Madhu's Everyday Indian

indian vegetarian recipes & vegan recipes

Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe (video & step by step pictures) | eggless vanilla cake recipe

Last Updated on

 Eggless vanilla sponge cake recipe with video and step by step pictures- this eggless vanilla sponge cake is moist and fluffy cake you will ever make. The best part about this vanilla sponge cake is how easy the recipe is, and it just uses the basic pantry items we have at home. You can serve the cake as is, or dress it up with your favorite frosting. This is a basic vanilla cake recipe, you can also tweak this recipe to make an eggless chocolate cake. I have also included details on how to make the eggless vanilla cake in a pressure cooker. please scroll down to see the details.
eggless sponge cake

eggless sponge cake

Before we go on to the details of the eggless vanilla cake, I would like to let you know that Madhu’s Everyday Indian is on Youtube now. Please do check out my new youtube cooking channel where I share simple, healthy short videos- Madhu’s Everyday Indian.

Making and perfecting an eggless vanilla cake is not an easy task. We love cakes, because they are are moist and fluffy. And that texture comes from eggs. But when you decide to replace the eggs, it can be a bit tricky to satisfy your taste buds. Few good substitutes for egg are vinegar, flax seeds, banana and yogurt. This recipe uses yogurt as a substitute for egg. I have seen some of my fellow bloggers make this recipe, I believe the original recipe is from from Nita Mehta’s eggless baking. Its also a cake where we dont use any butter or condensed milk in it.

how does yogurt make the eggless vanilla sponge cake moist-

Plain yogurt (curd), at room temperature is combined with baking powder and baking soda and is set a side for five minutes. After five minutes you see bubbles which are formed by a chemical reaction of yogurt combining with baking powder and baking soda. The baking powder helps to make the cake light and fluffy, where as the baking soda allows your cake to rise.

While baking, Its also important to measure the ingredients precisely and use the exact amount the recipe calls for.

Eggless cakes are a great substitute for any one with egg allergies or have any religious restrictions. Especially if you have a kid with egg allergies, you donot want the kid to be left out.  This eggless vanilla sponge cake definitely comes to rescue. This eggless version is a great substitute for any school parties, birthday party or any special occasions. Top the cake with your kids favorite frosting, to make it the perfect eggless vanilla cake.

to make the eggless chocolate cake recipe-

to make the eggless chocolate cake recipe, replace 1/2 cup of the all purpose flour with coco powder and increase the amount of sugar to 1 cup.

Please do take a look at my other eggless cake- Eggless Mango cake 

If you are planning to serve these for kids birthday party, please do take a look at some of my other recipes with can be served as main course and snack-

Broccoli Red bell pepper Nan Pizza

Pan Fried Potatoes

Mango Mousse 

Chocolate covered strawberries

For more Dessert recipes click here

eggless vanilla sponge cake

eggless vanilla sponge cake

Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe chart:
  • All purpose flour/ Maida- 1.5 cups
  • Sugar-3/4th cup ( use 1 cup for a sweeter cake)
  • Plain thick yogurt- 1 cup ( not sour, at room temperature )
  • Vegetable oil- 1/2 cup
  • Baking powder- 1 1/4 th tsp
  • Baking soda- 1/2 tsp
  • Vanilla extract- – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Milk – 1 tbsp, to brush the cake
Step by step pictures of the eggless vanilla sponge cake recipe- 
Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C.
Grease an 8 or a 9″ round cake pan with oil and set a side.
Sieve the flour and set a side.

Beat the yogurt by removing any lumps. Add the sugar and whisk till the sugar dissolves completely.

Add the baking powder and baking soda to the yogurt mixture and mix well.

Set a side for five minutes.  Do keep a timer. Don’t let the mixture sit for more than five minutes. You will see small bubbles on the surface of the mixture.

Add the vanilla extract and oil, mix well.

Add the sieved flour in three batches and gently fold the mixture until no lumps are seen.
Pour the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Brush the top of the cake with milk, 10 minutes before the ending time to get a shiny glaze. Be cautious while doing this, the oven will be extremely hot. Would recommend using oven gloves.
This step is completely optional , but will give a shinny gloss to the cake.
Cool completely before serving.

Making the Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe in Pressure Cooker–

Please use a  aluminium pressure cooker for this recipe.
Remove the cooker ring and we will also not use the whistle.
Add a cup of sand or sea salt in the pressure cooker.
Place a small stand in the bottom of the cooker, we are going to the place the cake pan on it.
Mix the batter as mentioned above and place the cake pan in the pressure cooker and cook on high for five minutes, reduce the heat to low and cook the cake for 30-40 minutes.
After 30 minutes, open the lid and coat the cake top with some milk. The milk will help get a nice brown color for the cake. Also check to see if the cake is done.
Close the lid and cook for another 10 minutes  Just check to see if the tooth pick inserted into the cake,comes out clean. If not cook for another five to ten minute maximum. But not more than 50 minutes in total.
Cool the cake completely before serving.

Recent Recipes

Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Copyrighted :Madhu’s Everyday Indian @2006-2019. All content, text, images and videos copyrighted.

 

%d bloggers like this: