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Eggless Vanilla Cake-Eggless Cake Recipe

June 15, 2012 by PadhuSankar 44 Comments

This easy vanilla cake has no eggs and also no butter and can be prepared in a few minutes time as you do not have to beat the eggs or the butter. This recipe is from Nita Mehta’s book which I brought it from the library a few days back. As I have already posted Vanilla cake with eggs, I wanted to make an egg less version of it for those who do not include eggs in their diet.I have made eggless cakes with condensed milk but this is the first time I am trying an eggless cake with curd (without condensed milk). The cake turned out well and everyone at home loved it very much.

Eggless Vanilla Cake

How to make Egg less Vanilla cake

Ingredients needed 

All purpose flour/Maida – 1 1/2 cup
Thick curd – 1 cup
Sugar -3/4 cup  (1 cup if you want it very sweet)
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Cooking Oil – 1/2 cup (any flavourless oil)
Vanilla essence -11/2 tsp

Preparation

Seive maida 3 times and keep it aside.

Pre heat the oven for 10 minutes.

Grease and flour the baking tray and keep it ready.(I used an 8 inch square baking tray).

Eggless cake recipe

Method

Mix sugar with curd until sugar dissolves.

Now add baking powder and baking soda to the above and mix well. Leave it for 5 minutes.You will see bubbles appearing. Now add oil, vanilla essence and mix well.

Then add maida little by little and combine well with the wet ingredients.Mix well until creamy.

Pour the mixture in the greased baking tray and bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes (180 degree C )  or until a toothprick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Wait for the cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan, then cut it and enjoy!

Butter icing 
Recipe adapted from joyofbaking

Ingredients needed 

Butter – 1/2 cup
Icing sugar – 2 cups
Vanilla essence -1 tsp
Any food color of your choice

Method

Sieve icing sugar.In a bowl, cream together butter and vanilla essence.Then add icing sugar, little at a time and beat well. Keep it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.

Cut the top and the sides of the cake evenly.

Spread the butter icing on the top of the cake evenly with a spatula and pipe design of your choice.

To get the desired spreading consistency,you can add little milk if needed.

If you want pipe some designs and want it thicker,add more sugar.

I am a beginner in cake decorations but just wanted to share with you how I did this simple butter icing.

Note – Cool the cake for at least 2 hours before frosting..

The cake tasted great with the butter icing. You can bake this eggless vanilla cake in pressure cooker also as I have done for my vanilla cake with eggs

Enjoy!

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Comments

  1. simran

    June 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    lovely looking cake……..lovely and soft.

    Reply
  2. YUNUS.COOL

    June 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    wil try soon…. seems easy to make 🙂

    Reply
  3. Srimathi

    June 15, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    They look really good. Sometimes I think eggless versions taste better than with egg.

    Reply
  4. Achu

    June 15, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Hi padhu

    Ur blog is amazing and happy to follow you..I love those eggless vanilla cake..is it nice if added curd to it? Please feel free to visit my blog and follow 🙂 http://tangymind.blogspot.com

    Awaiting to hear your comments 🙂
    Best wishes
    Archana

    Reply
  5. Priya

    June 15, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Super n spongy cake,loving it.

    Reply
  6. vrinda

    June 15, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Nice recipe n cute cake…

    Reply
  7. Priya Satheesh

    June 15, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    Looks very soft and lovely pink icing…

    Reply
  8. Swathi Iyer

    June 15, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    Delicious cake padhu.

    Reply
  9. Alpana

    June 15, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    Looks yum………

    Reply
  10. Ramya

    June 16, 2012 at 4:00 am

    The icing looks soo cute:-) Loved the colour

    Reply
  11. Mahi

    June 16, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Cake looks beautiful and healthy as well!

    Reply
  12. Ms.Chitchat

    June 16, 2012 at 4:49 am

    Tasty soft spongy cake.

    Reply
  13. chella

    June 16, 2012 at 8:35 am

    padhu iam ure bigggg fan and i love ur innovative decorations and cooking tips. the cake looks so lovely and yum

    Reply
  14. PT

    June 16, 2012 at 9:43 am

    cute looking cakes..

    Reply
  15. Spice up the Curry

    June 16, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    wow. nicely decorated. looks awesome

    Reply
  16. Rekha

    June 17, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    looks creamy and cute cakes.. loved the decoration. ur blog have lot of interesting facts..
    happy to follow u dear:)pls visit and join my space in ur free time:)
    http://indiantastyfoodrecipes.blogspot.com

    Reply
  17. Kalyani Avutapalli

    June 23, 2012 at 12:56 am

    This recipe came out good is really delicious and yummy cake,thanks for posting this recipe for us and keep posting more recipes like this……..thank u

    Reply
  18. Ambreen

    June 26, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    What an amazing looking cake! Love it!

    Reply
  19. vidhoo21

    August 21, 2012 at 2:08 am

    Tried the same recipe and came out great..6 cup cakes gone in 6 seconds..I just poured into muffin tray..awesome..thanks for the easy recipe. Yogurt made it taste so good.

    Reply
  20. Harsha

    August 24, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Fantastic recipe! I used it to make 14 cupcakes. I've tried many eggless cake recipes and this one is by far the best. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  21. Tejas Parekh

    September 9, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    We just made with this recipe and it is cool. thanks

    Reply
  22. Saranya K.K

    December 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    is thr any othr easy way to make cakes without using microwave oven???

    Reply
  23. Ambika Ravi

    January 2, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    Hi Madam,I tried this recipe for my hubby's birthday. It was a great hit. And I got appreciation from all my neighbors.Thanks dr.

    Reply
  24. sharmila anbalagan

    February 17, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Hi mam, im ur fan…thanks for the wonderful recipes.

    Reply
  25. Kirti Rao

    March 4, 2013 at 9:49 am

    The cake tasted oily and like dalda. not sure where i went wrong but m an experienced baker and found that there was not much flavor in this cake.

    Reply
  26. PadhuSankar

    March 5, 2013 at 5:42 am

    You should use fresh flavorless oil.All ingredients including baking powder should be fresh. Find out where you went wrong referring the link below
    Baking tip for beginners

    Reply
  27. Shireen Maaroof Moorthy

    July 16, 2013 at 4:27 am

    i love all your recipes…

    Reply
  28. Lipsita Rout

    July 29, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Can i prepare butter icing by hand without using any electric beater???

    Reply
  29. PadhuSankar

    July 30, 2013 at 8:28 am

    Lipsita – Yes, you can.It is not necessary that you need beater for preparing butter icing

    Reply
  30. siddharth murpani

    August 7, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    How many does it serve?
    Tried it and was very cool
    Mast tha!!!

    Reply
  31. Anonymous

    May 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    dear padhu,
    can i try your wheat and ragi cake aith vanilla flavour,raisins and almonds only(i mean adding the essence and no choclate)…i want to try it …pls reply…

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 19, 2014 at 7:21 am

      Yes, you can try it. Ragi and chocolate goes well together.

      Reply
  32. Vighnesh Ramesh

    September 18, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    Hi Padhu,
    I tried your above recipe. The cake came out well without sticking but the inside texture didn't come out like a professional one. I followed your instructions pretty well. Is there anything I have watch out on?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 20, 2014 at 5:20 am

      May be your oven temperature. You can bake for a few more minutes. Moreover egg less cakes will not be as soft and fluffy as cakes with eggs.

      Reply
  33. Barn owl

    May 18, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    Thank you padhu for the simple and wonderful recipe. It came out really well

    Reply
  34. Vinithra B

    July 16, 2016 at 11:50 am

    Instead of oil v can use melted butter ….pls tell me …taste will differ ah

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 17, 2016 at 5:49 am

      Yes, you can.About the taste it will not alter much.

      Reply
  35. Unknown

    November 23, 2016 at 4:28 am

    Hi Padhu,
    Your recipes are very good and I have tried some of them.
    I tried this cake too. It tasted very well and was spongy and soft. But probably a bit too soft. I could not cut the cake. It was breaking.
    Can you please tell me where I would have gone wrong.

    Thank You,
    Rashmi M S

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 25, 2016 at 11:22 am

      Thank you for liking my recipes. Use fresh baking powder and also check your oven temperature. Add a little baking powder to very hot water, if it bubbles vigorously for a few seconds, it is fresh otherwise buy a new one.

      Reply
    • Rashmi M S

      November 29, 2016 at 7:53 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  36. Move on !

    June 19, 2018 at 2:55 pm

    Can maida be replaced with wheat ?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 20, 2018 at 11:33 am

      Wheat cakes are dense and moist and not fluffy.You can add half maida and half wheat flour.

      Reply
  37. Vishnooprya M

    October 27, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    I tried this cake. It was so perfect and we all loved it. Thank you so much for this wonderful and simple recipe !!

    Reply
  38. Pavi

    November 25, 2020 at 2:20 am

    This cake turned out amazing! So soft and fluffy, and without eggs! I made it for my daughter’s school but gobbled up half while packing it. It tastes great without any frosting. Thank you!

    Reply

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