Eggless chocolate cake

Here is a very basic eggless chocolate cake recipe.

Anything with chocolate and I go WOW ? May it be a chocolate drink or a cake like Choco Lava Caka/Cola Cake/Chocolate Fudge Brownie or Choco Chip Cookies, I cannot keep my hands of them.

This time I tried a very simple eggless chocolate cake. It turned out very good and my kiddo just loved the M&M touch.

Here is the step by step eggless chocolate cake recipe with pictures:

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

For the cake:
All Purpose flour: 1 cup
Cocoa Powder: 2 tbsp
Baking Powder: 1 tsp
Bicarbonate of Soda: ½ tsp
Sweetened Condensed milk: ½ tin
Melted Butter: ½ cup
Vanilla Essence: 1 tsp
Water: 100 ml

For the icing
Icing Sugar: 100 gm
Cocoa Powder: 1 tsp
Butter: 50 gm
Vanilla essence: 2-3 drops
M& M: for decoration

Method of Preparation:

To make cake

1. Sift together the all purpose flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder.
2. Combine all the ingredients for the cake in a bowl and whisk well to form a smooth batter.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased baking tin.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for around 20 minutes. You know the cake is cooked if a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean.
5. Unmould and let cool on wire rack.

To make icing

1. Sieve the cocoa powder and icing sugar and keep aside.
2. In a bowl, cream the butter till smooth.
3. Gradually add the cocoa powder – icing sugar mixture to the butter and whisk well.
4. Add vanilla essence and mix well.

The final steps

1. Apply the icing on top of the cake and at the sides.
2. Use M&M to decorate the cake.

Eggless Chocolate Cake