Eggless Chocolate cake

It's my first take on eggless cake and I was really not sure how a cake would turn out without eggs :) Well, there are always some good first-timer experiences & others just great.

Ingredients:
1/2 tin condensed milk
150 ml milk
250 gms maida/all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter/margarine
1/4 cup Sugar
1 and 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation:

• Beat butter/margarine till its texture is soft & flowing
• Add condensed milk and beat till its smooth & lathers
• Add vanilla essence, baking powder & cocoa powder
• Mix maida & milk portion by portion to ensure the consistency
• Add sugar only if more sweetness required. Condensed milk is usually sweetened & hence use of sugar should be as per
• Preheat oven to 100 degrees for 10 minutes
• Prepare a baking bowl/tray by spreading butter & flour. Pour cake mixture into the bowl
  
• Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes (or as per the rise). Check whether its baked by poking a knife in. The dough should not stick

Honey! I baked you a cake!

There was this planning going on since a while, to start baking. I remember my Mom baking varieties of cakes; butter, coconut and spicy cookies at home, when we were kids. We demanded some variety in our everyday snack. Rather, I demanded, my sis is of good kind and not a troublemaker like I was. So, a little bit of interest and a situation given, finally I baked. And, as a friend said, my Mom's baking genes helped :)

Ingredients:
1 cup Margarin

1 cup Maida/All Purpose Flour

1 cup powdered sugar
2 Eggs
3-4 drops of Vanilla essence
1/4 tsp baking powder


Preparation:
Mix the baking powder with maida. If you are using icing sugar, you could use 3/4 cup. If you are using the grainy sugar, grind it to powder.

Beat margarin until its texture turns to soft and flowing. Add sugar and beat it until the mixture blend and is consistent and you don't feel the grains of sugar. Add eggs and beat the mixture again till its soft. Start adding maida/all purpose flour little by little while you beat. Beat the mixture again to consistent blend, then add a few drops of vanilla essence.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. If the oven has an indicator, it will indicate when it's ready. Otherwise preheat it for 15-20 minutes. Apply some butter/margarin to a baking bowl to grease. Spread some maida over the grease and shake off any extra flour from the bowl. Pour the beaten cake mixture to the bowl. Bake it for 30-35 minutes. Usually you would know when to take it out by the smell. You can test the texture by piercing cake with knife. Take bowl out of oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes.

Wait! That's not it. After 10 minutes...

...of course don't wait, dig in.