Eggless Vanilla Cake

  
Whenever my daughter comes to shopping with me, she extracts a promise that we are going to pay a visit to the baking aisle. She is particularly fascinated by the colorful toppings and frostings there and we end up buying something from that aisle. I am not equipped with any cake decorating skills and so just apply the frosting with the back of a spatula or a steel knife over the cake and sprinkle toppings.  
Coming to cakes, I prefer eggless ones and Nita Mehta' s vanilla cake is a favorite of mine. Not a guilt laden one if frosting is left out. I have tried the recipe a few times before and it had yielded me fabulous results. The recipe uses yogurt / curds and gives a fluffy textured moist cake. The basic recipe can be used to build layered cake or making cupcakes for birthdays or kid centric parties. Frosting or just sticking to the basic stuff , either way the cake tastes wonderful. Or try the chocolate surprise as I have done here. I forgot to take the picture of a sliced cake and will update when I try the cake next time. For the moment, check the below picture for the texture of this cake.

Ingredients:
1.5 cup flour
1/2 cup oil / butter 
1 cup yogurt (Fat free will do and should be at room temperature.)
1 & 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup sugar (2 Tbsp can be reduced if frosting is used.)
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:
1. Take a bowl that holds at least double the volume than mentioned. Combine yogurt, sugar, baking soda and baking powder in the bowl and let it sit for about 3 -4 minutes. It will turn frothy by the time.

2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200 deg C / 390 deg F. Sift the flour. Grease the cake pan and melt the butter if using.

3. Add vanilla, butter / oil and flour to the yogurt mixture in step 1 and mix well.

4. Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 10 minutes and then lower the temperature to 180 deg C / 350 deg F.

5. Bake for another 30 - 35  minutes or until a toothpick inserted at the center comes out clean. 
Allow the cake to cool, invert and remove the cake. Apply frosting if preferred.

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