+Busy-Day Chocolate Cake(+Dairy Free & +Low-Cal & Eggless))..;P

+Busy-Day Chocolate Sponge Cake(Dairy Free & Low-Cal n Eggless)..;P

Hi all i'm back and all set...Holidays really didn't go as planned....Since Hubby's granny passed away 2 days after we landed and the whole idea of a great holiday turned out on a very sad note, She was one sweetheart and great lady...i really really miss her, sooooo...unlike a great mom-in-law(which she never ever let me feel like she was a grand mom in law)...she was so much like my own nani-ma...sooo.... full of love and care and most importantly loved to feed all of us...just like all mom's n granny's. A grand era passed leaving only beautiful memories to be cherished behind.

Anyways..,now that i'm back i was looking for an opportunity for the right time to make my post...and finally so i found one.... It's hubby's birthday today and me and my little daughter decided to bake a home made chocolate-coffee cake pretty late last night(psst: hubby was off for a late night meeting).....so nothing could have been better than this Busy - Day +Chocolate Cake(Dairy free and Low-Cal plus egg less) It's +Vegan..!!Just what my hubby would have loved to have...a simple yet low cal. The best thing for me especially with my little one is that it involves minimal cleanup-- the ingredients are blended in the very pan that goes into the oven,also as my hubby likes all low-cal and dairy-free,n i had run out of eggs so i opted for the eggless option.

However for people who don't mind making this absolutely low-cal a little rich...just for the occasion i dunked the cake with a wee bit of coffee liquor(non-alcoholic of course) and splurged in a good amount of chocolate mousse and then finally topped the cake with fresh cherries.....so here's to AJ WITH LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME AND OUR LIL ONE Anushka..;p."Happy Birthday"..;P.    

Busy-Day Chocolate-Coffee Cake Recipe:

Adapted From:Lucinda Scala Quinn's "Mad Hungry" cookbook.

What goes inside:

• 1&1/2 Cups: All Purpose Flour.
• 3Tbsp: Unsweetened Cocoa(i used Hershey's).
• 1 Cup: Sugar.
• 1Tsp: Baking Soda.
• 1/2Tsp: Coarse Salt.
• 1Tsp: Instant Coffee.
• 6Tbsp: Vegetable Oil(I used Olive Oil).
• 1Tsp: Pure Vanilla Extract.
• 1Tbsp: White Vinegar.
• 1 Cup: Cold Water.

How to put them in together:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In an 6-inch round baking pan, whisk together all-purpose flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder,instant coffee, baking soda, and coarse salt.
2. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add vegetable oil, pure vanilla extract, white vinegar, and cold water. Whisk until well combined. 
3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
4. Remove From pan cut it out evenly and use frosting of your choice to decorate cake( i Used Chocolate Mousse and Coffee Liquor) or go ahead and just use it just as plain chocolate sponge cake.

PS: At first i wasn't too sure how good this would turn out, since i was using vinegar for the first time, but i was absolutely amazed with the results and can vouch on this one for it's moistness,extremely moist and melt in the mouth chocolate sponge cake (or should i say a mocha sponge..???).

Yield: Serves 8.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes. 

Baking Time: 35-40 minutes.