosting both have come out very well!
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Jay said...

sounds absolutely soft n divine..:)
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San said...

Scrumptious vanilla cake raji. Happy to see your space again with an excellent cake to celebrate the fourth blog anniversary as both of ours falls on the same day. Congrats on that! Chocolate frosting looks beautiful on the cake.

Hyma said...

lovely cake...can't believe u r doin it for first time!

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Priya, I am not sure what could be the best substitute for choco powder. Will soon update u if I find any alternative. I am sorry for the late reply,just now saw!

Poisonivy said...

what is curd? Is there a substitute for it?

RAKS KITCHEN said...

You can replace curd with plain yogurt ..

shruthi said...

how to bake this in cooker? I don't have oven. how many mins i should keep it to complete?

Radhika said...

hai frnd,
thanx a ton for sharing such an easy cake recipe..i tried this cake as well as eggless chocolate cake..both came out superb..
i wanna share this with my frnd..is it ok with u..if i put up this recipe on my blog?

i faced a prob with frosting..as it dried up n started breaking aft 1 hr...don't knw wat went wrong?

SMJ said...

could we use low fat curd for this recipe..and could u please specify the quantity for the low fat curd because its slightly more watery than full fat curd

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Shruthi,

I dont know if we can follow this recipe to do in cooker. Sorry about that...

SMJ

You can use the same quantity, I hope there wont be much difference. So you can proceed..

Radhika said...

hai frnd..
am still waiting for ur reply..pls

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Radhika,
Yes you can use the recipe,but with proper link back to this recipe or the original source-Divya's blog...

Some times over mixing the frosting leads it becoming grainy. Hope this helps.

I somehow missed ur comment,sorry about that....

Radhika said...

hai thnx my frnds..i'l giv ur link..as i found it on ur site..thnx again.

Radhika said...

thnx a lot frnd..yes i knw..tht's y i sked u first b4 posting it..
ok i'l try d frosting once again..ya i mixed it too much tht day...thnx again..
best wishes.

Jayashree.V said...

Hi

For Eggless Vanilla Cake, for frosting you have mentioned to melt the butter - Is that it needs to be melted to the state of ghee or something in between before adding the coco powder. Can you clarify pls as your picture gives the appearance of ghee??

Priya Hari said...

Do you think I can use tutty fruity to this recipe? In the other chocolate cake recipe, I saw a comment from you that the cake batter is probably thin that it might not hold the fruits.
I appreciate your quick feedback

Jayashree.V said...

Hi

Still awaiting ur reply....

Vidya said...

can this cake be done without preheating in a normal grill microwave. if so wht time shud be set for it to bake.

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Ah, I am not sure about it. You see me too beginner in baking. Sorry that I couldn't help u...

Shweta said...

Hi,
Can i use eno fruit salt instead of baking powder? will it yield the same result?

EKC said...

Started follwing ur kitchen recipes for past two weeks.. Really whatever I tried, came well.. !! Thanks a lot..
A doubt reg. ingredients.
1 cup = ? grams?

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Shweta, u can use, but I am not sure about the measurements. you should experiment to find out :)

EKC,
Thanks for you feedback :) My one cup holds 240 ml... different ingredients weigh different weight. But you can find a cup that holds 240 ml and use it for measuring dry ingredients as I do...

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