When it comes to baking cakes, I always depend on basic recipes for both vanilla and chocolate. And those recipes are so versatile and can be made into any number of flavours. Also to pair it with frostings, I have a set of butter cakes and a set of oil based cakes which I have already posted in blog as well as my channel. This post just brings all the cake recipes to one place. I made these videos as complimentary videos for students and thought I would share with my readers and viewers too. This video will help beginners to get an idea of baking a perfect cake for frosting. I have added enough tips and tricks to make your baking easier. Do let me know after watching the video.
Beginners always have trouble in understanding the type of cake that pairs with frostings. This is my humble attempt to help them. There are so many different types of sponge cakes when it comes to baking with eggs, but in eggless cakes, there are mainly two kinds. One butter based and the other oil based. Butter cakes are better to pair with buttercream or chocolate ganache and oil based cakes pair with whipped cream. Whipped cream is usually served right out of fridge. An oil based cake stays soft and moist even after refrigeration where as butter cakes become firm and hard and retains its softness only after returning to room temperature. So any cake which needs to be served at room temperature can have butter cakes as their base whereas the cakes and pastries that needs to be served chilled perform better with oil based cake bases.
I just wanted to show the texture of egg free cakes which I normally bake. They are very spongy and soft and are perfect for any occasion. Many beginners end up with denser cakes or raw cakes and most of the time they blame the recipe writer. I have also faced a lot of queries regarding my recipes. But there are so many reasons for a cake to fail and it is not just the recipe. Please read about how to troubleshoot cakes in this post. If you take care of all the points I have mentioned in the video, you will definitely get better cakes.
Wishing every beginner all the best! Happy Baking!
I love your recipes, you are amazing
Thank you so much!
Your recipes are tried and tested and always a hit ! Love it love love it thank you so much ❤️
Thank you so much.
Love your blog Gayatriji. Love the variety of recipes here. Its like you are a baking wizard…
I had few queries and a request. What size is your otg oven? Which size is ideal for people who bake often? Is there a brand that you prefer? And If possible, do put the recipe for chocolate crinkle cookies. Thanks.
Thank you so much. I use two ovens, Morphy Richards 32 litre ( 12 years old) and Sunflame 66 litres ( recent addition) If you are baking regularly go for oven above 40 litres as this would be an one time investment. I prefer Morphy Richards over Sunflame. As for chocolate crinkle, I have it in blog.
Just found answer to both my query and request! Glad to find your detailed post on otg….and the recipe for chocolate crinkle cookies. Thanks for both!
I found your first query and answered and then found this. 🙂
Hi, your best chocolate cake recipe is the which I use for all my chocolate cakes and it has always been a hit. Thank you so much. The same recipe sometimes turns out very fluffy and sometimes moist. Both have been good. but was wondering why the difference.
Thanks for trying and sharing your feedback. The result mostly depends on the type of ingredients. If they vary, the result also varies.
Ma’am will your basic cake recipes go for cup cakes making or any changes needed?
Yes, you can make cupcakes out of the same batter. Only difference is baking time will be reduced to 15-20 minutes.
Hi
Tried you Eggless Vanilla Cake and its yummy .Looking for eggless Madeleines recipe but couldn’t find in your site.
Am I missing the recipe ?
Can you please share ?
Looking for your reply for eggless Madeleines recipe
Thanks
I haven’t yet tried madeleines yet. Thanks for trying the cake and sharing your feedback!
Hi
I tried your butter based chocolate cake and used fondant for the first time to cover the cake. The cake was very nice and soft after using sugar syrup and icing. Thank you.
I also made a few cupcakes out of the same batter. Since I did not put sugar syrup in the cupcakes, I found them a little dry. Is it better to use the oil based recipe for cupcakes or should I use sugar syrup in the cupcake also. I want to make cupcakes for my son’s birthday and cover it with some fondant design. Thank you for a very good blog.
Thank you. This recipe actually makes the cake slightly drier and denser, that is the reason we soak the cake with syrup. For a moist cake, you can try the oil based recipe. Usually we don’t soak cupcakes with sugar syrup. So oil based recipe would be a better choice. You can definitely add fondant accents to oil based cupcakes.
Thank you.
Hello Maam can you please tell me if I want to make more than 1 cake with the same recipe, can I just double everything and make the batter or there will be any other changes. I want to make a cake with layers, so will need more than 1 cake. Also which other size cake tin can I use for the above recipe. Thank you
The recipe I have shared makes 8″ cakes. If you want more cakes or larger cakes, you can double or triple all the ingredients.