Eggless Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour (Maida) – 1 1/2 cups
Refined Sunflower Oil – 1/3 cup
Granulated Sugar – 1 cup
Coffee Decoction – 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder – 1/4 cup
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Baking Soda – 3/4 tsp
Vinegar – 1 tbsp
Lukewarm water – 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence – 1 1/2 tsp
Salt – a pinch

For topping: (optional)

Powdered Sugar – 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Powder sugar. Keep aside
2. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt togther twice.
3. Take oil, coffee decoction, lukewarm water, vinegar and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl.
4. Add powdered sugar and mix well.
5. Now add sifted flour and beat until small bubbles appear in the batter.
6. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
7. Grease a cake tin and dust with little flour.
8. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes or until the skewer inserted to the centre ok the cake comes out clean.
9. Let it stand in the oven for 10 minutes.
10. Remove from the oven and place it on wire rack to cool down completely.
11. Carefully unmould the cake and sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the cake.
12. Cut into desired shape and serve.