Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake / Perfect Soft and Fluffy Cake

Vanilla Sponge Cake / Eggless Vanilla Sponge cake recipe with step by step images and recipe video.

This is a perfect recipe for soft, spongy and fluffy vanilla sponge cake made with very easily available ingredients and tastes really yummy and delicious. It is the eggless version of vanilla sponge cake. Includes very minimal and simple ingredients and can be made very effortlessly.

There are some points to be taken care of as for instance while adding sugar add the amount mentioned as adding more would make the cake surface sticky and the cake crumbly.

Secondly pre heating is very important. Also the time required would vary as the ovens properties do so keep a check. Other tips I have mentioned in the tips section after the method do check them.

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Ingredients:

1 ½ cup All purpose flour (Maida)

1 cup Curd (250 gms)

½ cup Sugar

½ tsp Baking soda

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Vanilla essence

½ cup Edible Oil

Method:

Pre heat the oven at 180 degress C

Grease a baking dish and dust it with flour. You can also line with a baking paper.

In a bowl sieve the all purpose flour to remove the lumps if any.

sift all purpose flour

In another bowl take 250 gms curd (not the hung curd) and add sugar to it.

add sugar to curd

Mix it well till all the sugar gets dissolved. Then add in the baking powder and baking soda. Mix it evenly and let it rest for 5 minutes.

add baking powder and baking soda 

In these 5 minutes the curd, baking soda and baking powder would react with each other.

rest for 5 min

After 5 minutes bubbles would appear in the curd.

bubbles appear

Now its time to add in the vanilla essence followed by the oil.

add vanilla essence and oil

Mix it well.

mix well

Further put in the sieved all purpose flour in parts and mix by cut and fold technique.

add flour in parts

mix by cut and fold

 

batter ready

Once the batter is ready pour it in the greased baking dish.

pour in greased baking dish and tap 

Tap it twice and bake it for 40 minutes at 180 degress C.

Your time may vary so keep a check.

After 40 minutes take it out of the oven and insert a toothpick in the cake.

remove it from oven

If the toothpick comes out clean it means the cake is ready, but if some batter comes along then bake the cake for more 5 minutes or until done.

toothpick test

Let it rest for some time. Then loosen the edges with a help of knife.

loosen edges

Take a plate and invert it on the cake tin.

invert plate and flip

Hold both the plate and the tin and flip.

Tap all over the cake dish to loosen the cake from the bottom.

tap all over

Lift up the cake tin and de mould the cake.

de mould

You can enjoy it plain as it is or dust some powdered sugar on it and decorate with some cherries and mint leaves.

dust powdered sugar and decorate with cherries and mint leaves

Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake is done.

Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake

Tips:

Do not add more sugar as excess sugar would make the surface sticky and cake crumbly.

Time may vary so keep a check. After 35 minutes do the toothpick test.

Use a cooking oil which has no strong smell.

It can also be decorated with honey, maple syrup or even chocolate ganache.

Do try this food-a-licious eggless vanilla sponge cake and share your experience with us via comments.

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Instant khoya in 1 min - Instant khoya using milk powder

Instant khoya recipe/ instant khoya using milk powder/ instant khoya step by step images and recipe video.

Instant khoya using milk powder

Khoya also known as mawa is a dairy product made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan. It is lower in moisture than typical fresh cheeses such as ricotta.

Instant khoya using milk powder

 

A very easy technique to make khoya from milk powder instantly and maintain the traditional mawa taste which can be further used to make many sweets like burfis, halwas, gujias, gulab jamuns and many more.

As the traditional method is very lengthy so I usually opt for this instant way of making khoya as it has the same taste and it is less time consuming. It goes perfect for all kinds of sweets and also other khoya recipes.

You can also have a look at the other 18 Sweets Recipes on my website

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Ingredients:

1 Cup Milk Powder

¼ cup Milk

1 tbsp Ghee

Method:

Take a bowl.

Put in 1 cup of milk powder and keep it aside

milk powder in a bowl

In a pan heat ¼ cup milk along with 1 tbsp ghee.

milk and ghee

Bring it to boil on high heat.

boil

Pour it on to the milk powder.

pour on milk powder

Mix well with the spoon. If the mixture is dry add in more milk start adding 1tsp at time. If the mixture is very moist add in some milk powder. Anyhow for me the mentioned quantity was enough.

mix well

Then combine and give it a shape with your hands. Khoya is ready to be used.

khoya done

If you want to use it later on then store it in air tight container in the frigde.

When needed grate it and use.

grate and use

Tips:

Use milk powder and not dairy whitener.

If the mixture is dry add in more milk start adding 1tsp at time. If the mixture is very moist add in some milk powder.

Store it in air tight container in the frigde.

Try out this very instant recipe of making khoya and make your sweet dishes food-a-licious..

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Meetha paratha recipe / how to make meetha paratha (sugar paratha/ meethi chapati)

Meetha paratha recipe / how to make meetha paratha (sugar paratha/ meethi chapati), detailed recipe of meetha paratha with step by step images, recipe video of meetha paratha

Meetha paratha recipe

Sugar paratha or meetha paratha or meethi chapati is a very easy sweet dish which can be made in very few minutes and without any prior preparation.

For me meetha paratha has always been a savior whenever any of my family members say kuch meetha ho jaye and I have nothing in hand. Same as the other stuffed parathas this meetha paratha is also a stuffed one but with sugar filling. I also add in a dash of cinnamon powder to enhance its flavor and taste. But it is completely optional, you can skip it.

If you are looking for some sweet dishes then do visit the ones on my blog punjabi meethi mathri, maida burfi, punjabi shakar pare, instant milk powder burfi, besan ladoo, instant kalakand, milk peda, atta ladoo, traditional modak, jaggery halwa,  Marie Biscuit Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Custard Jelly, Mixed Fruit Falooda Ice cream

Ingredients: (5 Parathas)

I cup Wheat Flour

Water as required

¼ cup Sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)

Ghee for frying

Method:

We will begin with the dough.

Knead a smooth dough by mixing wheat flour and water.

flour 

add water

knead a dough

Then add a tablespoon of ghee and again knead it to make the dough smooth.

add ghee

make a smooth dough

Roll a small portion into a ball and flatten by applying dry flour.

roll into ball

flatten

Apply ½ tsp ghee followed by sugar.

apply ghee

Then sprinkle cinnamon powder on it.

cinnamon powder

Seal the edges completely so that the sugar stuffing does not come out.

seal the edges

Make a potli and remove the extra dough on top if any.

remove extra dough

Sprinkle some flour, flatten and roll it into a circle.

roll into circle

Heat the tawa.

Place the paratha on the tawa.

place paratha

Cook on medium flame for about two minutes. Apply ghee and flip it.

apply ghee

Apply 1/2 tbsp ghee on the other side as well.

flip and apply ghee

Let the first side fry for about a min and then flip.

Press gently with a spatula.

Flip and fry till both the sides turn crisp and golden brown. 

crisp and brown

Meetha Paratha is ready to serve.

serve hot

I always like to have it with some fresh milk cream (malai) with a few drops of honey drizzled on it.

Meetha paratha recipe

Tips:

Cook on medium to low flame to avoid burning of the paratha.

Add sugar as per your taste.

Do not roll the paratha very thin else the paratha would break and the sugar would come out and get caramelized or even burnt.

Do try this food-a-licious recipe of Meetha Paratha or Sugar Paratha or Meethi Chapati for your family and friends and let us know your experiences via comments.

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Instant kalakand recipe / how to make instant kalakand in just 10 minutes

Instant kalakand recipe / how to make instant kalakand / step by step images of instant kalakand / recipe video of instant kalakand.

 

 instant kalakand in just 10 minutes

Instant kalakand is one of the easy recipes of sweets which can be made instantly.

Instant kalakand recipe calls for just 3 main ingredients paneer, milkmaid and milk powder. While using paneer I would suggest you to use fresh paneer and also it should not have water in it. Else the kalakand would taste sour and leave water. Secondly, after mixing all the ingredients check for sugar, if u need add some, for me the sweetness of milkmaid was sufficient so I didn’t add any.

Other points to be considered are mentioned in the tips section below the method.

Prior to this recipe I have shared many recipes of sweets like milk peda, atta ladoo, besan ladoo, traditional modak, jaggery halwa,  Marie Biscuit Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Custard Jelly, Mixed Fruit Falooda Ice cream

Ingredients:

250 gms Paneer (cottage cheese) grated

1 tin Milkmaid (condensed milk)

2 tbsp Milk powder

1 tsp Green Cardamom powder

Almonds, Pistachios sliced for garnishing

Method:

Heat a pan. 


Add milkmaid, paneer (cottage cheese), milkpowder and mix well.

milkmaid, paneer, milkpowder

mix well

Keep on stirring continuously on medium flame.

 

stir continuously

The mixture would start to thicken.

starts to thicken

At this time add in the cardamom powder.

cardamom powder

Again mix it well.

mix well

Keep stirring continuously.

Now the mixture would start to leave the edges of the pan.

leaves the sides of pan

Turn off the heat.

Transfer the mixture into a greased tray and level it with the help of a spatula.

transfer

Sprinkle the sliced dry fruits all over.

sprinkle dry fruits

Gently press the dry fruits with a dry spatula. Use a dry spatula else the dry fruits would stick to the spatula.

press gently

Let it cool completely at room temperature

let it cool

If you have used a proper square tin then no need of cutting the edges. If u used like mine then remove the edges and with a knife cut it into squares. Grease the knife before cutting.

remove edges

cut squares

The instant kalakand is ready to serve.

 instant kalakand in just 10 minutes

Tips:

Keep the heat low to medium throughout to avoid burning.

Use fresh paneer and it should not have water in it.

Add sugar as per your taste.

Use dry fruits of your choice.

The time mentioned may vary depending on the thickness of the pan and the heat used.

Let it set at room temperature.

Make this very delicious, mouth melting instant kalakand on any occasion or even without any occasion for your family and friends and write it your experiences to us via comments.

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