Eggless Whole Wheat Flour (Atta) Chocolate Cake

Yes, once again into baking. Yet another eggless cake, this recipe would have been sitting in my folder had my friend not asked for one. Dietary restrictions, health issues should not be a reason not to enjoy eating cakes :-); tried to make this as healthy as possible by avoiding all-purpose flour and eggs. Hope you will like this recipe.

Ingredients Required	Quantity
Wheat flour (atta)	1.25 cups
Brown Sugar	¾ cup, you may use 1 cup if you prefer the cake to be sweeter
Cocoa Powder      (Hershey’s unsweetened)	0.25 cup
Oil	1/3 cup
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
Baking Powder	1 tsp
Coke	1 tbsp
Table Salt	1 pinch
Milk*	1 cup

*For any reason if you do not want to use milk you may use water.

Method of Preparation:

1. In a deep vessel, add sugar to the oil until sugar dissolves.
2. Sift flour and then add all the dry ingredients along with flour to the above mixture.
3. Slowly in small batches add milk to make a smooth batter. Make sure the batter is of medium consistency.(Tip: for eggless cake slightly thin consistency works well as the cake comes out soft).
4. Add essence and in the end add coke. stir well and set it aside for 10 minutes.
5. Grease the baking pan and place it in the preheated oven for 2 to 3 minutes at 375 degree F.
6. Take the pan out, dust some flour and then transfer the batter to the pan. Make sure there are no air bubbles.
7. Place the pan in the oven and let it bake for 20 minutes. Since the heat setting of each oven differs I would suggest you to open and check the progress at regular intervals; accordingly increase or decrease the time required for baking.
8. To make sure the cake is fully cooked insert a toothpick if it comes out clean the cake is fully cooked.
9. Allow the cake to cool and then it is all ready to be served.

Do try this recipe and let me know your views. I would love to hear from you.