LEMON SPONGE CAKE
EGGLESS & BUTTERLESS
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Eggless Lemon Sponge Cake is very soft and moist with the flavor of lemon. This is my first time baking a cake without eggs. Recently, I had a request from someone to bake an eggless sponge cake. I thought why not giving it a try. I'm quite curious myself how a cake can be done without eggs and how it tastes like.
Why eggless? I didn't quite understand. Is it for someone who is allergic of eggs or someone who doesn't like eggs at all? Apparently, eggless baking has become a general practice among the Indians. Most pastry shops in India omit the eggs from their recipes, usually replacing them with yogurt, simply because that’s what much of the population prefers and is now accustomed to.* It's something like no eggs for the Indians and no cheese for the Chinese.
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This is a very easy version of Lemon Cake which doesn’t require much effort and can be made with easily available ingredients in just 30 mins. You can try this cake even with Pressure Cooker. But in this try, I used my oven as usual which is perfectly fine.
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Ingredients:
Eggless Lemon Sponge Cake:
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For 6 inch baking pan
275g curd / yogurt
50g powdered sugar
2 tsp grated lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
48g vegetable oil
196g cake flour or all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 ¾ tsp baking powder
Powdered sugar for dusting
How to prepare:
Combine curd/yogurt and powdered sugar in a large bown and mix it well. Add lemon zest, lemon juice and vegetable oil. Give them a good mix.
Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda & baking powder). Add this dry mixture into the wet mixture, and combine them well.
Gently pour the batter into the baking pan. Tap a few times to release bubbles. Bake it at 350°F/180°C for about 30minutes. Use a cake tester to test if the cake is cooked after 30 minutes in the oven.
Let the cake cool or rest on the rack for about 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan. Lastly dust the cake with some powdered sugar (optional). Ready to serve.