This post is a continuation of the eggless cake recipes collection that I had posted earlier. What better than Christmas to try these delicious cakes – without the eggs. Most of these cakes come from popular Indian chefs and carry an Indian flavor to them.

(Note: Almost all of the cakes requires baking in an oven or a microwave with baking facility)

4 delicious recipes are featured here:

1. Eggless Chocolate Sponge Cake

2. Eggless Fruit Cake

3. Butter Cake without eggs

4. Eggless Cherry Cake with almonds

1. Eggless Chocolate Sponge Cake

This soft and yummy sponge cake takes about an hour to make and serves 6 people.

Ingredients:

• 1/2  can of  condensed milk — (200gms)
• 2 3/4  cups   of   plain flour — (250gms)
• 40 grams  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon  baking soda — (soda bicarb)
• 2 teaspoons  icing sugar
• 1/2 cup  butter melted — (60gms)
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 100 ml  milk
• 100 ml Coke or Thums Up

How to make:

1. Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, cocoa all together 2 to 3 times.  Keep aside.
2. Pour condensed milk in a bowl.
3. Add the butter, and beat well till smooth.
4. Add the flour spoon by spoon, mixing into the condensed milk mixture.
5. In between, add milk as required if the butter begins to get too stiff. [Stir the mixture in one direction only all the while. This will make the cake lighter].
6. Once all the flour is used, beat the batter as above till light (5-7 minutes).  Add the coke or Thums Up and mix gently till smooth.
7. Pour into a greased cake tin.  Do not smooth with a spoon etc.  If the consistency is right this will not be needed.
8. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees Celsius.
9. Place the cake tin inside.  Bake at 200 degrees Celsius  for 5-7 minutes and then at 150 degrees Celsius till it is done (35 to 40 minutes).
10. Poke with a skewer and check.  Cool a little.  Invert on wire rack.  Cool completely before doing icing if any.  Or serve warm with tea.
11. Makes a six round cake

2. Eggless Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

• Butter /margarine 100gm

• Sugar 150gm

• All purpose flour 200gms

• Fruits – Apple, pineapple, Orange – Chopped to small pieces: 1-2 cups

• Raspberry, cherries, dried grapes, almonds – 300 grams

• Milk 200ml

• Flakes 100grams

How to make:

1. Melt the butter.
2. Place the flour (sieved), in a big bowl add milk and mix well.
3. Add butter and mix thoroughly to an even mixture.
4. Grease oven tray (or pie tray), sized 23 cm.
5. Sprinkle flakes and 50 gms sugar.
6. Pour the mixture evenly in the tray, Press all fruits bits and sprinkle sugar over berries.
7. Now bake it in the pre-heated oven at 225 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes or until the upper part turns to golden yellow colour.

Recipe Courtesy: Vimalas Kitchen

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3. Butter Cake

Ingredients:

• Butter 300 grams

• Sugar 150 grams

• All purpose flour 300 grams

• Corn flour 250 grams

• Baking powder 1 teaspoon

How to make:

1. Turn the oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
2. Mix sugar and butter to a fluffy consistency.
3. Add flour, Corn flour, baking powder and mix well.
4. Get a fine batter.
5. Pour the batter in paper moulds (2/3rds) and bake them for 30 minutes.

Recipe Courtesy: Vimalas Kitchen

4. Eggless Cherry Cake with Almonds

photo credit: tupawk

Ingredients:

• Almonds, cherries – 100 grams each
• Maida – 250 grams
• Castor sugar – 75 grams
• Baking powder – 2 teaspoons
• Condensed milk – 1 tin
• Butter – 125 grams
• Baking soda – 1 teaspoon
• Hot milk – 2 cups
• Almond essence – ½ teaspoon

Method:

1. Sieve Maida, baking powder and soda altogether.
2. Beat butter, sugar well, add essence, milk little by little and continue beating them well.
3. The mixture should soak for sometime.
4. Then add the finely chopped almonds, finely chopped cherries, sieved flour, milk little by little and stir them well to get a cake mixture.
5. Pour it in the greased baking plate and bake it in 180 deg. C.

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Links to more eggless cakes and other recipes (other websites)

Indian cake recipes (many recipes don’t have eggs)

Madhuram’s Eggless Cooking (including cakes)

Eggless Tutti Fruity Cookies by Parita

Eggless Fruit and Nut Cake by Diya