Eggless Devil's Food Cake Recipe
Eggless Devil's Food Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups All Purpose Flour (Maida),2/3 cup Cocoa Powder,1-1/2 teaspoons Baking powder,1/4 teaspoon Salt,3/4 cup Butter - softened,1-1/2 cups Caster Sugar,1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract,3 Whole Eggs - or Flaxmeal Egg Replacer,3/4 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt),1/2 teaspoon Red Food Color - (only optional),Chocolate ganache - as needed,3 tablespoons Flax seed powder (flax meal),9 tablespoons Chilled water
Estimated Time
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 90 min
Total Time: 110 min
Cuisine: Continental
Course: Dessert
Diet: Vegetarian
How to make Eggless Devil's Food Cake Recipe
- To begin making the Rich Dark Devil's Food Cake Recipe, we will first preheat the oven to 180 C ,
- Grease and flour 2 - 8 inch cake round cake pans ,
- Keep aside ,
- To make the Flax Meal Egg Replacer If your recipe asks for 3 eggs, measure 3 tablespoons of flax meal along with 9 tablespoons of water ,
- Stir well and let the mixture rest for about 15 minutes ,
- This process of resting helps the flax meal mixture develop a gelatinous consistency similar to eggs ,
- To make the Batter Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder and keep aside ,
- In a large bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer, beat in the softened butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy ,
- Add an egg at a time, whisking it into the butter mixture until light and fluffy(if making eggless, add the flaxmeal egg replacer)Gradually add in the butter milk and food coloring ,
- And finally, gradually fold in the flour mixture and continue to fold until the mixture is well blended and smooth ,
- Divide the chocolate cake batter into 2 greased baking pans and place in the preheated oven to bake for about 35 to 45 minutes, until a tester when inserted in the center comes out clean ,
- Once the cakes are baked, remove them from the oven and cool them completely ,
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the Chocolate Ganache recipe ,
- Place one cake on the serving tray in which you plan to set the cake ,
- Spread a generous portion of the chocolate ganache on the top of the cake ,
- Place the other cake over the bottom one and lightly press down ,
- Finally cover the whole cake with the Chocolate Ganache including the sides and the top ,
- Refrigerate the cake for at least 4 to 5 hours ,
- Serve the Rich Dark Chocolate Devils Food Cake along with a cup of coffee or as a dessert for parties ,
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