Eggless Chocolate and Vanilla Cake with Cherries
Adapted minimally from Sailu’s Kitchen
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sieved
1 cup yogurt {home made}
3/4 cup vanilla sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted {or oil}
1/2 vanilla bean {optional}
1/2 cup frozen cherries {optional}
1 heaped tbsp cocoa {I used Valrhona}
1 sachet vanilla sugarMethod:
Preheat oven to 200 C for 10 minutes. Grease a 6″ round tin, and line the bottom.
Beat the vanilla sugar, scraped vanilla bean and yogurt for 5 minutes on high speed. Add baking powder and baking soda, beat in on low, and allow to stand for 3 minutes. You will find that bubbles appear.
Beat in the melted butter and vanilla essence. Next, slowly add the flour in 4 lots, blending in well after each addition.
Take 1/3 of the dough in a separate bowl and stir in the cocoa. {You can make just vanilla as well, in which case, omit this step}
Add 1/2 the vanilla batter to the bottom of the tin, smooth it out to spread across the whole surface. Add all the chocolate batter, and smoothen it out too. It might be pretty thick, as mine was. Top with the remaining vanilla batter to make a third layer. Top with frozen cherries if using, and sprinkle over the sachet of vanilla sugar.
Bake at 200C for 10 minutes, reduce temperature to 175C and bake for 40-45 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. {Original recipe uses a ring mold I think, and the baking time at 175C was 20-25 minutes. Mine took a lot longer, so test before taking it out of the o}.
Cool the cake for 20-30 minutes and then overturn onto a plate.
Wait for an hour or two before slicing it else it doesn’t slice neatly. {My kids couldn’t wait}. The cake was very good the next day too, and sliced beautifully!
I would suggest the use of a good quality dark cocoa, having recently discovered that it can make a huge difference. I used Valrhona that Shayma from The Spice Spoon sent for me, and after experiencing it’s virtues first hand in this Chocolate Almond Biscotti, I am totally sold on it! I added a scraped vanilla bean to the batter as I love the depth of flavour vanilla offers to baked goods, and some frozen cherries to give the cake a cheerful face-lift. Also a smattering of vanilla sugar on top, just because …
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Eggless Chocolate Walnut Cake
Adapted minimally from Sailu’s Kitchen
1 cup all-purpose flour,
1/2 cup good quality cocoa powder {I used Valrhona}
1 cup yogurt {home made}
3/4 cup vanilla sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup olive oil {I used Borges from here}
1/2 vanilla bean {optional}
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 sachet vanilla sugarMethod:
Preheat oven to 200C. Grease a 6″ round tin, and line the bottom.
Beat the vanilla sugar, scraped vanilla bean and yogurt for 5 minutes on high speed. Add baking powder and baking soda, beat in on low, and allow to stand for 3 minutes. You will find that bubbles appear.
Sift the flour and cocoa 2-3 times. Reserve in bowl.
Beat in the olive oil. Slowly add the flour mix in 3-4 lots, blending in well after each addition.
Sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts, followed by a sprinkling of vanilla sugar from the sachet.
Bake at 200C for 10 minutes, reduce temperature to 175C and bake for 40-45 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. {The original recipe used a ring mold I think, and the baking time at 175C was 20-25 minutes. Mine took a lot longer}.
Cool the cake for 20-30 minutes and then overturn onto a plate.♥ Thank you for stopping by ♥
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A delightful cake!
Cheers,
Rosa
Whole day i have been waiting for your DB challeng, but i did say to my self you might not do this time because of the kithcen work.
I am also afraid to make a eggless cake and have been wanting to make one but always chicken out, reading your post i am sure gonna try this cake, bookmarking them.
yummy n delicious cake.. great
Who needs eggs when you can make a cake like this? Deeeelish!
When is the kitchen going to be finished? How wonderful for you – me very jealous!
Simply wonderful cake
Love it more since its eggless 
Truly amazing and very tempting pics..would love to try this recipe sometime soon..thanks for sharing and have a lovely weekend! Tk Care!
Everything looks so good! Congratulations!
Excellent and very timely due to the egg recall. We've actually been trying a few recipes without eggs, and unfortunately, they turned out pretty crummy, so thanks for the recipe, that's given us the inspiration to give it another go.
Now a day I am on the spree of experimenting eggless cakes…even i did one in the MW and surely came well….will try your recipe…the snaps are magnificent…
They look fabulous! And as for Daring Bakers, your ability to bake at all with a kitchen in disarray is inspiring. I barely made it and my kitchen is just fine.
Hmm.. I like the chocolate version!! I love olive oil with chocolate.. think I'll make this soon..
Truly gorgeous Deeba, I mean really gorgeous! Of course everything you make is
What beautifully put together pictures. I think baking while undergoing renovations deserves a medal.
Success! But of course, I knew you would come up with a gorgeous eggless cake. And even though you didn't have a chance to do this month's DB you definitely are a Daring baker baking in a kitchen that's under renovation!
Wow!
I have a friend who is allergic to eggs, and another who is vegan, so I've always felt so bad when I turn up with cakes that they can't eat. But, I can now use these! Thanks Deeba!
It's excellent! I love the recipe without eggs, and love the cherries in the cake!
Another gorgeous dessert! Looks wonderful!
beautiful looking cake!
Looks tooo too good and both the cakes are awesome.. and the cherry on the top wow!!! Not only U missed the DB this time we missed ur sweet DB post too….
i'm trying to bake your chocolate walnut cake and am wondering about the vanilla essence? that is suppose to be added with the olive oil.. also what is the separate heaping tablespoon of cocoa powder for? thanks Minx
welcome to the world of eggless baking deeba, icant wait to see what other marvels you will invent in your bakery now!
That's a lovely crumb for an eggless cake–this one's a keeper!
Hi there Minx, you can add vanilla essence if you don't have a vanilla bean. The heaped tbsp was a typo; now corrected. Thanks
It's almost unbelievable that these cakes have no eggs! They look terrific! Totally mouth watering! We missed you this month at the DB challenge, but I'm sure it will be well worth it! Thanks for your valuable comment on my blog.
Excellent information, this is exactly what I needed. Thanks. Keep up the good work!
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Hi Deeba, I popped over to say thanks for two things. I saw your comment on my blog and I always appreciate your feedback, especially on photos. I have learned from seeing your inspiring photos that fruit is a great way to make desserts look better. You are so good at plating with fruit and I tried it too with the DB this month.
The second thanks is for the tip about Lijit. I am looking into it now. I use Google Analytics already and saw that some searchers were coming to find a recipe that I DO have, but leaving within seconds because it wasn't a well-laid out post. So I have recently re-written that post and improved the photos. That was useful information to get.
Take care, and thanks for the continuing inspiration.
Hi Deeba, these cakes look SO good. I've never made an eggless cake before either but you have given me the much needed inspiration. Hope all goes well with the renovations and you get to use it it soon.
fantastic cakes—I don't know which one I'd like better! it just shows you the magical baking possibilities without the egg.
lovely blog, nice to find you, and thank you for visiting mine as well. Cheers! Nancy
this is the cake that I cant resist the temptation, looks so good!
I am a firm believer in olive oil cakes in any shape, flavour or form. If I make dessert at all these days I head straight for the olive oil.
Ah the wonder of blogging… U can find just what you need, when you need it! Now I have wonderful eggless chocolate cake in my file!!! These both look delicious – I will probably go to the olive oil first! Great post!
I am not very enthusiastic about eggless cakes, but these can be a real savior when you have no choice but bake an eggless one. I am definitely going to try this one with olive oil. An Deeba-certified eggless sponge(for gateaux) would be fantastic!!!! Hope there is one:-)
It's a shame you had no time for DB this month. I really enjoy your inspiring and imaginative DB challenges. However, I love those eggless cakes you made. I've been exploring that option for some time now, especially since I'm on a strict diet plan, but had no courage to actually try one. Now I'm confident that egglless cakes can be great, and I'll definitely try your recipe. I especially like chocolate one
Hello Deeba,
You have a lovely lovely blog!I am amazed at how your blog personifies its title so perfectly!!
What a fluffy, moist & delightful cake that is!Baking is therapeutic for me but the fear of gaining inches preceeds the desire of it often!
But all that apart I was really happy to see your hardwork! It is evident in all write ups and clicks!
Cheers!
WOW! I would bake if there were some one to eat…everybody is off sugars these days!…my sweet tooth tingles every time I visit your blog…what a mouthwatering place in cyberspace!
Deeba – what a challenge to make a cake with out eggs. I always thought cake = eggs (and butter)! But you've deifnitely proved me wrong. The chocolate walnut cake looks so moist.
hi deeba, actually i had no idea u were so scared to tread into eggless land . i had made ur Almond and Apple cake about a month back for a party of 20 people and well i nixed the eggs in the recipe and added olive oil and yoghurt instead, well the rest as they say was history. the cake was a huge hit and i have been baking cakes and breads without eggs for some time now with super results. loved ur pics and yup u definitely are brave to have baked under the circumstances.i would like to pass on a recipe to u to try wherein vinegar is used and the cake turns out incredibly wow, the process to mix is just about fifteen minutes. lemme know if u would oblige to try it out. cheers Gajra.
Well done Deeba! The cakes still look so rich and moist even without the eggs!
The eggless chocolate walnut cake looks so fudgy and dark and yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe
Waw!! What a stunning filled cake this suremy is & so festive too!
A real feast for all of the senses!!!
MMMMMMMMMM,..You are certainly the master in baking!! yeah!!
Deeba, u are going to share pics of your renovated kitchen, aren't u?? Oh pls do, I'd love to admire it from afar!
The chocolate walnut cake looks PERFECT!
Eggless cakes have always seemed impossible to me too! They just don't achieve that wonderful texture. Your cake, surprisingly, looks amazing. Bookmarked for whenever I need eggless cakes!
Dee, thanks very much for trying an eggless cake & when you gave it such high praise, I had to give it a go, and too with full confidence in the result
thanks to your recommendation. And must say, I wasn't disappointed 
The cake came out F A B 
Tried the chocolate cake version too, with butter, but felt it needed more sugar this time around.
Also didn't read your advice & started cutting in half an hour – not a good idea as it started to crumble. But the recipe is for keeps.
Thanks and I wish you try some more
xx
Looks great!! Waiting to try it soon. Thank you
My first time visiting, nice blog and delicious recipe. I love the simple chocolate cake. Maybe i’ll try it soon. Thank you.
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Deeba,
Your blog as much as it is a sumptious treat it is a visual treat too!! Love your site& I have bookmarked it as well! Even if I do not bake all that often, I try & bake after looking at your inspiring photos!! My family enjoys the recipes. Thank you.
Good luck & a very happy new year to your family & you too .
Deeba, estou encantada com tudo que encontrei em sua página.
Quantas delícias!
Encontrei seu blog e vou visitá-lo sempre…
Um grande abraço aqui do Brasil.
Regina
Hi deeba!
Oh my god what an amzing blog you have. I am sitting here in philadelphia and drooling over every single photogtaph!! Cant believe that you are creating all this baked stuff out of your kitchen in gurgaon!! I did not know its even possible to get all the basic ingredients. am soo inspired. Will be here very often.
Regards,
Pallavi
Hi,
Wonderful blog with beautiful pics.
For the vanilla cake, if I dont have vanilla sugar, can I use more of vanilla essence to get the flavor?
Thank you for all the recipes.
hi deeba didi…….ur blog is just marvellous…..ur blog n few other blogs r an inspiration for new n amateur bakers like me…i loved ur phrase “SAHM”……cos i too am a SAHM……i am planning to try out this particular cake recipe of urs…i came across this ingrdient-vanilla sugar, in many other cake recipes of urs….wat is vanilla sugar???is it same as granulated sugar???pls help
Deeba,this cake is just too good!!!Super hit in my house!!!!
Yay that it’s a hit your end Ritu. here too!
Hi Deeba, thank you so much for helping me make a birthday cake for my husband. I have tried to do justice to your recipe. The family loved my efforts!
yr cake looks excellent.my hubby doesnt eat eggs so perfect recipe.just wanted to know if vanilla sugar can be substituted with regular sugar.don’t know what vanilla sugar is .please do give more fab eggless recipes.
Yes of course…you can substitute it!
how much is 1 sachet vanilla sugar?
Hi Sadia, one sachet would be about 1.5 tbsp
Dear Deeba,
Can you please suggest a suitable frosting for this chocolate walnut cake of yours.
Tx in advance
Can you please suggest a suitable frosting for the above Choc Walnut cake.
Thanks in advance
Can you please suggest a suitable frosting for the Choc Walnut cake? Thanks in advance
Dear Julia,
Thanks for the loveley eggless cake recipe, it worked out great with oil!
Do you have any suggestions for eggless and butterless cookies?
Looking forwards hearing from you!
Cath_NL
Oeps, Sorry for getting your name wrong in the previous post, Deeba! Hope you don’t mind.
I tried the chocolate version but with veg. oil instead of olive. It came out beautifully! I want to make the vanilla version next,maybe with fresh blueberries scattered on top. Do you think that would work?
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Tried the eggless chocolate and vanilla cake. Came out beautifully.. thanks for such a wonderfully easy recipe!
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