Eggless Chocolate cake

This is the first cake I baked at home for my Parent’s 25th Wedding anniversary. Since we are vegetarians, we don’t use eggs and thought of making this egg-less cake. To my surprise, it came out very well. This is the first cake tasted by my grandparents in their life time.

INGREDIENTS

Dry ingredients

All purpose flour- 1 cup

Sugar- 1/3 cup

Unsweetened Cocoa powder – 3 tbsp

Baking soda- 1/4 tsp

Baking powder – 1/2 tsp

Wet ingredients

Oil- 1/2 cup

Hot water- 3/4 cup

Lemon juice- 1tbsp

Vanilla Essence – 1/4 tsp

Grind the sugar into powder.
Mix all the dry ingredients so that they are evenly mixed.
In a separate bowl mix water and oil till they are blended well.
Now pour the water+oil mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well . Take care that they should not form clumps.
Add vanilla essence and mix well.

Now grease the cake pan (Rice pan that comes with cooker will do good) with ghee.
Meanwhile place another rice pan with 1/4 cup water in the cooker and switch on the stove. They will be pre- heated.
In the mixture add lemon juice. This will react with baking soda and helps in raising the flour.
Immediately place the pan on the top of the first pan and close the lid.
It should be steam cooked so don’t use the weight.

Bake on medium heat for 5 minutes. Then bake it in low heat for 30-35 minutes.
Once you have done, open the cooker and insert the toothpick at the center to check whether the cake has been baked well.
Now allow it to cool for ten minutes and turn it upside down on a plate.
Your cake is ready and you can cut into pieces and serve.
It will be yummy.