Ultimate egg-free chocolate cake recipe
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.
See method- 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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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 2145kJ 510.0kcal
- Fat
- 21g
- Saturates
- 7g
- Salt
- 0.7g
- Sugars
- 54g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 78.1gProtein 8.1gFibre 1.0g
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F/ Gas 4. Line and grease a 20cm/ 8” round loose base cake tin.
- 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.
- 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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