Egg-less Honey Cake Recipe – Bakery style honey cake without egg.
This cake is one of my favorites in school and college days, Most people in my friends circle used to love chocolate flavor, I was the one, who always wanted this flavor. I was that addicted to this so much. Sadly, nowadays when I go to the cake shop, I don’t find this cake, they have 100’s of other flavors, but not this. Fortunately, some small bakery shops still have this cake to save me. 🙂
That’s how, I really wanted to make this myself at home and treat me with strawberry and honey flavor, whenever I get the cravings. This one is very easy, just like other cakes, with simple extra two steps. Check below for detailed explanation with step by step pictures.
Ingredients for cake:
- Maida / Plain Flour – 2 cups
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Baking soda – 1/4 tsp
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Oil / Butter – 3/4 cup
- Milk – 1 cup
- Lemon juice / Vinegar – 1 tsp
- Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Ingredients for frosting:
- Sugar – 2 tbsp
- Water – 1/4 cup
- Honey – 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp
- Jam – 1/2 cup (strawberry flavor)
- Coconut – grated (for toppings)
Process:
- Get all the ingredients ready. Take powdered or normal sugar in a mixing bowl.
- Now add the milk.
- Mix until the sugar dissolves completely in milk.
- Now add oil / butter to the mixture, mix well.
- Add Lemon juice/ Vinegar, mix well, then add Vanilla essence also to the mixture and mix well.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven for about 15 mins at 180 degrees.
- Once it is done, Sieve plain flour / maida, baking soda and baking powder.
- Use cut and fold method, mix the batter, without any lumps. If you find the batter is very thick, add 1 tbsp of milk at a time and make a smooth batter. Transfer the batter into a greased pan.
- Place the baking tray in preheated oven, bake until the cake is ready. In my case, I baked for about 15 to 20 mins. Use toothpick to check the cake.
- Once the cake is baked, Keep it to cool down.
- Now prepare the honey syrup. Add sugar and water in a pan, start boiling it.
- Once the sugar syrup turn thick and sticky, add honey to it.
- Mix well and keep it aside to cool down.
- Now using toothpick, make small holes in the cake.
- Pour the honey and spread over the cake, allow the honey to go in the holes and keep aside.
- Now prepare the jam mixture, take 1/2 cup of strawberry jam and 1 tbsp of honey in a pan.
- Mix well, until the jam melts in low flame. Do not over boil.
- Now spread the generous amount of the jam mixture over the cake evenly.
- At the end sprinkle some grated coconut on top of the cake.
- Now cut the cake evenly and enjoy your yummy bakery style honey cake with a cup of tea or coffee.
Step by step process with picture representation:
Get all the ingredients ready. Take powdered or normal sugar in a mixing bowl.
Now add the milk.
Mix until the sugar dissolves completely in milk.
Now add oil / butter to the mixture, mix well.
Add Lemon juice/ Vinegar, mix well, then add Vanilla essence also to the mixture and mix well.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven for about 15 mins at 180 degrees.
Once it is done, Sieve plain flour / maida, baking soda and baking powder.
Use cut and fold method, mix the batter, without any lumps. If you find the batter is very thick, add 1 tbsp of milk at a time and make a smooth batter. Transfer the batter into a greased pan.
Place the baking tray in preheated oven, bake until the cake is ready. In my case, I baked for about 15 to 20 mins. Use toothpick to check the cake. Once the cake is baked, Keep it to cool down.
Now prepare the honey syrup. Add sugar and water in a pan, start boiling it.
Once the sugar syrup turn thick and sticky, add honey to it.
Mix well and keep it aside to cool down.
Now using toothpick, make small holes in the cake.
Pour the honey and spread over the cake, allow the honey to go in the holes and keep aside.
Now prepare the jam mixture, take 1/2 cup of strawberry jam and 1 tbsp of honey in a pan.
Mix well, until the jam melts in low flame. Do not over boil.
Now spread the generous amount of the jam mixture over the cake evenly.
At the end sprinkle some grated coconut on top of the cake.
Now cut the cake evenly and enjoy your yummy bakery style honey cake with a cup of tea or coffee.
Happy Baking 🙂
Looks so delicious & tempting! This is one of my childhood favorites, thanks for sharing the eggless version.
My pleasure Megala 🙂
Interesting recipe. I am sure it must be tasting awesome.
Yes. It was yummy 🙂
Such a lovely one, we often used to go to Iyengar bakery for this cake.
Yes. Same here. Thank you 🙂
Wow… this egg less honey cake looks inviting. I can’t resist. Will try this soon. ☺
Thank you! Please do try it and let me know!
This variant of cake was my favourite and after school I used to go to my favourite baker to have these, loved your detailed recipe.
Love honey cake so much, after school I used to buy these with my pocket money, loved your detailed recipe.
Same here. Thank you!
Honey is one of my childhood favourites, especially from the Iyengar bakery…Delicious share!!
Thank you!
Yum!
Malini this eggless cake looks delicious. Cakes are my weakness. I very rarely make eggless cakes. This recipe sounds perfect. Would love to try this soon.
Thanks a lot!
Love the texture of the cake, so soft and moist…and love the use of jam & honey as frosting !!! Awesome 🙂
Thanks a lot!
Honey looks so moist and yummy. I used to buy and eat this cake from bakery during my childhood days. Thanks for the recipe.
It’s my pleasure!
Looks so moist and rich. Loved the combination of honey and strawberry flavored jam! You already had me when you said it’s eggless! I’m definitely making this one soon for my family.
Thanks a lot! 🙂
Never tried a honey cake..but now i have your easy recipe . Will give it a try for sure. The cake sounds so flavorful and looks moist. Thanks for the lovely share .
Thank you so much Poonam!
I have made a honey bread but not a honey cake, the frosting is so tempting and such a wonderful glaze it has.
Thanks a lot!
Mmmm…Irresistible. This honey cake is simply awesome with that layer of jam on it. Yearning to get that slice
Thank you!
My both kids have grown up eating this cake and daughter makes with her eyes shut 🙂 Such a tempting and easy recipe. Looks so beautiful 🙂
Thank you!
I love honey flavor in a cake. Yours looks so flavorful and moist. Thanks for the lovely share .
Thank you!
Thats excellent Malini. I am just like you, not a big fan of chocolate cake but this was my favourite as well. Good old bangalore days. The cake looks stunning.
Thank you so much Nisha 🙂
Wow sooo soft and delicious😋
Thank you!
You’re welcome 😍
This looks tempting! <3
Thank you!
Wow
Hello Malini
What is the pan size used here? What are the measurements for 9×12 ” pan?
My pan size 9×9″. Inner dimension would come around 7 to 7.5 I guess. Since your pan is little bigger than mine. May be you can mke little more batter. For that,
Flour – 2 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1 1/2 cup
Baking sode – 1/2 tsp
Baking powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Oil / Butter – 1 cup
Milk – 1 to 1/2 cup
Rest all same.