Ingredients: Ingredients:
Maida – 300 gms
Curd – 1 cup
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Sugar – 150-180 gms
Baking powder – 1 1/4 tsp
Cooking oil – 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence – 1 1/2 tsp
Milk 1tbsp
Method: Method:
Beat sugar and curd until sugar completely dissolves.
Add baking powder, baking soda to this mixture and mix well.
Let it rest for 5 minutes.The mixture will be bubbly and frothy.
Meanwhile,Sieve maida and keep aside. Now add cooking oil, vanilla essence and mix well.
Slowly add maida in small portions at a time and blend with wet ingredients.
Whisk it gently till all the ingredients mix together to form a creamy mixture.
Preheat oven to 200 C for 10 mins. Grease the baking pan,add a spoonful of dry flour, tap and turn the flour in the pan, so as to coat the pan with flour (dusting of pan with flour) and pour the batter
Bake in preheated oven at 200 degree C for 10 mins, then reduce temperature to 180 deg C and bake it for 20 minutes
Now gently brush the surface of cake with around 1 tbsp of milk,and bake the cake further for around 8-10 minutes.
Check by pricking the toothpick in the center.If it comes out clean the cake is done.
Allow it to cool for 5 minutes and then transfer the cake on the cooling rack.
Slice it after an hour, and enjoy moist, soft, delicious vanilla cake

This post was submitted by Alka.

dear nita madam, i would like to know if all the cakes that u suggest can be done in a pressure cooker also??.. if so what is the procedure.
i know of 1 method, to put acup of salt in the cooker & keep the cake batter on top, without whistle… does this really works. i do have ur receipies of making cakes, but can u please tell me an alternative method for cooking it. instead of an oven. i do not have a convection oven. only microwave….i need a reply asap. please…
dear ma’m i had attand ur egg less cake classes .my problab is first time my cake ready on time but now it is not ready on doted time ,it take 1o-15 minute more .and some time it bake only side and remain part part leave row..what can i do?
can this cake be done in the pressure cooker?????,kindly tell me the method…
can v use wheat flour
Respected Nitaji,
We have made your Egg less cake today in convaction mode. Temperature was was set to 200 C. for 10 minutes but unfortunately top layer of the cake was burned but bottom side remained uncooked so please guide us what mistake we would have made.
I had used alluminium pan for cake.
realy very nice and simple