Eggless Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour –
150 gm

Powdered sugar –  70 gm

Oil –  75 gm

Cocoa powder –  2 tbl.sp

Hot coffee –  ½ cup with 2 tsp coffee powder

Vanilla essence – 1
tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Baking powder
–  1 tsp

Baking soda –  ½  tsp

Condensed milk
–  50 gm

Water – ¼ cup

For frosting

Cream

Icing sugar

Few cherries  and chocolate strands for decoration .

Method

Sieve together all
purpose flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder,, salt, baking soda, baking powder
in a bowl. Mix it all well. Add oil/butter, vanilla essence, condensed milk and
mix it well. Add cold water and with the help of hand blender whisk it for a
minute till it forms a smooth batter. In the last add hot coffee and again
whisk it few seconds to get very soft cake.

Bake in a preheated
oven at 180 degree celcius for  25 to 30 minutes.

For frosting

Take cream powder
in a bowl, and by adding icing sugar little by little to it keep whisking it
till it forms a smooth stiff batter. Refrigerate it for some time.
When the cake is ready, remove from the mould and keep on a rack to cool it.
When it is cool down, put little sugar syrup on top of the cake slices and spread cream icing on the first slice then place another one and cover the whole cake with cream icing.
Decorate it with choco strands and cherries.

Eggless Orange Cake

Ingredients
Refined flour – 200 gm
Powdered Sugar – 120 gm
Oil – 70 gm
Yogurt – 50 gm
Pulp of one orange
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Orange food color – ½ tsp

Method
Take a baking mould, grease it with oil or butter and keep aside.
In bowl sieve together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and food color.
In another bowl, Take sugar , yogurt, orange pulp and beat until creamy. Then add oil and beat for a minute. Gradually start putting refined flour and whisk it. If the batter is too thick, add little water and again whisk it.
Pour it in the baking moulds and bakes in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 30 to 40 minutes or until done.
When at room temperature turn upside down and your cake is ready.

For icing
Butter – 100 gm
Icing sugar – 200 gm
Orange juice – 1 to 2 tbl.sp

Eggless Lemon Semolina Cake

Ingredients
semolina - 100 gm
refined flour - 50 gm
oil - 75 gm
yoghurt- 50 gm
powdered sugar - 100 gm
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
baking powder - 1 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
little lemon zest
juice of half lemon
tutti fruiti
food color - optional

Method
In a bowl add oil, yogurt, powdered sugar and beat it well for few seconds, then add vanilla essence to it. In another bowl, take semolina and with the help of seive add refined flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix it well and then slowly add fold this in oil batter.
Take a baking dish, grease it with oil and dust with flour. Pour half of this batter into the mould and then put tutti fruitt dusted in refined flour. This will not allow the tutti frutti to settle down at the bottom.
With the leftover batter, add food color, though it is optional and then pout into the cake mould and sprinkle on top tutti fruiti.

Bake it at 180 celcius for 25 to 30 minutes.

Coffee Cake Recipe

Ingredients
refined flour - 100 gm
powdered sugar - 100 gm
oil - 100 gm
egg - 1
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
make hot coffee syrup - 1/2 cup

for icing
refrigerated cream - 250 gm
icing sugar - 4 to 5 tbl.sp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
coffee syrup - 2 to 3 tsp to which 1 tbl.sp cocoa powder is mixed, boiled and cooled


Method
In a bowl take oil and egg and whisk it for few seconds. Then to it add powdered sugar and again whip it. With the help of sieve, add refined flour, baking soda, baking powder, then add vanilla essence. Whip it  well and then add half of  hot coffee syrup. Mix well and pour it in a baking mould and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcuis for 25 to 30 minutes or till done.

For making cream icing
To the leftover coffee syrup add one tbl.sp of cocoa powder boil it and then cool it down.
Take 250 gm cold thick cream and whip it. Add slowly icing sugar 4 to 5 tbl.sp and vanilla essence and again whip it well. Refrigerate it for some time and then remove it and again whip it by adding  2 to 3 tsp of coffee syrup. Whip it again and then refrigerate it.

When the cake is ready, remove from the mould and let it cool down completely.
Cut cake evenly from top and then sprinkle little coffee syrup on the cake and then spread cream and sprinkle choco strand. Refrigerate it for some time and then serve.

Dates and Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients
powdered sugar - 150 gm
egg - 2
paste of dates - 1/4 cuip
cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
walnut - 1/4 cup
butter - 80 gm
milk - 1/4 cup
refined flour - 150 gm
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda - 1 tsp

Method
Blend together sugar, egg, butter, cocoa powder, walnut, paste of dates and milk. Remove in a bowl. Seive together refined flour, baking soda, baking powder and gently mix with the batter.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degree for 35 to 40 minutes. Prick it . If it comes out clean then the cake is ready.

Dates With Cinnamon Muffin Cake

Ingredients
Paste of dates - 1/4 cup or 5 to 6 dates soak in water and then make a paste
Refined flour - 1 cup
powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
melted butter - 1/2 cup
baking powder - 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
egg - 1
cold milk - 1 to 2 tbl.sp

Method
Take a bowl and add sugar and butter and whisk it for few minutes then add egg and again whisk it.
Add dates paste and mix it well.
With the help of a seive add refined flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder  and gently mix it well with the help of a spatula.Add cold milk if needed.
Pour the batter in muffins mould and bake it in a preheated oven at 200 degree for 20 to 25 minutes.
Prick it when it comes out clean, it is cooked. Serve.

Simple Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
maida/all purpose flour - 125 gm
powdered sugar - 250 gm
oil - 1/2 cup
milk - 1/2 cup
butter milk - 1/2 cup
a pinch of salt
vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1 1/2 tsp
hot boiling water - 1/2 cup
eggs - 2

Method
Sieve together all the dry ingredients and keep aside. In another bowl take eggs, oil, milk, butter milk and whisk it well. Then gradually add dry ingredients to it and repeat till done. In the end add little boiling water and whisk well for a second.
Grease cake pan with butter and dust it with cocoa powder. Pour these mixture on it and bake in a preaheated oven at 180 degree centigrade for 30 to 40 minutes.

Apricot Cake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 1 cup

Sugar – ¾ cup

Egg - 2

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Baking powder – ½  tsp

Salt – a pinch

Chopped Dry apricots – 7

Butter – 6 tbl.sp

Desiccated coconut – ½ cup

Milk – ½ cup or more

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Method

First sieve together all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and keep aside.

In another bowl, whip together sugar and butter and then eggs and vanilla essence till smooth and fluffy.

Then fold in desiccated coconut and all purpose flour and then again beat with a hand blender for 2 minutes.

Pour in a greased baking tray and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree for half an hour or till it is done.

Apple Cinnamon Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

Refined flour – 1 cup

Sugar – ¾ cup

Apple - 2

Cinnamon powder– 1 tsp

Nutmeg powder – ½ tsp

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Unsalted butter – ¾ cup

Milk – ½ cup

Eggs – 2

Lemon juice – 1 tbl.sp

Honey

Salt – ¼ tsp

Method

Cut apple into thin wedges. Grease baking tray with butter and dust little flour on it.  

Drizzle little honey on the baking tray.

Toss this apple wedges with lemon juice and arrange it in the baking tray.

In a bowl, sieve together flour, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, salt and baking powder and keep aside.

In another bowl, first whisk together sugar and butter till light and fluffy and then add eggs and vanilla essence and again whisk it till everything is incorporated well.

Add little flour and milk and again blend it for few seconds, and then again add more flour and milk and repeat this process till all flour and milk is used and the batter is completely ready to be baked.

Pour this batter over the apple wedges and bake in a preheated oven at 170 degree for 50-55 minutes.

When done, switch off the oven and leave it in the oven for another half an hour and then remove and invert it in the tray.

Cut into pieces and serve.