Eggless chocolate cake

Ingredients

• 1 medium sized eggless chocolate cake or sponge chocolate cake OR check the below recipe

for eggless chocolate cake:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour (atta), levelled or 120 grams atta
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch of salt
• ¾ cup sugar or 150 grams sugar
• 1 cup cold water, 250 ml
• ¼ cup oil or melted butter, 62.5 ml
• 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla powder or vanilla essence

for the icing:

• 200 ml chilled amul fresh cream or chilled heavy whipping cream
• 5 tablespoons icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons chopped red cherries
• 7 to 8 tablespoons grated chocolate or chocolate shavings, you can also add as required
• 2 to 3 teaspoons cherry syrup or 1 teaspoon sugar dissolved in 3 to 4 teaspoon water. you can use rum or wine instead of sugar syrup
• 8 to 10 whole cherries for decoration or as required
• some chocolate shavings for decoration, optional

Instructions

for the eggless chocolate cake:

1. first grease a round baking pan of 7.5 inches diameter x 2 inches height with oil. preheat your
2. oven to 200 degrees celsius/392 degrees fahrenheit.
3. seive 1 cup whole wheat flour, 3 tbsp cocoa powder, a pinch of salt, ½ tsp baking soda in a plate. use good quality cocoa powder.
4. in another pan or bowl, take ¾ cup sugar.
5. add 1 cup cold water and stir so that the sugar dissolves.
6. now add ¼ cup oil or melted butter. i added oil. stir briskly so that everything is mixed well.
7. next add 1 tbsp lime juice. stir again.
8. now add ½ tsp vanilla extract or powder.
9. add the sieved dry ingredients to the wet mixture. using a wired whisk, mix everything well.
10. there should be no lumps in the cake batter. the batter is not thick but thin.
11. pour the cake batter in the prepared cake pan.
12. tap the sides of the cake pan so that the extra air bubbles are let out.
13. bake the cake in a preheated oven for 200 degrees celsius/392 fahrenhiet for 35 to 40 mins. since temperatures vary from oven to oven, do keep a check. for baking in a convection mode of microwave oven, preheat the oven at 180 degrees celsius/356 fahrenheit degrees for 15 minutes. then bake the cake at 180 degrees celsius/356 degrees fahrenheit for the 30 to 35 minutes.
14. for doneness check the cake with a tooth pick. the tooth pick should come out clean. once the cake becomes warm or cools down, unmold and place it on a wired rack. if the tooth pick is sticky, then place the cake bake in the oven and continue to bake for some more minutes. before frosting let the cake cool completely.