Flour, Cake and Pastry

I was recently asked to make an egg-free chocolate cake, which can sometimes be a difficult task. I surfed the internet trying to find a recipe that left me with a moist chocolate cake, and eventually I found one! There are a million and one recipes out there, but not all of them will always work first time, but this one served me well, and it tasted delicious! You couldn't even tell it was missing eggs! Ingredients 280 grams plain flour 300 grams caster sugar 60 grams cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 240 ml milk 240 ml water 120 ml vegetable oil 2 tbsp. vinegar 1 tsp vanilla extract Method Preheat your oven to 180C. Grease and line two 7 inch round cake tins. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt.) Add the wet ingredients (water  milk, oil, vanilla and vinegar). Whisk until smooth. Immediately divide the mix between your two tins and bake for 25 to 35 minutes until the top springs b...

Red Velvet Cake has quickly become a firm favourite in the UK, and it's not hard to see why...a moist, flavoursome chocolate sponge, with a lightly whipped sweet cream cheese filling and topping, what's not to like? So for a cake that really needs no introduction, here's the recipe (adapted from The Hummingbird's Bakery cupcake recipe)! I decorated mine with a dark chocolate cage too, which makes it look really cool! Ingredients 120g softened butter 300g caster sugar  2 eggs  40g cocoa powder 6-8 tbsp. red food colouring (depending on the strength of the colouring 1 tsp vanilla extract  240 ml buttermilk  300 g plain flour  1 tsp bicarbonate of soda  3 tsp white vinegar  600g ...