It’s hard to beat a moist, flavorful, and incredibly delicious cake, and that’s exactly what this Eggless Chocolate Cake recipe is! By the looks of it, it may seem super hard to achieve, but in reality, making this cake is a walk in the park.
This luscious chocolate cake requires no eggs, butter, or milk and the best part is that it needs less than an hour to be ready. So get your ingredients ready and let’s make the best cake of your life.
This Eggless Chocolate Cake is A showstopper!
Keep Your Cake Moist
A dry cake can be caused by many factors. The first one is high temperature, using a small cake pan, or using more elevating agents than you should, like baking soda. That leads the batter to rise too quickly.
To keep your cake moist, boil 2 tablespoons of sugar with 4 tablespoons of water until the sugar dissolves, then pour it all over your cake. But make sure to wait for it to cool down first.
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Additions and Variations
While this eggless chocolate cake is absolutely delicious on its own, a few additions won’t hurt, right? So here are a few things that you can add to your cake to take it to the next level!
Want to make your chocolate cake extra chocolatey? Add a little bit of chocolate chips, about ¼ cup. There are many types of choco chips for you to choose from, you can go with white or dark chocolate, peanut butter flavored, or mint chocolate.
If you’re a fan of dried fruits, why not give them a try? You could add your favorite dried fruits but if you want a few suggestions I would say golden or dark raisins, peaches, and apricots.
Another great idea would be adding nuts to your cake if that’s something that speaks to you. You could add almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, or pecans. But make sure you dust with flour them before adding them to the cake batter.
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Pro Tips
You can divide the batter among small bundt cake pans, but the bake time should be less, around 15 minutes.
If you want to avoid a flat cake, do not rest the batter. Make sure to preheat the oven while preparing the batter and pop it in the oven as soon as it’s done.
If you want to add frosting to your cake, make sure to let it cool down completely.
Do not overmix the batter if you don’t want your cake to be sticky or gluey.
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Toppings Ideas
If you’re looking for toppings to add to your cake, I got you covered. To keep it simple, you could just dust a little bit of powdered sugar like I did.
You can drizzle your favorite sauce. You could go for chocolate sauce, white chocolate sauce, or even caramel. It all depends on your taste.
If you’re making this chocolate cake for kids, it would be a good idea to add colorful sprinkles, it is kids’ favorite!
Fresh fruits also work perfectly with chocolate cake. Try strawberries, kiwis, mangos, or pineapples.
And of course, you could never go wrong with some frosting or ice cream. You could either serve it on the side or on top of your cake. If you have guests over, you could get creative and offer them a few ice cream flavors to choose from.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
It is not recommended to replace baking soda with baking powder in this specific recipe. The reason why is that you will have to use 3 teaspoons of baking powder which is a lot and might affect the taste.
No, unfortunately, this cake is not vegan as it contains sour cream or greek yogurt. But you could definitely give vegan greek yogurt a try.
Yes, it is possible to add butter. However, if you do, it is recommended that you consume the cake while it’s at room temperature as refrigerating the cake will make it hard.
To store, place the cake in an airtight container and keep it at room temperature for up to 4 days.
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Ingredients
Flour: It is recommended to use all-purpose flour for a spongy cake.
Baking soda: It helps your cake rise, but make sure to use high-quality baking soda.
Cocoa powder: It is the essence of this chocolate cake, it adds a rich flavor.
Sugar: If you prefer using other natural sweeteners, you could definitely give it a try.
Salt: Used to enhance the flavor of the other ingredients.
Espresso powder: For a kick of caffeine and extra depth.
Oil: Use any neutral oil you prefer.
Sour cream: Feel free to use Greek yogurt instead.
Hot water: Some use milk instead but keep in mind that it gives a denser texture to your cake than using water.
Vanilla: You could use vanilla extract or vanilla powder, it’s all up to you.
Lemon juice: Feel free to replace it with vinegar. It is what reacts with the baking soda resulting in your cake to rise.
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Steps To Prep
First, sift the flour, sugar, salt cocoa powder, and espresso powder together. Set aside.
Second, mix the water, sour cream, oil, and vanilla all together.
Then, add to the dry mixture and mix using a whisk or spatula.
After that, mix together the vinegar or lemon juice with the baking soda, and immediately add to the cake batter.
Next, fold using a spatula until incorporated and pour into sprayed and lined 9-inch cake pan or Bundt cake.
Make sure to tap the pan on the counter a few times to release the bubbles.
Then, bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, testing it with a skewer that should come out clean when it’s done.
Finally, let it cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before flipping.
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Eggless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking Soda
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1¼ cups sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- ½ cup oil
- ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- ¾ cup hot water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
Instructions
- Sift together the flour, sugar, salt, cocoa powder, and espresso powder. Set aside.
- Mix the water, sour cream, oil, and vanilla all together.
- Add to the dry mixture and mix using a whisk or spatula.
- Mix together the vinegar or lemon juice with the baking soda, and immediately add to the cake batter.
- Fold using a spatula until incorporated and pour into sprayed and lined 9 inch cake pan or Bundt cake.
- Tap the pan onto the counter a few times to release the bubbles.
- Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, testing it with a skewer that should come out clean when it’s done.
- Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before flipping.
Notes
- You can divide the batter among small bundt cake pans, but the bake time should be less, around 15 minutes.
- If you want to avoid a flat cake, do not rest the batter. Make sure to preheat the oven while preparing the batter and pop it in the oven as soon as it’s done.
- If you want to add frosting to your cake, make sure to let it cool down completely.
- Make sure not to overmix the batter if you don’t want your cake to be sticky or gluey.
Going to make these asap 😍
Shockingly easy and unbelievably rich and chocolatey !! Only thing different I used coffee instead of water and the cake was incredible. Will definitely remake 😋😋😋😋