I really did it!, I never ever thought I could bake a cake without using egg!, Madhuram's Eggless Baking always inspired me. whenever i browsed through her blog I always thought she is a really queen of eggless baking, she is daring to bake so many things without eggs, I too wanted to try my hand but I was so scared, I thought what if it didn't turn out well !, But today I just made my mind I must try out you know why? I had some strawberries left and wanted to use in baking a cake, something different, I started searching for a recipe I did get some strawberry cakes but they were not used sandwiching or for decoration but I wanted to use it inside the cake so I basically used a basic recipe from about.com and changed a little and Lo! here I am with this recipe of baking a strawberries cake!
Ingredients:
- 3 cups plain flour
- 1 & 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup oil (I used coconut oil)
- 1/4 cup soya milk
- 1 cup fresh strawberries pulp
- 1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/Gas mark 4
- Take a bowl and mix together flour, sugar, baking soda & baking powder and keep aside
- Then in another bowl slowly incorporate coconut oil & vanilla
- In another container dissolve vinegar & water and mix well then mix this with oil & vanilla.
- To the above mix add the vanilla essence & strawberries pulp and mix well.
- I took around 10 to 12 strawberries and ran it in a mixie until they were nicely mashed and became a smooth pulp.
- Then mix the soya milk
- I used coconut oil remembering that madhu used it in her eggless baking, and I had some extra virgin coconut oil with me! I thought let me use this.
- Then mix all of them together and whisk for 2 minutes
- Into this mix add the already mixed flour slowly so that their are no lumps are formed in it, until all the flour is completely mixed.
- When the batter is well mixed it be smooth & I do not know how to explain! 🙂
- Pour this creamy mixture into a Greased cake tin and bake it at 180 degrees/ Gas mark 4 in the middle rack.
- Allow it to Bake for about 40 to 50 minutes, Check if the cake is cooked by inserting a knife or any method you use into the cake, if it comes out clean with no cake sticking to it then the cake is well done.
- Take the tin out and leave it for few minutes then take the cake out from the tin and cool it on a wire rack.
- Decorate the cake by using frosting, or any method you want it look beautiful which I have not done!
jayasri
thanks harini & archy, i do not know if i have really joined it, I feel so wexed when something doesn't turn out well, i tried baking a corn bread and it was a flop, i asked aparna's help with it..., must try her suggestions and try out, finger's crossed
Archy
wow, eggless cake looks so gud and puffy..
Sunshinemom
It looks so spongy and tasty! Congrats on joining the eggless bandwagon:)
jayasri
thanks Raks & superchef for ur wonderful comments, no jayashree it did smell nothing of coconut oil, it was quite soft but not very moist i think :), thanks parita, it did really bake very well, Thank u chitra, i was quite scared that if it doesn't turn out well, i did not want to throw, yes do try and tell me.
Thanks to all of you, you all look into my blog and encourage with lovely comments which is such a wonderful thing for me to carry on blogging.
Thanks to all of you for sharing ur recipes too....
jayasri
thank you varsh & usha it really tasted yum with coconut oil, i couldn't get any coconut oil smell in it!
Thank u madhu for visiting my blog and thanks for all the comments, i will look into that recipe, i used coconut oil because you had used it! it did really come out well thank u
Nithya Praveen
First time here you have a pretty neat blog.Cakes without eggs are always tempting...isnt it? Nice try!
Chitra
I've tried eggless chocolate cake in Cooker with my MIl's help..Tried reday made cake mix in Mw..But urs is lokin beautiful..great try!!have bm this recipe!!
Parita
Wow it has baked perfectly!! looks moist
jayasree
The cake has come out well. It looks soft and moist. Good attempt. BTW, i notice u have used coconut oil. Does the cake smell of coconut oil?
Superchef
they just look awesome! especially for an eggless cake..delicious!!
RAKS KITCHEN
Ya,even for me I am so afraid that wat if every thing go for a waste!But only if we try something we will know the result right!
I am so happy for u jayasri that it has turned out good:)
Madhuram
I have tried a similar recipe and it came out very well. I had made cupcakes out of it (it's in my blog). It's good to know that you have used coconut oil. Actually I have never used it, but some visitors have mentioned in the blog that they have used it. I always wonder how the baked good smells and tastes with coconut oil.
The cake looks good Jayasri. Congratulations on baking your very first eggless cake.
Usha
Cake looks really fluffy and soft, perfect !
Unique combination using strawberries and coconut oil, bet it tasted pretty yum !
Varsha Vipins
Congrats on that Jaya..the cake indeed looks beautiful..!!