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Eggless Chocolate Cake-Eggless Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

May 26, 2012 by PadhuSankar 54 Comments

Today we will learn how to make a quick, easy, moist and soft Eggless Chocolate Cake.This cake does not have eggs in it, so can be enjoyed even by those who do not include eggs. It is so simple and can be prepared in a jiffy. Just mix all the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and bake. Sounds very easy, isn’t it? This rich and moist chocolate cake is a treat for all chocolate cake lovers.
Egg less Chocolate Cake Recipe
Recipe source-Joy of baking

Prep time – under 10 mins
Cook time – 30-40 mins

Ingredients needed

All purpose flour (maida) – 1 1/2 cup (195 gms)
Sugar – 1 cup (200 gms)
Cocoa powder – 1/4 cup (25 gms)
Baking soda -3/4 tsp
Baking powder -1 tsp
Salt -1/4 tsp

Unsalted Butter melted – 1/3 cup (75 gms)
Warm water – 1 cup
Lemon juice or vinegar – 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Eggless Chocolate Cake

 

Preparation

Preheat the oven.(177 degrees C)

Grease and dust the 8 inch square cake pan or line it with parchment paper.

Method

Sieve flour (maida), baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder twice. (dry ingredients). Keep it aside.
Add melted butter, warm water, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl. Mix till sugar dissolves.(I powdered sugar, so I just mixed with a fork)
Add the wet  ingredients (butter + warm water + lemon juice, + sugar + vanilla essence) with the dry ingredients (ie flour + baking pwd + cocoa pwd + salt + baking soda) and mix both until well combined.
Pour the batter into a greased baking tray and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.(bake at 180 degrees C)
Serve it on its own or dust powdered sugar or enjoy it with a scoop of ice cream.

Variations -You can substitute melted butter with any flavorless oil.

More Chocolate Cake Recipes

Eggless Chocolate cupcake

Easy Chocolate Cake (with eggs)

Chocolate Brownies

Eggless Marble Cake (Vanilla +Chocolate)

You can also bake this Eggless Chocolate Cake in pressure cooker just as I have baked Vanilla Cake.

Meet you with more interesting recipes and tips.

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Comments

  1. faseela

    May 26, 2012 at 8:45 am

    yummy cake without eggs…..lovely rcipe

    Reply
  2. Subhie Arun

    May 26, 2012 at 9:07 am

    yummy n lovely cake dear!

    Reply
  3. Maayeka

    May 26, 2012 at 9:14 am

    loved this egless cake recipe..really very moist and delicious..

    Reply
  4. Shobha

    May 26, 2012 at 11:11 am

    Perfect texture of an egg-less cake.

    Reply
  5. Spice up the Curry

    May 26, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    looks yummy, really delicious.

    Reply
  6. Hari Chandana

    May 26, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Wowww… looks awesome and perfect.. Super like 🙂
    Indian Cuisine

    Reply
  7. Bergamot

    May 27, 2012 at 3:05 am

    Looks great. good to know that instead of vinegar,lemon can be used. I would not like to use vinegar in my cakes.

    Reply
  8. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

    May 27, 2012 at 5:08 am

    it looks so moist and soft!

    Reply
  9. Roshu

    May 27, 2012 at 5:24 am

    Yummy yummy

    Reply
  10. Divya Pramil

    May 27, 2012 at 11:37 am

    Looks so soft and its my fav 🙂

    Reply
  11. PT

    May 27, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    Hi Padhu.. Thanks for stopping by my space and leaving a lovely comment..
    i will surely try this moist choco cake.. yours is so soft..

    http://jopreet.blogspot.com

    Reply
  12. CREATIVE MIND

    May 27, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe..and thanks for dropping by..so I am visiting & following your yummy blog..
    come along & follow back..you will have fun 🙂

    Reply
  13. Swathi Iyer

    May 28, 2012 at 1:26 am

    Eggless cake looks awesome.

    Reply
  14. Priya

    May 28, 2012 at 9:52 am

    Super spongy cake looks fabulous.

    Reply
  15. shruti @ a spoonful of yumm

    May 28, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    love the texture !

    Reply
  16. simran

    May 29, 2012 at 3:40 am

    excellent recipe foe the eggless cake….bookmarked!

    Reply
  17. Ambreen

    May 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Soft & spongy, perfect cake without eggs. Great!!!

    Reply
  18. Shweta

    June 24, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks Padhu..I tried this today and result was quite satisfactory..will try to be a bit more precise with the measurements next time 🙂

    Reply
  19. Bulbul vishwakarma

    August 18, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    Loved your recipes 🙂

    elegancestylized.blogspot.com

    Reply
  20. disha_k

    October 5, 2012 at 9:54 am

    Tried this today, turned out absolutely yumm. This cake with chocolate ganache frosting would be 7th heaven. Thanks for sharing it 🙂

    Reply
  21. Meena Bhardwaj

    December 20, 2012 at 5:27 am

    hii..padhu..di

    me aapki recipies bohoot like karti hu..or ek ek karke sab try karti hu…u r the best di.. 🙂
    per didi jab mene aapke jaise eggless vanila cake cooker me banaya to uska taste bohoot bekaar tha..or usme soda ka taste b or smell b aa rahi thi..di kya aap mujhe bata sakti hai k aisa kyu hua??
    maine sab quantity bhi aapke hisaab se he daali thi…

    please meri help karo dii..me aapke reply ka wait kar rahi hu.
    mujhe fir se ye cake bamnna chahti hu….:-(
    plzzz jaldi reply karen didi…

    meenu

    Reply
  22. PadhuSankar

    December 20, 2012 at 7:09 am

    Dear Meena
    Use good quality and fresh ingredients. Try reducing the soda a little next time.I have tried vanilla cake several times and have not got any problems.

    Reply
  23. Meena Bhardwaj

    December 21, 2012 at 5:04 am

    dear di..aapke kehne ke hisaab se maine soda ki quantity 1,1/2 cup maida me 3 pinch. he daali. cake to acha or tasty bana par wo thoda sticky tha or fluffy bhi nahi bana tha. dii maine market me kisi co. ka acha soda search kiya to kahin nahi mila. sab yahi bole k ye loose he milta hai. firr bhi di..me try karti rahungi. or di hum log egg wali koii bhi dish nahi khate…issliye aapse request hai k please baking recipie me jitna ho sake eggless recipie batane ki koshish karen.

    and thank you so much for your quick reply…:-)
    meenu

    Reply
  24. Alicia Lobo

    December 21, 2012 at 9:06 am

    cake fell apart.!! it looked like earthquake hit my cake :/..!! sad..!!

    Reply
  25. PadhuSankar

    December 21, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Dear Alicia -I am so sorry to hear that.The reasons could be improper mixing or the oven temperature could have been too low. Another suggestion- use parchment paper to line the baking pan. It is easy and a no fail way to get the cake out of a pan

    Reply
  26. Shefali

    January 10, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    what is the oven temp in F? i used 350 F, for 30 minutes and the middle was not done. then i put it in for 5 minutes more and the middle was perfect but the edges were crisp.

    Reply
  27. PadhuSankar

    January 11, 2013 at 6:03 am

    You can preheat the oven for 10 mins at 350 deg.F
    and bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.The timing differs according to the size of the pan.Remove from oven and place it in a wire rack to cool. If you over bake, the the cake will become dry.

    Reply
  28. Unknown

    April 6, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    Hi -In case i'm using a microwave, how can i bake this?

    Reply
  29. swathi anandan

    April 14, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    soooooooooooooooooooooo super thank u so much

    Reply
  30. Tanu Gupta

    April 23, 2013 at 11:06 am

    hey padhu, if i want to make this cake in 9inch round pans do i need to increase the quantity of all the ingredients if yes than how much???

    Reply
  31. PadhuSankar

    April 24, 2013 at 6:35 am

    No need, you follow the same recipe.

    Reply
  32. anuradha suresh

    October 26, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    dear padhu, i tried this recipe, baked for 30 min at 180 C still centre was not done and fissures developed . I then microwaved for 2 min at 900 W after which centre was done but the entire top layer got crisp.After preheating I switched off the oven for 2 min and switched on before putting the cake inside, is it ok? how to avoid lumps while mixing dry and wet ingredients?

    Reply
  33. Padhu Sankar

    October 26, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    Anuradha Suresh –
    Cake will be dry if you have over mixed or over baked the cake.

    Try increasing the oven temperature a little more, if the center of the cake is not done or you bake for a few more minutes. Keep an eye while doing so.

    Regarding preheating – that does not matter much, if you switch it off just for 2 minutes.

    Your last question – Did you sieve the maida? Add the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients and mix gently with a rubber spatula.Stop mixing when the mixture is combined. Also you have to add the wet ingredients little at a time.

    I have morphy richards OTG oven. I do not have microwave,so do not know about baking with microwave.

    Hope this helps.

    Reply
  34. Prachi Pandey

    November 23, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Dear Padhu, is the unsalted butter in your recipe the white butter which is used to prepare ghee ?

    Reply
  35. Padhu Sankar

    November 24, 2013 at 2:30 am

    Prachi Pandey – Yes it is the unsalted butter which is used to prepare ghee. I use homemade butter or get it from the shop.

    Reply
  36. hiral patel

    February 28, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    hi…dee, frm sevrl time m reading ur recepies… n sum i've trd at home. n dat all wer amazin… i wantd 2 knw dat for how many days v can keep dis chochlte cake(widout frostin) wid or widout freez… like if m making it 2day night while i've 2 use it 2mrw mornig. so can i. plz rly me as early as posble…

    Reply
  37. Padhu Sankar

    March 1, 2014 at 6:16 am

    You can keep it for 3 days and for a week in the refrigerator. It becomes a bit hard, if kept in the refrigerator. Yes, you can make it a day earlier and frost the next day. You can use chocolate sauce also as topping.

    Reply
  38. hiral patel

    March 2, 2014 at 9:56 am

    thnk u so much dee…

    Reply
  39. hiral patel

    March 28, 2014 at 11:24 am

    hello dee, mene ye cake banaya to bahot achha bana tha bt usme se baking powder ki smell aa rahi thi. mene yaha pe diye gaye diffrnt cake try kiye he aur wo sab bahot hi tasty bane the. lekin apke diye gaye measurement se bhi kam baking powder mene dala tha fir bhi usme se smell aa rahi thi… n let me tell u dat i've usd a fresh baking powder… so i dont knw wht to do to remove dat smell… plz dee, giv me some solutn…

    Reply
  40. hiral patel

    March 28, 2014 at 11:27 am

    n 1 more thing, i've usd a sunflwr oil n cooker for bakin as i dont hav oven…

    Reply
  41. Anonymous

    December 23, 2014 at 7:05 am

    I have tried this cake last year for my son's birthday in December. Looking at the colour, I thought it is burnt. But after last minute thought I got it cut & gave to only family members. It was a hit. From then onwards it has become all time favourite in my family. I first tried with eggs, but now I prefer the eggless version more. Thanks a lot for a wonderful recipe & a lovely blog.

    Reply
  42. Padhu Sankar

    January 4, 2016 at 6:25 am

    Eno cannot be used for this recipe.

    Reply
  43. Vidya Aditya

    March 31, 2016 at 9:12 am

    Hi mam
    Can I use whole wheat flour Instead of maida

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 2, 2016 at 4:17 am

      If you use wheat flour the cake will be dense. You can use half wheat flour and half maida.

      Reply
  44. Yogalaksmi harini

    April 16, 2016 at 11:41 am

    Hi..I read your post about measuring cups and spoons but still confused in some aspects as I haven't baked till now.sorry.the measuring cups I saw in amazon shows one cup=237ml..can I use it for measuring flour for this cake?
    You hav given 1 and 1/2 cups as 195gms for maida and 1 cup as 200gms for sugar.so confused.pls clarify
    And I bought weikfeld baking powder.what is the other baking soda? Is it what we get as 'soda uppu'in stores?
    Pls pardon if my queries are silly..thanks a lot 🙂

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 17, 2016 at 7:27 am

      All ingredients will not be the same when you convert it from cup to grams. For (eg) sugar and maida -the texture is different, so the same 1 cup measurement will differ in grams. You can use any standard measuring cups. Just search "measuring cups" in Amazon

      Reply
  45. Yogalaksmi harini

    April 17, 2016 at 8:03 am

    Thanksma..and reg baking soda, is it what we get as "soda uppu" in stores? I hav bought weikfeld baking powder separately

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 18, 2016 at 9:24 am

      If you cannot get baking soda, you can use cooking soda or appam soda.

      Reply
  46. Sirisha Durvasula

    May 19, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    Hi,
    I have tried many of your recipes and as well succeeded. Thanks a lot for that!!!
    And, To make this cake, I don't have unsalted butter and I can't get it outside. I will be able to use only Amul butter. Please help me in this..

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 21, 2016 at 10:06 am

      You must use only unsalted butter. You can make your own butter at home.Refer How to make butter at home.

      Reply
  47. anu

    September 28, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    Hi Padhu, thanks for the recipe.I have few questions. Should I use unsweetened or sweetened cocoa? And what will be the yield for this quantity of ingredients? Will I get sufficient quality for a small birthday cake?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 30, 2016 at 9:52 am

      @anu – You should use unsweetened cocoa powder. It serves around 8-9 people.You can also make chocolate frosting for the cake.

      Reply
  48. Nithya Sundar

    November 19, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    I tried this cake.but cake cracked and it didn't rise.i am using convection oven.

    Reply
  49. Padhu Sankar

    November 21, 2016 at 11:32 am

    One of the reasons why cake cracks is the oven temperature might be too hot. Also avoid opening and closing the oven during baking, as it can cause the temperature to fluctuate.

    Reply

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