Many vegetarians and vegans often miss out on holiday cakes because they are made with eggs. Here is a wonderfully simple recipe for an Eggless Chocolate Cake submitted by Ekta, one of our viewers. You won’t even miss the eggs! It is also great for those watching their cholesterol. It’s perfect for the holidays…enjoy!
Ingredients:
All-Purpose Flour - 1.5 cups
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder - 3 Tbsp, sifted
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 5 Tbsp
White Vinegar - 1 Tbsp
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Cold Water - 1 cup
Method:
- In a mixing bowl, add Flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Sugar and Salt. Mix well.
- Add in Oil, Vinegar, Vanilla Extract and Water.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients together with a hand blender until there are no more lumps.
- Pour batter into a greased 9 inch by 9 inch baking pan, two inches deep.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about half an hour. Poke a toothpick or fork into the center. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
- Remove pan from the oven and cool for about 5 minutes before flipping it over onto a platter.
- Cool completely if you want to apply frosting, else serve with a dollop of whipped cream or chocolate sauce.
Tips:
1. For a variation, we used Mango pulp (10tbsp) instead of the cocoa and vanilla essence….and it was just divine! Cooking time :33 minutes.
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November 12th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Good of you to post this. I am glad to see that it has no dairy as well. It’s a useful for people with egg/dairy allergies.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
thank you so much for publishing my recipe and yes, its does taste good. Thank you
November 13th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
ohooo, thats look yummy Ekta. I will bake it for my son Shivam. If it turns out good, then I will send it for Eshan.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 am
Hi,
Could you give us some tips on how to bake the same cake in microwave instead of oven…it will take less time in microwave to bake…Thanks
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
hi ,
can u please shoe us how to frost cakes
and also can u pls post eggless fruit cake also. would greatly appreciate it.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Hi, it looks reallly yummy..can’t wait to make it. But one question, what temp. should i put the oven on to bake the cake? and where would i find the cocoa powder?
Thank you
January 9th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
The cake has to be baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Centigrade).
You can buy cocoa powder at any grocery store.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Hetal and Anuja, Hi,
Is ir possible for you to have printer-friendly versions of your pages? Could you work on that? Would be very useful.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Anuja & Hetal,
We are vegetarians and therefore we were delighted to try and savor this recipe. Thank you Ekta also!
We made it atleast a dozen times in a matter of a month. So we wanted to vary it and avoid getting bored of it.
Here is our version:
All parts of the recipe remain the same except for the cocoa powder. Instead we used 2 well mashed bananas and a few partly crushed walnuts. We also increased the time to about 33 minutes.
It was mouth watering delicious, especially fresh hot out of the oven.
Try it for yourself!
March 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
is it spongey?….fluffy…or is it a hard cake?
March 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
what size cake will come out of this?…i want to make a 9″ cake
March 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hi Nik,
This cake turns out soft and fluffy. The recipe makes a cake which is approx 1/2 of what a ready to bake box makes.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Hi Hetal and Anuja,
First of all thank you for this wonderful site. You guys are doing a wonderful job
I tried what you had mentioned in Tips with Mango pulp but it turned out very bad. It didnt taste like Cake. Could you tell me what might have gone wrong? Chocolate cake turns out pretty good except we would like to have more sweet
Thanks,
Payal
April 21st, 2008 at 11:05 pm
hey guys,
i think its just too good, i am a jain purely vegeterian and i really appreciate eggless recipies for desserts. apart from the cake i saw other recipies as well they are so less time consuming at yet so perfect.i am not sure but i would like to know more recipies for typical india subzia like karela and stuff , as we dont even use onion garlic and potatoes, please let me know if you would post any of the recipies, i would really appreciate that… thanks Hina
May 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Hi Hetal and Anuja,
You both are doing an awesome job by sharing these recipes with us…i have tried most of them….they all came out really yummy….esp this chocolate cake…would have liked it more sweeter though…anyway…its a healthy cake…thank you so much!…
keep up the good work..
cheers!
May 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Thanks Ashwini,
You can add a little more sweetness to this cake by drizzling some chocolate syrup over it.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
This is a complete rip-off from another site. Here’s the original recipe…
http://srefoodblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/amazin-amazon-chocolate-cake-eggless.html
May 8th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Hi Sid,
We are sure there are many variations of this wonderful cake out there. This happens to be one we received from one of our viewers.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
hi hetal and anuja,
i did try out this cake. it came out really fluffy but the only thing is we need more sweeter. can u pls tell me what to do to get it more sweeter.
thanks
vani.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Hi Vani,
You could increase the amount of sugar in the recipe by a 1/4 or 1/2 cup according to taste.
Enjoy!
July 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Hi Hetal & Anuja,
Thanks for the easy to follow recipe. One theng i want to ask is ..whether we can make the eggless strawebery cake the same way …by replacing the cocoa powder with strawberry syrup/pulp at the later stage …and adding some fresh chopped strawberries in the mix..
Can we do the icing on this type of cake just like black forest cake…
July 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hi Snehal,
Although we have never tried it, some of our viewers have substituted mango for the cocoa powder. I am not sure about using fresh strawberry pulp but you could definitely use strawberry syrup (Hershey’s or similar) in the mix.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Hello Hetal and Anuja,
I am so happy after making this its so simple and easy. As I cannot eat outside so I was trying from last few months to make at home but could not… But this make my dream come true…
Thanks a Lot…..
September 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Hi,
Is it possible to use baking powder instead of baking soda? If yes, will the same quantity work?
I want to bake this cake for an event but don’t have baking soda at home.
Thanks!
September 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Hi Rashmi,
This recipe was submitted by one of our viewers so we followed it exactly. The difference between baking soda and baking powder is that baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate and baking powder is baking soda mixed with an acidic agent (cream of tartar) and a drying agent (starch).
Since this recipe uses an acidic agent (vinegar), you must use baking soda. You may be able to remove both the vinegar and baking soda and replace it with baking powder. We have never tried it that way but if you do, please let us know how it turns out.