A few day back I shared my Valentine Special DBC cake recipe and had used eggs in that amazing chocolate cake recipe. However, as anticipated and per the theme of my blog, many requested for a moist eggless homemade death chocolate cake recipe. Never knew that the volume of the request will be this high and I will be prompt to make my second eggless chocolate cake recipe in quick succession.
When I get such requests, I feel blessed as they all show their love and trust on me to try my recipes. Therefore, on popular demand and following the theme of my blog, I am sharing the moist eggless chocolate cake – homemade death by chocolate cake recipe.
How to make Homemade Death Chocolate Cake
Take fresh cream in a non-stick pan and bring the cream to boil. Switch off the flame and add chopped chocolate to the hot cream. Stir it and add butter.
Mix everything until chocolate completely melts. Transfer the prepared ganache into a bowl and let it cool completely.
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Let’s make the cake sponge now
In a bowl add condensed milk, oil and vanilla essence and mix all the wet ingredients. With the help of a sifter sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt.
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Gently fold all the dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Add milk to the batter to make it of pouring consistency. Add vinegar to the batter and keep it aside for 5 min.
Meanwhile, keep your oven for preheating at 180 °C.
Tip: If you want a light and fluffy cake, do not skip sieving your dry ingredients. Sieving not only helps to remove unwanted particles from the flour but also aerates the flour that helps to raise the cake when in the oven.
Let’s Bake our Homemade Death Chocolate Cake
Grease an 8” round cake tin or line it with parchment paper for easy demolding. Prefer using parchment paper against butter paper or wax paper for better results and to avoid disasters.
Pour the prepared batter into the cake tin and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 25 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.
Note: Time to bake the cake can vary depending on size and temperature of your oven.
So to bake a perfect cake it is very important to know your oven first. In my Murphy Richard, it took 25 minutes to bake this cake. When the cake is baked, take out the tin from oven and let it rest for 3-5 minutes before demolding.
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After demolding let the cake rest on cooling rack for minimum 1 hour.
After the cake has cooled down, cut the cake horizontally into two equal halves. Place one piece of a cake board.
Apply a layer of prepared ganache. Sprinkle finely chopped chocolates on it evenly. Place another layer of cake on it and pour chocolate ganache on it. Cover the cake with ganache.
Keep the cake in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes take it out and using a scrapper, smoothen the sides.
Add your choice of chocolates to garnish the cake. And here is your whole-wheat eggless death by chocolate cake ready to serve. Slice and cherish it. This is going to be your best ever moist and eggless homemade death chocolate cake.
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Homemade Death Chocolate Cake
Best ever Moist and Eggless Homemade Death Chocolate Cake recipe. Be ready to see your loved one's heart melting as they eat this melt-in-mouth chocolate cake.
Ingredients
For Cake
- 120 gm Whole Wheat Flour
- 100 ml Condensed Milk
- 80 ml Milk
- 50 ml Oil
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 2 tbs Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
For Ganache
- 200 gm Dark Chocolate
- 100 gm Amul Fresh Cream
- 10 gm Butter
Instructions
- For ganache, Take fresh cream in a non-stick pan and bring the cream to boil. Switch of the flame and add chopped chocolate to hot cream. Stir it and add butter.
- Mix everything until chocolate completely melts. Transfer the prepared ganache into a bowl and let it cool completely.
- For cake, In a bowl add condensed milk, oil and vanilla essence and mix all the wet ingredients. With the help of a sifter sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
- Gently fold all the dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Add milk to the batter to make it of pouring consistency. Add vinegar to the batter and keep it aside for 5 min.
- Meanwhile keep your oven for preheating at 180 °C.
- Pour the prepared batter into the greased cake tin and bake it in preheated oven at 180 °C for 25 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.
- Once baked, take the cake out and demould it.
- After demoulding let the cake rest on cooling rack for minimum 1 hour. Once the cake has cooled down, cut the cake horizontally into two equal halves. Place one piece of a cake board.
- Apply a layer of prepared ganache. Sprinkle finely chopped chocolates on it evenly. Place another layer of cake on it and pour chocolate ganache on it. Cover the cake with ganache.
- Keep the cake in refrigerator for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes take it out and using a scrapper, smoothen the sides.
- Add your choice of chocolates to garnish the cake. And here is your whole-wheat eggless death by chocolate cake ready to serve. Slice and cherish it.
Notes
- While making the chocolate ganache, everything should be at room temperature.
- After preparing the ganache, cover it with cling wrap to avoid crust formation and let it cool.
- Sifting the dry ingredients in an important step, do not skip it.
- After adding dry ingredients to wet ingredients, do not over mix the batter.
- All the ingredients e.g. Baking powder, baking soda, Vinegar should be in their “Best to use “time period.
- This is a tried and tested recipe. Any change in ingredient or its measurement can change the final result as well.
- You can bake this cake in Microwave Convection at 180 °C for 20 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.
- You can bake this cake on a gas stove, in a pressure cooker on medium flame. It will approximately take 35- 40 min.
- If you like extra moist crumb, you can brush the cake sponge with sugar syrup while assembling it. However I don’t like extra sugar in my bakes, so I skipped it.
Ma’am the cake tastes amazing. I made your recipe twice. But both times the cake rose and then went inside after cooling. What is the reason for this?
It happens so don’t worry. In general, once the heat skips on cooling, then cake becomes flat.
Hi.which size of cake tin should be used?
An 8 inches cake tin will be perfect for this portion.
Hi.the recipe sounds amazing. Quick question though.. can oil be replaced by butter? If yes how much butter should I add to substitute 50ml oil??
Use same amount of melted butter.
Hi.. why do my cakes sink in at the Centre after coming out of the oven.. I only bake eggless cakes..thanx!
Hello Upma,
Stop fiddling with the door of the oven and let it bake completely.
Happy Baking!
Can wheat flour be replaced by APF? If yes, does the quantity remain same?
Hello Padmaja,
Yes, the quantity will remain the same.
Hey, great recipe. Can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing
Cheers!
Thank you soo much Sonia mam for the recipe.will definitely give it a try..looks yum
If we want to use APF, can we use? If yes, then in what quantity?
Yes, the quantity will remain the same.
Hi.
I tried this recipe but found the cake batter before putting in the oven wasn’t as it is shown in your pictures. It was dry and I rechecked to reassure I didn’t miss any wet ingredients. And the resulting cake was not as risen as u got in pics for slicing half. Pl advise.
Hello Shyamala,
If the batter was thick then you can always add more liquid to adjust the consistency.
Happy Baking!
hi,
Need help. Don’t we need a bit of sugar apart from the condensend milks sweetness?? Also i found it the liquids were not enough and the resultant cak3 batter was heavy. Did my best to re read and check if I left out any. But I didn’t. Pl advise.
Hello Anandhi,
You can add more sugar if you want to increase the sweetness. If the batter was thick then you can always add more liquid to adjust the consistency.
Happy Baking!
Hi Sonia.. the cake looks awesome.. will be baking this definitely.. how much does this cake weigh for the given measurements?
Shwetha, It was approximately 700-800 gm.
Which vineger u have used? I have got the vinegar which we used to make chowmine.
Devika,
You can use any vinegar that you have or as an alternate you can use lemon juice in same amount.
Happy Baking!
Sonia
Ingredients k measurements kaha hai
I can’t locate
Check the recipe card please.
Can u help me with cup measurements..
Please use conversion table for that.
Hi Sonia can I avoid vinegar…as I am not comfortable with that taste …
Vaishali, you can replace vinegar with lemon juice. Skipping it will not give you desired result.
Hi, can you please suggest that in OTG while baking do we keep both the sides of rods – upper one and lower one on or use only the lower ones
Manisha, for cakes, use only bottom coil.
Happy Baking
Sonia
Kindly suggest substitute for condensed milk as lactose intolerant
Tejasvini, You can try with almond/coconut milk and for sweetness add sugar.
Happy Baking!
The ganache worked perfectly for me, however the cake felt a little dry in texture. is it how the end product would be or have I gone wrong somewhere?
The cake should not be dry but if it was, then chances are, you have over-baked it.
Happy Baking!
Sonia
Hi . In most of your recipes vinegar is added to the milk or it is added with the wet ingredients.but here it is added in the last. Any specific reason.
And what will be the temperature of I am using MW convection
Thanks
There is no specific reason Avantika. Either you can make butter in the beginning or add vinegar at the end. Both ways works fine.
Do u bake with both the elements on?
Rohini, for cakes I use only bottom coil.
Happy Baking!
Sonia
Can we use all purpose flour instead of wheat flour ??
Hi Shruti,
Yes, you can replace whole wheat flour with all-purpose flour.
Sonia Gupta
Hi Can you let me know the quantity for 28 kids . The recipe sounds amazing
Hello Priya,
The recipe card has the adjustable servings feature. Try that and you will be able to adjust it to the number of people you want to make it for.
Regards
Sonia
What is the difference between normal ganached chocolate cake and death by chocolate cake??
Dear Surbhi,
Please search for chocolate cake recipe on my blog. You will be able to clearly see the differences.
Regards
Sonia
Hi Sonia, can I use butter in place of oil.
As sometime oil gives a different smell to the cake.
Can you please share the brand of oil which you have used.
Nidhi
Replacing oil with butter will change the texture of the cake totally.
Can I use jaggery instead of milk maid ?
No.
Hi Sonia,
This looks to be a wonderful recipe:).
Want to try for sure.
Can I knw what else can be used instead of vinegar?!…curd /lemon juice.
Tia.
Hello Priya, This is my tried and tested recipe. No substitute for vinegar.
-Sonia
Hi Sonia,
Thanks for sharing the recipe . would definitely make it.
Perfect. Do share your your results on my FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonlicious/
Cheers!