Delish, Easy, Recipes

Eggless Chocolate Cake

My dad has a sweet tooth. After lunch, he needs his mithai. Knowing this, I always make something sweet for him. When he opens the box, he always finds his piece of happiness. On Father’s Day, I baked him a gooey chocolate cake. Of course, he loved it!

Ingredients

  • 3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 11/4 Cup Super Fine Sugar
  • 1 Cup Yogurt (or homemade dahi)
  • 11/2 Cup Maida
  • 3/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • A Pinch of Salt
  • 1 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 Cup Milk

Preparation

Prep: 15 minutes
Cooking: 6 minutes

  1. Mix all the ingredients and form a smooth batter.
  2. Grease the microwave-safe vessel well with oil and place a parchment paper (if you don’t have parchment paper, sprinkle cocoa powder or maida).
  3. Bake the cake on the regular heating mode of a microwave for 6 minutes.

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Urja Chandrani

For me, cooking is part passion and part therapy. I spend half my time thinking about what to cook and the other half feeding my loved ones. It all began with tailing my mom in the kitchen, often helping her while she cooked. As a child, I enjoyed maa ke haath ki bhindi-roti and homemade churme ke ladoo which she makes every Ganesh Chaturthi. How do mothers cook so well?! It's a universal question I guess but that's where my inspiration comes from. Whenever I cook, my friends and family love it and that makes them very happy. It motivates me to cook more. But I wasn't always like this. Two years back, when I moved to Mumbai for my studies, cooking was new to me. Being a Gujju, I needed (yes needed) buttermilk with every meal. So, I decided to make curd at home for a ready supply of buttermilk. It turned out to be very objectionable and inedible. I remember that day so vividly even today. Cut to mastering my favourite cuisine - Italian!