I like wholewheat cakes, I like cake recipes that call for no eggs or butter or milk, and off late I am intrigued by the idea of adding fruit purés to cakes. Now there is this one chocolate cake that I have baked often, it's an eggless, butterless chocolate cake, and have never been disappointed with the result. I got it off the net along time ago and don't have the source link but its a recipe I got off the All Recipes site.
This time I've just made one tiny change - I halved the oil mentioned and added some avocado purée - and it didn't make a damn difference! honestly! And the lil one couldn't stop gushing "wow bootiful caaake"!
Ingredients:All-purpose flour - 3 cups
Unsweetened cocoa powder - 6 Tbsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - 2 tsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Sugar - 2 cups
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup
Avocado purée - 1/2 cup
Water - 2 cups
Distilled white vinegar - 2 Tbsp
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C/gas Mark 4.
2. Sieve all the dry ingredients (except sugar) together.
3. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a bowl.
4. Now add sugar into the wet mix and stir.
5. Next mix the wet with the dry all at once, and beat until smooth.
6. Pour batter into a greased cake tin. Bake for 25 to 30 min. till a toothpick inserted comes out clean. (My cake took over an hour to make - I don't know what happened it could be that due to the avocado the liquid was too much - but I usually do the toothpick test and it works for me - my gas oven always gives me different timings than one listed in recipes). So if you are trying this one out - don't panic just hang around for the toothpick test.
7. Don't tell anyone there's avocado in it, I still haven't!
see how perfect it is!!It tastes best after its well cooled (preferably the next day) - so be patient for the first bite. In cool weather you don't need to refrigerate it, but I did after day 2 'cos it has avocado. So keeping the cake in the fridge could do you only good.
28 comments:
avocado! who would've thunk! awesome recipe :)
Wow avocado in such a moist chocolate cake, I need to try this one..finally a cake which I can eat without any guilt :)
The cake looks yummmy!!! I will give it a try sometime soon... :-) If I can't find a good avocado (which is quite a possibility here), what do I do? Any other puree I can substitute this with? Though I'd have loved to give it a shot with Avocado...
Love,
Smita.
Like I need a reason to eat chocolate! Now I can say it's healthy 'cause it's made with avacado! And I just so happen to have an avacado tree in my backyard! So, win-win!
Nags - oh ya next time going to completely replace the oil with avocado!!!
Gita's Kitchen - oh totally!
Smita - i guess you could cook apple,purée it and use apple purée. or mashed overripe bananas, or carrot purée. but if you decide not to use any of these - then u need 2/3 cup oil.
Gombojav Tribe - ya and it has no egg, and no milk and no butter!!
Cake looks tempting. Thx for stopping by my blog and your lovely comment. i'm glad i came here. you have a wonderful blog.
Rajani, that cake does look very good.
Nothing quite like eggless and butterless food.:) Avocado at least has good fats. And you cake has the little one's stamp of approval. They're the most difficult to please.
I have used apple sauce in cakes with some success.
When experimenting with recipes, it is so rewarding when they turn out fantastic and become a keeper! Yum!
interesting, never thought of putting avocado in a cake. you say it didn't make a difference in the taste, i guess i'll have to try it some time!
Looks fluffy and delicious!
...and I am following the trail and sniffing lead me here ;). Glad I did cause i love chocolate cake and the fact that this is eggless is even more better. I'm always in the lookout for eggless recipes too.
have made a note to pop in here again :)
bon appetit
It definitely is PERFECT! Healthy, tasty, moist, I couldn't ask for more. Bootiful caaake :)
Looks lovely, this is my type of cake for sure eggless, butterless and with chocolate...Yum !
Raji.... truly bootifu caaake!!!! I tried it immediately but ofcourse minus the avocado as i did not have it .... instead i used a puree of dates ... that is what i had in my kitchen ... it turned out quite well .. tasty and well appreciated . Thank you
What a beautiful blog! I love this design of yours.
And the cake looks really perefect!
eggless. wow!
BTW, the tadka is the key to a good urad daal. Try it with slices of ginger in the tadka. You'd love it.
how interesting! avocados in cake... lovely, lovely idea:)
I'm surprised to know that cakes can be butterless. Now I have got one more reason to crave.
this is lovely! will have to try it with the avocado + i love avocados anyways....the cake looks really moist + fluffy. thanks for stopping by my blog + so glad that you did and now I have found yours!
Look forward to more inspiring posts ;-)
hummm very very intresting avocado in a cake first time for me have to try this bookmarked
Hey avocado nd chocolate.....what a combination dear...thank u for this healthy chocolate recipe...
Eggless, butterless and yet so yummy looking! This is a good recipe, Rajani. One for keeps.
yum that looks delicious!
The cake looks so moist, the use of avocado seems to have been perfect for this one. I avoid using eggs and butter in my recipes too, and keep trying out other substitutes.
i got your recipe off a google search and my boyfriend wanted to try it for his birthday cake. the batter turned out great - very yummy - but, it does take forever to bake. just an fyi...
Interesting and looks perfect....!!!
I know you mentioned in the dialog above that you like making cakes with wholewheat. Have you tried chocolate cake with wholewheat with any success?? (also dairy/eggfree)
Thanks Much :)
Hi Alyssa, this recipe is dairy and egg free.
yes I've tried this same recipe with 2 cups wholewheat flour and 1 cup AP. It was denser (little sticky), with that typical nutty wholewheat flavour. it tastes better on Day 2. you can ice with nutella or choco sauce to minimise the wholewheat taste.
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