This beautiful Yellow Lemon Chia Seed Cake is such a dream to have and as a bonus its an Eggless Vegetarian Recipe.
A lot of you guys have asked me for Eggless Cakes and Dessert recipes and I have been working on developing some amazing foolproof recipes.If you haven't yet tried my Eggless Mango Cake or Eggless Chocolate Cake then I swear you are missing something in life.These cakes are not consolation prizes cake as Eggless cakes tend to be.A lot of times eggless cakes can be dense and gummy but all the eggless cakes I have posted on this site have great crumb, texture and they genuinely do not need any eggs in them.
The beauty of learning and mastering such a base sponge recipe is that the limits are endless! I have made the Summertime Mango Cake using this recipe as the base.You can change the tone of the cake by simply experimenting with the fruits, seeds,chocolate,frankly whatever you fancy!
Lemon vs Lime
This recipe calls for lemons, which is not as easily available in India but you can use our desi Indian Lime too.Though lime and lemon are both citrus fruits and their names are often confused and used interchangeably,there is a nuanced between the flavour of the two.Lime juice is a lot more pungent and tart than the juice of a yellow Lemon- though their sizes are very different, if you are substituting the lime for lemon in this Lemon Chia Seed Cake recipe, use only one.
Use of Chia Seeds in Baking
In India, Chia seeds have been used in desserts since the time of Mughals in the Kulfi Falooda.It's also soaked in water and had with a squeeze of lime in summer months.Though in the recent years it has garnered a great bit of attention from health food enthusiasts.In fact, I eat a lot a chia puddings myself.
In this Lemon Chia Seed Cake, Chia plays the second fiddle but what a great role it is indeed.The lemon adds the much needed tartness in the recipe and the chia gives it the character it craves.These seeds, when baked swell up in size and crisp up and give this cake a one of a kind texture.
Before you run to the kitchen to try Lemon Chia Seed Cake- Also take a look at my other amazing Eggless Cake recipes- Eggless Dark Chocolate Mousse | Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Pots & Healthy Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
- ¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ Cup Oil
- ¾ Cup Yogurt/Curd
- ½ Cup Milk + ½ teaspoon Vinegar
- ¾ Cup Sugar I like mine less sweet, add only 1 cup
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Yellow Lemon juiced and zest/ or 1 lime with juice and zest
- 2 tablespoon of Chia Seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Combine all the wet ingredients-curd,oil,vanilla extract,milk with the vinegar and sugar in a bowl.
- Mix the baking powder,soda and flour together.
- Take half the flour mixture and mix well with the wet ingredients. Once incorporated add the rest and mix well.
- Add the lemon juice, zest and Chia Seeds
- Pour the batter in a prepared pan. Bake at 180 degree for 20 minutes uncovered.Cover with foil and continue baking for another 10 minutes.Test the cake with a skewer,If it comes out clean(or with crumbs) remove from the oven or keep baking for 5-8 minute more.
- Cool the cake
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Han says
Since we are using chia seeds as our egg replacement - do we need to soak them before mixing them in? Or do we mix them in dry?
chhavi says
hey Han,
you don't need to soak it.
Meena says
Is it necessary to add vinegar.? As I don’t stock at home?
chhavi says
You can Substitute with lime/lemon juice..
Lucy Smyth says
This cake is delicious! A lovely texture, very glad I found this recipe 🙂