Cakes with a Green Dot: Chocolate Cake

My love for baking cakes keeps growing and I desperately wait for the next birthday or another celebratory day in my family, when I can bake my next cake.

I personally believe that eggless cakes when compared with the egg based ones are spongier, rise higher, and are absolutely scrumptious. My family drools over the cakes I bake, so I have lots of testimony vouching for Cakes with a Green Dot. 🙂

Today I am going to share with you my recipe for a basic eggless chocolate cake.

Freshly Baked Chocolate Cake: Fabulously Risen, Spongy and Smells of Chocolate and Vanilla All Around

Ingredients:

• 1 tin condensed milk
• 2 ½ cups plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ or ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup warm water
• 1-2 tbsp sugar
• 1 heaped tbsp cocoa powder
• Pinch of salt

Initial Preparations:

• Warm Water in a Vessel
• Grease the baking tin and dust with plain flour
• Preheat the oven at 180⁰ C

Method:

• Put condensed milk, oil, sugar and vanilla essence in a pan
• Mix/blend the ingredients to ensure all the ingredients are combined well
• Sieve a mix of plain flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder a few times, to ensure all the dry ingredients are mixed well
• Slowly put the dry ingredients in the condensed milk, sugar, oil and vanilla mix
• Add a tbsp of warm water to allow the mixture to blend well
• Use the conventional cut and fold method to ensure creation of vacuum in the batter
• Add a pinch of salt and mix again
• Pour the batter in the dusted tin pan and place in the preheated oven
• This cake takes around 45 mins to 1 hour to bake
• Insert a toothpick or knife to check, if it comes out completely clean the cake is baked. If not, bake for 5-10 more mins

The cake is ready. Let it cool in order to proceed to the icing part. 🙂