Eggless Cake

We all love a light, moist cake with a tender crumb, especially if it’s home made. Picking you’re your ingredients, blending flavours, melting  butter, whisking a smooth batter, watching it rise and turn golden and the best part, dressing it up with beautiful icing. Nothing beats the pleasures of baking.
But if you are a pure vegetarian,then eating a cake with egg will be a big problem. Most cakes rely on eggs to create that fluffy, cloud-like texture. The good news is that you can replicate the same spongy texture without the use of eggs.Eggs can be replaced with mashed bananas, apple sauce, vinegar with baking soda, yogurt and silken tofu, depending on the recipe.
Here are some tips for fluffy tasty cakes :
1. To maintain the texture of the cake, make sure you take extra time to beat the fat (butter or oil) and sugar mix to make more airy. Beat it till it is light and fluffy, but be careful not to over beat.  If you over beat, the cake will sink in the middle on baking.
2. Do not add the dry ingredients all together, this will deflate the airy batter that you created by beating the fat and sugar. Combine all the dry ingredients separately and then add this mixture little by little.
3. In case of an eggless sponge cake, it is best to remove it from the mould once you take it out of the oven. Cooling it for too long, may make it dense and flat.Now to making of a healthier than your regular cake. This rich cake won’t make you feel guilty about calories while taking a dig into it. The aroma of cinnamon and the crunch of nuts makes it special.

Ingredients :
* 2 cups whole wheat flour
* 1-2 cups Sugar or jaggery (depending on your taste)
* 1/2 Tbsp baking powder
* 1 1/2 Tbsp Baking soda
* 2 Tbsp cinnamon powder
* 3/4 cup refined oil
* 1 cup curd
* Water (can be added if needed to get correct consistency of the batter)
* A handful of walnuts, raisins & figs

Method :
1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
3. Blend the curd and oil together in another bowl. Then mix the dry ingredients into this bowl mix slowly. 
4. Bring it to dripping consistency, adding water only if needed.
5. Butter the bottom of a baking dish add the bake mix and bake at 170 degrees C for 1 hour 15 minutes while checking at intervals.
6. Serve in decorated plate, and enjoy!!

--pushpa