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Eggless Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake Recipe

Course Cakes
Cuisine Indian
Servings 9 Pieces

Ingredients
  

  • Whole Wheat Flour - 125 gm
  • Cocoa Powder - 30 gm
  • Brown sugar - 100 gm
  • Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Baking Soda-1 tsp
  • Milk - 100 ml
  • Curd/ Yogurt - 100 ml
  • Coconut Oil/ Any Neutral Oil - 70 ml
  • Vanilla Essence-1 tsp
  • Hot Water - 80 ml
  • tsp Coffee Powder - 1 1/2 optional
  • For The Caramel Ganache:
  • Brown Sugar - 50 gm
  • Water - 2 tbs
  • Butter – 20 gm
  • Amul Cream - 200 ml
  • Chocolate - 100 gm

Instructions
 

  • Take a heavy bottomed pan, and place it on low flame.
  • Close and let it preheat for 15 minutes.
  • By the time it is preheating, let us make the batter.
  • In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, sugar until they are totally incorporated.
  • Add in the oil, curd, milk and vanilla and mix to form a thick batter.
  • Mix together coffee powder and hot water and add it immediately to the batter.
  • Whisk until a smooth batter forms.
  • Pour it into a greased and lined  6" square tin or a circle tin.
  • Place it carefully into the preheated pan, close lid and let it bake on low flame for 35 - 45 minutes.
  • Check with a tooth pick. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
  • Carefully remove the tin from the pan and allow it to cool a bit on a wire rack.
  • Flip the cake, remove the lining and allow it to cool completely.
  • For The Caramel Ganache:
  • In a heavy bottomed pan, take sugar and water.
  • Allow it to caramelize without stirring. Once the sugar is totally caramelized. add butter and whisk immediately to reduce the temperature of the caramel.
  • Now add the cream and whisk for a minute.
  • Remove from flame and add the chocolate.
  • Whisk until the chocolate melts and becomes a smooth mixture.
  • Allow it to cool completely.
  • Once both the cake and ganache are at room temperature, frost the cake with ganache.
  • Garnish with chocolate vermicelli.
  • Slice it up and enjoy!