1.5 cups all purpose flour (maida)
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt
½ cup water
½ cup melted butter or oil
¾ cup regular sugar or organic unrefined cane sugar - add as required * check notes
4 tablespoon curd (yogurt or dahi) + 1 tablespoon water ( you can use dairy curd or vegan curd)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or white vinegar (substitute is 1 tablespoon lime juice)
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla powder or half of a vanilla bean - scraped
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How to prepare recipe
- first sift the all purposed flour/maida with the baking powder and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl or pan.
- just keep everything ready as you have to be quick enough to mix the batter.
- preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- grease a 6 or 7 inches pan with butter or oil.
- you can also line the pan with butter paper and then grease the butter paper with oil or butter.
- now take some butter and melt it in a small pan or microwave.
- you need to get about 1/2 cup of melted butter.
- just melt the butter. no need to heat it.
- when the butter is still warm or a bit hot, add the sugar to the melted butter.
- stir and mix well.
- keep aside.
- now in a measuring cup or in a small bowl, whisk the 4 tbsp yogurt + 1 tbsp water till smooth.
- add 1 tbsp vinegar.
- then add the baking soda and stir.
- pour the butter+sugar mixture, 1/2 cup water and the frothing yogurt+vinegar+baking soda into the sieved flour.
- add vanilla extract.
- be quick enough to fold and make a lump free batter.
- don't over do the folding.
- pour the batter in the greased baking pan.
- shake and tap the sides of the pan so that air bubbles are released.
- place the pan in the preheated oven in the center rack.
- keep the heating in both the bottom and top elements of the oven on.
- bake at 180 degrees C for 30-35 minutes or more till a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- if the vanilla cake browns too quickly on the top, then cover the top with an aluminium foil or butter paper.
- once done let the vanilla cake stand at room temperature for 7-8 minutes.
- then with the help of oven mitts, gently remove the vanilla cake on a wired tray or rack.
- once the vanilla cake cools, you can serve the eggless vanilla cake as it is or use the vanilla cake to make pastries or gateau.
Recipe Notes
* to make the vanilla cake less sweet, you can add 1/2 cup of sugar. i have made the cake with half a cup of sugar, since i was going to use a very sweet strawberry jam glaze, it worked perfectly. however, if just having the vanilla cake plain, then go with 3/4 cup of sugar or add as per your taste preferences.
2. method for strawberry jam glaze - just heat about 2 to 3 tbsp jam with 1/2 tbsp water and 1 or 2 tsp corn starch till the mixture thickens. then spread this icing on the cake and layer with a flat spatula.
Also Read : Eggless Vanilla Cake Recipe in Hindi
