Ultimate egg-free chocolate cake recipe

Ultimate egg-free chocolate cake

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

If you've run out of eggs but have the urge to bake a cake for some very lucky people, help is at hand. This wonderfully moist chocolate cake is made from an ingenious combination of ingredients and finished with an irresistibly glossy icing on top.

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  • Serves 8
  • 25mins to prepare, 35mins to cook and 1hr to cool
  • 510 calories / serving

    Ingredients

    • 1 tbsp vegetable oil, to grease the tin
    • 200g (7oz) plain flour
    • 2tbsp cornflour
    • 200g (7oz) caster sugar
    • 3tbsp cocoa powder
    • 1tsp baking powder
    • 1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
    • 1/2tsp salt
    • 250ml water
    • 75ml (3fl oz) vegetable oil
    • 1tbsp malt vinegar
    • 1tsp vanilla extract

    For the topping

    • 45g (2oz) cocoa powder
    • 1 tin (397g, 13oz) sweetened condensed milk
    • 30g (1oz) butter

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    Each serving contains

    Energy
    2145kJ 510.0kcal
    26%
    Fat
    21g
    medium29%
    Saturates
    7g
    high35%
    Salt
    0.7g
    medium11%
    Sugars
    54g
    high60%

    of the Reference intake

    Carbohydrate 78.1gProtein 8.1gFibre 1.0g

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F/ Gas 4. Line and grease a 20cm/ 8” round loose base cake tin.
    2. Sieve the flour, cornflour, sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together and place in the food mixer. Add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Mix well until smooth and pour batter into the prepared tin. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes before leaving to cool.
    3. Meanwhile, combine the 45g cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk and butter in the top half of a double boiler and cook until thick. Spread the warm mixture over the top of the slightly cooled cake.

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