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You are here: Home / Eggless Baking / Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake – Step by Step Recipe

Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake – Step by Step Recipe

June 8, 2011 by Sharmilee J 81 Comments

I tried this cake long back and was totally impressed with it. This recipe is a winner as it withstood my experiment 😉 Yes as usual I reduced the butter totally and the cake came out just awesome. Most of the time I make sure my baked goodies are low fat so that we dont feel the guilt of enjoying them but yeah there are exceptions always….:)
After my successful try with custard powder in biscuits I went ahead with this custard powder cake as I got very tempted seeing in many blogs. But when I saw it in Divyas blog I tried it the same day as I cudnt resist myself anymore…..:)

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Eggless Custard Powder Cake Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Reference : Divyas Cook Book
  • Maida / All Purpose flour – 1 and 1/2 cups (200 gms)
  • Vanilla flavoured Custard Powder or Cornflour – 3/4 cup (100 gms)
  • Baking powder – 1 1/4 tsp
  • Granulated Sugar – 3/4 cup (165 gms)
  • Vanilla extract – 1/2 tsp (only if you are using cornflour else skip it)
  • Butter – 2 tbsp
  • Milk – 1 and 1/2 cups (375 ml)

Method:
1.First add milk in a bowl add butter mix well.Next add vanilla essence and mix again with a whisk.
Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Step1

2.Then add the sugar, mix till it completely dissolves. Alternatively you can powder the sugar and then add so that it dissolves quickly. Sieve maida, custard powder and baking powder then add them to the milk butter mixture. Sieving is always done to avoid any dust particles and also to ensure even spread of the baking powder.

Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Step2

3.Mix until a creamy batter shown below is formed. Then grease a baking pan(I used a 4X4 inch cake pan) with a butter paper and pour the batter into it. Preheat the oven to 180 deg C for 10mins and bake the cake for 35-40mins. Test by inserting a toothpick in the middle of the cake before you switch off.

Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Step3

Cool it completely for atleast 20mins then cut into pieces. I halved the orginal recipe and choose a smaller pan accordingly.
Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Recipe

My Notes:

  • As I wanted a low fat version I used demerara sugar so my cake was a little brown in color.You can use normal sugar too.
  • Since my cake mould was a bit smaller , my cake was done in 40mins. But the orginal recipes says it might take 45mins and might extend upto an hour depending on the oven type and cake mould you use.
  • I have reduced the butter totally and added more milk instead. The result was a very soft tasty cake.
  • As the name says snack cake, the sweetness is slightly lower than the usual cakes. So you can increase the sugar to 1 cup if you prefer a sweeter cake.
  • The top and bottom slightly browns up giving it a golden yellow in the middle.
Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Recipe

I just topped up with some left over choco chips. It is a perfect snack time cake as the sweet is very mild making it ideal with a cup of coffee or tea. The cake was over the same day I baked it so I can promise you on the taste.

Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Recipe

The custard flavour gives a very nice flavour to this cake.If you dont have custard powder just substitute it with cornflour and vanilla essence and it gives the same result. When I started trying out custard powder I disliked the taste but slowly started liking it and now have been trying many pudding combinations using it.

Eggless Custard Powder Snack Cake Recipe

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  1. Divya Kudua says

    June 8, 2011 at 2:51 am

    Wow,you reduced the butter so much but the cake still looks very fluffy.I am taking your word for it and baking a low-fat version soon!!

    Reply
  2. sangee vijay says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Wow…custard cake looks so delectable n irresistible…with less butter n eggless makes low n light…as usual amazing clicks…super

    Reply
  3. RedChillies says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:24 am

    Goodness Sharmilee. Here I came in to see your oats paniyaram and you are done with it long time ago and posted 2-3 more. With work, small kid, family, cooking are you sure you have only 24 hours in a day?
    🙂

    Reply
  4. Babli says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:29 am

    Wonderful and interesting recipe. Cake looks soft, spongy and tempting.

    Reply
  5. Prathibha says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:31 am

    I love low fat bakes as it would be comfortable for regular baking…I loved the texture though u have used very less butter….will give a try sometime 4 sure..:)looks yummy

    Reply
  6. Shanavi says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:40 am

    Super Sharmilee..Bookmarked it..Will try this recipe ASAP

    Reply
  7. Vimitha Anand says

    June 8, 2011 at 4:57 am

    Just 2 tbsp of butter but the cake's got such a lovely texture… Looks so yum… Bookmarking and making it this weekend…

    Reply
  8. Priti says

    June 8, 2011 at 5:50 am

    Looks yum …n so moist ..am tempting to try ..bookmarked it

    Reply
  9. RAKS KITCHEN says

    June 8, 2011 at 5:56 am

    Nice recipe with custard powder,I have tried in cookies,will have to sure try now for baking cakes,sure will give a nice texture…:)

    Reply
  10. Yummy Team says

    June 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

    Soft and yummy cake..

    Reply
  11. Hari Chandana says

    June 8, 2011 at 6:46 am

    Very interesting one.. looks inviting.. lovely step by step clicks.. thanks for the recipe dear !!
    Indian Cuisine

    Reply
  12. Sunanda says

    June 8, 2011 at 6:53 am

    Custard powder cake sounds interesting.. have to try this sometime.. thanks for sharing the recipe..

    Sunanda's Kitchen

    Reply
  13. Mugdha says

    June 8, 2011 at 7:27 am

    Wow…custard cake looks so delicious and irresistible…with less butter n eggless makes low n light…still fluffy…super dish indeed..:)

    Reply
  14. Sharmilee! :) says

    June 8, 2011 at 7:48 am

    @RedChillies : Ha ha thanks for those nice words…Actually all these are from the drafts which are almost 3months old….When I was at home for 8 months I filled in my drafts so going on with it now. .
    After I started back work I get to cook and click only during weekends. My mother is with me to help so now u know where I get all the time from 🙂

    Reply
  15. Shireen Sequeira says

    June 8, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Gorgeous cake Sharmilee, i love cakes with a touch of another ingredient than just plain flour. Adding the custard powder, or better still, the cornflour is a nice way to add back some health into the cake! Lovely pictures too!

    Reply
  16. An Open Book says

    June 8, 2011 at 8:55 am

    i loved it the 1st time i tried whn aparna posted it..this looks gorgeous

    Reply
  17. PAV's says

    June 8, 2011 at 9:03 am

    It looks yummy. Its very interesting recipe and Nice presentation. I will try it soon.

    Reply
  18. Sudha Sabarish says

    June 8, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Superb cake sharmi.Good job,keep going……

    http://sabdhaskitchen.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  19. Priya says

    June 8, 2011 at 9:21 am

    Marvellous and super spongy cake, Adding custard powder sounds truly interesting,unfortunately i dont have custard powder rite now, seriously ur cake tempts me a lot and pulling to make some..

    Reply
  20. Ramya says

    June 8, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Superb..That looks soo soft n fluffy 🙂

    Reply
  21. divya says

    June 8, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Looks yum …n so moist ..am tempting to try ..bookmarked it

    Reply
  22. Suja says

    June 8, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Spongy and yummy cake,lovely texture,love it.

    Reply
  23. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    June 8, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Looks delicious. Love your bright and beautiful pics 🙂

    Reply
  24. thekitchenaffaire says

    June 8, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    wow.. I am sure to try this out 🙂

    Reply
  25. Sobha Shyam says

    June 8, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    Omg..they look awesome dear…super like :)..pics are too tempting..:)

    Reply
  26. Ananda Rajashekar says

    June 8, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    i adore simple cakes, wonderful it is!!

    Reply
  27. Krithi's Kitchen says

    June 8, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    Simple and stress free cake sharmilee.. you do everything with style..
    http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com
    Event: Healing Foods – Banana

    Reply
  28. Nithya says

    June 9, 2011 at 4:02 am

    Your low fat versions are always attractive to me 🙂 Since I loved this cake will give your version a try soon 🙂 I have eat as much as I want if I make it your way 🙂

    Reply
  29. Angie's Recipes says

    June 9, 2011 at 8:45 am

    The cake is still so moist and smooth even you have reduced the use of butter. Well done!

    Reply
  30. Lavanya Selvaraj says

    June 9, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Looks very delicious…. Bookmarked!

    Reply
  31. Rumana Rawat says

    June 9, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Beautiful cake and lovely idea"

    Reply
  32. Kadhyaa... says

    June 9, 2011 at 11:12 am

    thats a nice pieace of cake recipe yummy

    Reply
  33. Swathi says

    June 9, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    Custard powder snack cake looks delicious and nice clicks.

    Reply
  34. Shri says

    June 10, 2011 at 2:22 am

    Fabulous pictures!! Awesome cake!!

    Reply
  35. aipi says

    June 10, 2011 at 7:12 pm

    Finger licking delicious n beautiful looking!
    US Masala

    Reply
  36. chinmayie @ love food eat says

    June 12, 2011 at 3:26 am

    this cake looks very good! it's so easy to make 🙂 will try it for sure!
    i might try to replace butter with oil to see what happens 😉

    Reply
  37. Tamizhmuhil says

    August 3, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    Hi..I'm a beginner in baking…tried your recipe…the taste was good…but, the cake didn't turn brown…i think i should have left it for some more time…this was the first cake recipe that i have tried….your step-by-step instructions and pictures helped me a lot. Thank you.Will try other recipes too.

    Reply
  38. Anonymous says

    August 3, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    Hi,
    I'm a beginner in baking.This is the first cake recipe that i've tried.I'm so happy that it came out well.Thank you…

    Reply
  39. Sharmilee! :) says

    August 4, 2011 at 2:41 am

    @Tamizhmuhil : Thanks for trying and letting me know. The top forms a slightly brown and the inside is golden yellow as in the pics….But the top browning depends on ur oven too mine is a OTG so the top browns well in the given time itself…May be next time give it an extra 3-5mins and see 🙂

    @Anonymous : I am happy to hear too!! 🙂

    Reply
  40. Anonymous says

    August 7, 2011 at 3:24 am

    Hi I Tried this recipe and it turned out very hard from outside and soggy from out side….i dont know where i went wrong….i baked it on 350 f for around 1hr 10 min n still it did not cook from inside???…coulkd u pls help??

    Reply
  41. Sharmilee! :) says

    August 7, 2011 at 3:30 am

    @Anon : Oh sorry about the cake…I doubt in the batter consistency…was it runny like mine? And was the measurement exactly same?

    Reply
  42. geet says

    August 7, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    @sharmilee…..no yar mine was very thick….but i sure took the right measurements.Mine milk was skim….will sure give it a try again…….but urs look so tempting, was hoping for that kind but mine ended in the garbage lols….it was that bad…..

    Reply
  43. Sharmilee! :) says

    August 8, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    @Geet : I'm sure then the measurement would have been missed somewhere…becos for the above measurement the batter was in flowing consistency…as in the stepwise pics

    Reply
  44. Anonymous says

    February 3, 2012 at 12:26 am

    I tried it today and it was just awesome… superb consistency… it worked out just like cake mix… sooooper…

    Reply
  45. Bhashi says

    March 14, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    I tried this out today,it was a bit soft but was not soft as normal cake. I didn't have enough custard powder, so had to put cornflour as well, could this be the reason? though it was ok, it didn't have the taste of a normal soft cake. Guess something must have gone wrong somewhere :'(

    Reply
  46. Praveena says

    April 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    I just love reading your blog..I am gonna try this…keep going..waiting for more recipes..

    Reply
  47. Anonymous says

    April 13, 2012 at 3:36 am

    you havent added baking soda??? can cake rise without any rising agent?

    Reply
  48. Sharmilee! :) says

    April 13, 2012 at 3:55 am

    @ANon : Baking powder is there so no issues, it will rise.

    Reply
  49. sethu says

    May 2, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    hey nice recipe., tried out., came very wel ., in all aspects., texture colour., smell., but 1 thing… i.e.. wen i had it in mouth i felt like havin a peice of cooker idli.. it was not like tat of d bakery cake evn thou it tasted so!!!kindly help..

    Reply
  50. Sharmilee! :) says

    May 3, 2012 at 2:00 am

    @Sethu:The cake has a nice texture only… Not sure what went wrong….

    Reply
  51. Renu navin paliwal says

    June 30, 2012 at 11:38 am

    this is something i would like to try as it takes away some guilt!!!:)

    Reply
  52. Priya R says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    Hi Sharmi, lovely cake recipe I tried it and made it to a marble effect, we love it so much thanks for sharing…

    Priya
    http://cooklikepriya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/custard-marble-cake-custard-powder.html

    Reply
  53. ambika says

    February 24, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    hi sharmiji,can u tell me wht is grantulated sugar?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee! :) says

      February 24, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      Granulated sugar is normal sugar that we use(crystallized sugar)

      Reply
  54. Apurva Tripathi says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:48 am

    can we add vegetable oil instead of butter? i want to make it but i donot have butter right now:(

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      July 29, 2013 at 7:49 am

      Not really sure Apurva…give a try and see

      Reply
  55. Apurva Tripathi says

    July 29, 2013 at 11:33 am

    It came out really good and so soft:) loved it:) we make it again:)

    Reply
  56. M Dimple says

    August 8, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    prepared it today… came out good.. thanx:)

    Reply
  57. Alekya Kakarlamudi says

    August 19, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    may i know how long does it stay fresh

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      August 19, 2013 at 3:50 pm

      It stays good for 2-3 days in room temperature

      Reply
  58. mitra says

    December 9, 2013 at 10:59 am

    The cake is so dam tempting !! 🙂
    i have two questions
    1. Can I use self raising flour and omit the baking powder for the fluffiness?
    2. Can we try this in the microwave? if yes approximately how long should i cook it in microwave?

    Reply
  59. SHARMILEE J says

    December 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    1.Yes you can
    2.You can bake it in an microwave oven wit convection mode….timing should be +/- 5-10mins from the orginal timing mentioned

    Reply
  60. Ramya Ramesh says

    December 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    making it now to celebrate thalaivar's birthday 🙂 my batter was a bit thick & I couldnt do anything b'cos milk was out of stock at home.. Praying all possible gods for a better outcome

    Reply
  61. Sajitha Saleem says

    March 3, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    I tried this cake, it came good. Thanks for the recipe. Really good snack.

    Reply
  62. Malathi ganesh says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    As of now i pinned the recipe.. mouth watering tp try soon the simple recipe

    Reply
  63. Neha agarwal says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    mam plz suggest pudding recipe also using this cake.

    Reply
  64. Nikita Patel says

    October 11, 2014 at 4:49 pm

    I made it, and mine swelled in size! In your pictures, the top seems mostly flat, but mine rose like a mountain. I think next time I'll use a bigger pan and less baking powder, so it doesn't rise as much. I didn't have a tablespoon measurement, so I just used 2 teaspoons of butter, and it still turned out very soft. I also added the vanilla extract even though I used custard powder, to add extra flavor, and make the batter a nice deep yellow color. Great recipe!

    Reply
  65. Chhavi Singhal says

    December 11, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe…tried it today…it turned out really good…tasted just like Mongonis veg cake:):)

    Reply
  66. Chithra Nair says

    June 29, 2015 at 3:58 am

    Very tempting recipe…. I will do a try 🙂 ….the for sharing this recipe

    Reply
  67. ammukutty says

    July 12, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    I tried this cake today and turned out to be a disaster :(… i followed same measurements as u said.. In 20 mins i could see that the cake raised and then the center dipped . So i covered it with aluminium foil so that top burning can be avoided. Still it totally turned to dark brown colour. It was not cooked even after 40 mins.Please help me..My batter consistency was not runny , bit thick and my batter was too salty i would say.

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      July 12, 2015 at 5:33 pm

      My batter consistency was very runny as far as I remember…..I am really not sure what went wrong

      Reply
  68. Jandyersn says

    September 8, 2016 at 10:01 am

    Thank you

    Reply
  69. Sunil metri says

    January 31, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    We should preheat oven for 180 for 10 min then again for 40 min
    Can we just preheat pressing 180 not for setting 10 min

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      February 2, 2017 at 9:09 am

      Peaheating is must for any recipe in OTG

      Reply
  70. Arpita says

    November 19, 2017 at 10:12 am

    Madam,can I make this cake in cooker?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      December 11, 2017 at 7:21 am

      yes you can try in cooker

      Reply
  71. purva says

    December 4, 2017 at 10:09 am

    can we add some tutti fruti in to it to make it more delicious?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      December 11, 2017 at 7:17 am

      yes you can

      Reply
  72. S says

    March 10, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    The cake turned out a bit firm not spongy… since its eggless can we add a bit of baking soda to the batter. If yes then how much soda would be needed.

    Reply
  73. Jennifer says

    March 7, 2019 at 2:31 am

    Can I add fresh mangoes to this?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      October 29, 2019 at 10:12 am

      yes you can

      Reply

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