No Egg, or Dairy Cake Base

A community recipe by AnLi

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

This is an excellent cake-base for people who can't eat eggs. We usually layer it with whipped cream/vanilla custard made from a supermarket powder mix and lots of fresh or frozen blueberries, using a sugar/gelatine mix over the blueberries on the top for a smooth look. For people who can't eat dairy - use some other topping. It doesn't look like much when taken from the oven, but tastes just fine...

Ingredients

Serves: 6

Metric Cups

For the Cake Base

300 millilitres wheat flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
200 millilitres caster sugar
150 millilitres water
50 grams margarine (melted - or butter but note, dairy!)

For the Layering

sugar (mix with the sugar, to put on top as a glaze)
whipped cream
blueberries (lots)
custard powder
gelatine

For the Cake Base

10½ fluid ounces wheat flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
7 fluid ounces superfine sugar
5¼ fluid ounces water
2 ounces margarine (melted - or butter but note, dairy!)

For the Layering

sugar (mix with the sugar, to put on top as a glaze)
whipped cream
blueberries (lots)
custard powder
gelatine

Method

No Egg, or Dairy Cake Base is a community recipe submitted by AnLi and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Carefully stir together the liquid with the dry ingredients, without overdoing it.

Spread the batter on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper (or whatever the paper used to line trays are called) in whatever shape you prefer, round or square.

Bake in a 250 degrees centigrade oven for 10 minutes.

When done, let cool and then use to make a layered cake using your preferred toppings...

Carefully stir together the liquid with the dry ingredients, without overdoing it.

Spread the batter on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper (or whatever the paper used to line trays are called) in whatever shape you prefer, round or square.

Bake in a 250 degrees centigrade oven for 10 minutes.

When done, let cool and then use to make a layered cake using your preferred toppings...