Asha Sagar Cake Recipe-Eggless

I call it the Asha Sagar Cake as the recipe is hers. She runs a beautiful Homestay in Coorg. Had this cake made by her- nd one of the most delicious ones I have eaten, and guess what? Its eggless :)

Eggless Chocolate cake:

Ingredients:

1.      Sugar   1 ½ cup

2.      Water     ½  cup

3.      Maida  1 ½ cup

4.      Cocoa    ¼ cup

5.      Soda bicarb 1 tsp

6.      Salt          ½ tsp

7.      Curd ½ cup   or ½ cup milk with 1 lemon squeezed

8.      Oil  ½ cup

9.      Vanilla essence- 1 tsp

Method: 

• Take the sugar and water in a vessel over the fire. Boil till Sugar melts and syrup cools.
• Mix Maida Cocoa, Soda bicarb & Salt and Sieve it well.
•  Add Sugar syrup to the Above sieved mix and stir well so that no lumps are formed.
•  To this add the curd & oil and beat well.
• In the end add the vanilla essence.
• Mix well

Oven method:

·         Bake for 30-35 minutes @ 180degree

Cooker method:

·         Line a vessel with aluminium foil

·         Pour the cake batter in that.

·         Keep the vessel on a stand in the cooker (no water)

·         Cover the lid without gasket or weight.

·         Cook 5 minutes on high flame and then low flame for 45 minutes.

Chocolate Frosting:

Ingredients:

1.      Sugar ¾ cup

2.      Cocoa ¼ cup

3.      Milk ¼ cup

4.      Butter  ¼ cup

Method:

·         Mix together sugar cocoa and milk and dissolve over fire

·         Sugar should dissolve well.

·         Take it off fire once all is mixed well and melted

·         Add butter to the sugar syrup and mix well

·         Cool a little and pour over chocolate cake.