Wacky cake recipe - vegan chocolate cake - No egg no butter cake recipes

      What if you want to bake a cake in a hurry?You dont have eggs at home and cant run to the grocery store now.  Are you calorie conscious and dont want to eat a cake because of the butter in it. 
Try this cake. You can have the cake and eat it too!!!
         I had seen this recipe a couple of months ago in chef in you website and several other blogs. I had loved the recipe and wanted to try it immediately, but had somehow forgotten it due to other commitments. Later when Usha had posted it last month, I was reminded of it and tried it on the same day. It is so easy to bake and is also ready in minutes. You can make the batter in the same cake tin itself. The ingredients are readily available too. It does not require butter or eggs or even baking powder.We all loved it a lot. I even stored it in the refrigerator and we had it the next day. It actually tasted even better the next day , as with time, the flavours are beautifully absorbed.

        The history of the cake is interesting too. It was made during the world war II days when there was a shortage of butter,milk and eggs. There are some variations too. I would love to try similar recipes in future and will be posting them if they come out well.
        So do try this cake. You are going to love this one and you can even gift it to your friends.
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Ingredients-
For the cake
Maida/all purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Unsweetened cocoa powder- 3 tbsp
Granulated sugar- 1 cup
Salt - a tiny pinch
Baking soda- 3/4 th tsp
Oil - 5 tbsp
Vanilla extract- 1tsp
White vinegar - 1tsp
Water - 1 cup
Butter/oil for greasing the baking dish/cake tin

For the chocolate glaze/frosting-
Powdered sugar/icing sugar- 1cup
Unsweetened cocoa powder- 3tbsp
Vanilla essence- 1tsp
Milk- 2tbsp

Method-
Preheat the oven to 180c
Grease the cake tin with oil.

Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda,salt and sugar in the baking tray and mix it well using a spoon.
Create 3 small wells/depression on the flour mixture,one depression being slightly larger than the other two.

Pour oil in the larger depression and vanilla extract and vinegar in the smaller ones.

Pour the water and mix the mixture gently scraping the sides. Do not over mix.
Bake at 180c for 20 to 30 minutes. Insert a skewer in the center to check if the cake is done.
Make the glaze by combining the ingredients mentioned in the ingredient list.

Allow the cake to cool.
Pour the glaze on the cake and allow it to spread on the cake.

Notes-
1. You can use the above given glaze for the cake, or simply dust the cake with some powdered sugar.
2. Store the leftover in the fridge if you want. It tastes even better the next day.

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