EGGLESS VANILLA CAKE

Ingredients

Maida-1and half cup

Curd-1 cup

Baking Soda-3/4tsp

Vanilla Essence-1 and1/4tsp

Baking powder-1and1/2 tsp

Cooking Oil-1/2 cup

Sugar-1 cup

Cashews- a few


Method

Mix sugar and curd with a whisk till sugar dissolves completely.

Add baking soda, baking powder to the curd and sugar mixture.

and leave it aside for 5 minutes.

Preheat oven at 200 degree for 10 minutes.

Add vanilla essence,cooking oil and mix well. Slowly add maida

and mix well till everything blends. Add sliced cashews to the

batter.

Transfer the mixture to a greased and dusted baking tray.Bake it

at 200 degree for 10 minutes and 35 minutes at a reduced

temperature of 180 degrees till a toothpick when inserted comes

out clean.

Keep the cake on a cooling rack before slicing it . Slice it only after
it cools completely.

Eggless Chocolate super soft cake


Ingredients


All purpose flour/maida-1 1/2 cups
Cocoa powder-1/4 cup
Baking soda-1 tsp
Baking powder 1/4 tsp
Sugar-1 cup
Warm water -250 ml
Instant coffee powder-1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp
White Vinegar or Lemon juice-2 tsps
Oil-1/4cup

Method

Take water in a mixing bowl add instant coffee powder oil sugar  vanilla essence vinegar and stir till the sugar is completely dissolved
Sift flour cocoa powder baking soda baking powder twice.Add this to the wet ingredients slowly and stir in one direction with a whisk.mix for two min till everything is blended well.Grease and dust a baking tray and pour the mixture.Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 25 min or till a tooth pick when inserted comes out clean

Please use the exact measurements given above else the result may vary.You can reduce the amount of cocoa powder..I used more for an extra chocolatey flavor

BAKING

Dates and raisins cake

Ingredients
All purpose flour-1 cup
Butter-2 tbsp
dates pitted and chopped-quarter cup
baking powder 1 tsp
baking soda-half tsp
sugar-3/4 cup
vanilla essence-1 tsp
condensed milk-half cup
raisins-one handful.
Method
Preheat oven to 180degree centigrade or 350 degree fahrenheit
Soak dates and raisins in warm water for 15 minutes.Sift baking powder cooking soda and APF in a sieve.
In the meantime beat butter and sugar till smooth and fluffy either with a hand whisk or an electric beater.Put the soaked dates and raisins in a blender and blend for a second.they must be crushed and not made into paste.

add this to the butter sugar mix and blend well.Add condensed milk and mix in the flour gradually.fold in the mixture.do not stir vigorously..add the vanilla essence and blend well.Grease a baking tray with oil and flour and then pour the mix and gently tap the tray to avoid formation of air bubbles.
Bake for 30-40 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 degree centigrade.Take out when a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.