Eggless Custard Cake
I’m pretty excited to share this cake with you today. Not only is it eggless and easy to make, but it tastes good too. It’s one of those soft, melt-in-your-mouth type of cakes. No frills, but so delicious. Sometimes simple is best.
A few months ago, I was gifted with some custard powder along with a lot of delicious other goodies from CC (Thanks again C!). The custard powder is also available on Amazon*. I was supposed to use the custard powder to make Nanaimo bars, but so far I’ve only used them to make my egg puffs. When I came across this custard powder cake, I knew I had to try it.
Because it is eggless, the cake doesn’t bind together as well as a typical egg-filled cake. However, it still bakes up like a cake and because it uses so much custard powder, the cake pretty much dissolves on your tongue. Yum.
I didn’t do anything too drastic to it because I wanted to keep it simple and let the cake shine. I just dusted it with some powdered sugar.
I haven’t enjoyed a cake so much since the hot milk sponge cake I made a while back. This was perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon snack.
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Eggless Custard Powder Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup vanilla flavored custard powder, (see note)
- 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 gm unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup fat free milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a small bundt pan.
- Whisk all the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the vanilla, milk, and butter and mix well until smooth.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake about 30-35 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Mine was done at 33 minutes.
Notes
- Custard powder is available on Amazon
Does this need to be refrigerated if you make it ahead of time?
It should be ok in an airtight container for 1 day and then after that I would keep it in the fridge
I made this cake yesterday and it was delicious. My family loved it.
We’re happy to hear this!
Hi Kirbie,
Could I make this recipe into cupcakes? If so, how long should I bake them for?
Thanks,
Sophia
We haven’t tried baking them as cupcakes and can’t say for sure how long they will take. Sorry about that!
It works
So glad you enjoyed it!
Just discovered this recipe and as we have Coeliacs in our house I made it with plain gluten free flour plus 1/4 tsp xantham gum. It turned out brilliantly!
I’m glad you got it to work for you!
Is the custard powder Eggless. ?
Bird’s custard powder, which is the brand I used, is eggless. If you are using a different brand you may need to check the ingredients label but most of the custard powders I’ve encountered are egg free.
How long at room temperature should we keep or does it need refrigeration the same day?
It should be ok in an airtight container for 1 day and then after that I would keep it in the fridge
Can i just use a regular 8′ cake pan for this recipe.
yes
Can I use cake flour instead of all purpose?
I have not tried it with cake flour
Is this cake moist? or dry?
it has the consistency similar to a normal cake
can we use vegetable oil instead of butter?
I think that should work!
i just tried this cake today and we loved it.. i was searching for something using custard powder..have 2 tins !!i just added a little more sugar though..
Glad you like it!
This is such a wonderful recipe. I was so obsessed that I rightaway did it after i went thro the recipe. It came out damn good. I cant wait till it cools. Thanks for such a tasty cake,that too eggless !!
So glad you like it!
How big is a small bundt pan? Is it 12 cups??
No, actually 12 cups is the standard large size bundt. For this you need something that is 8-10 cups.
Aw man, I want to make this so much but I don’t have a small bundt pan with me at school! Do you think a muffin pan would be okay?
I would suggest a loaf pan if you have one. Not so sure about the muffin pan.
How much is 150gm of butter in USA measurements? I really want to make this cake! Thanks.
I used a scale so I’m not sure of the conversion. You may want to do a google search and see if there if there is a conversion somewhere.
I love your bundt pan! I need more bundt pans.
I get most of mine from Amazon. I like the Nordicware pans. They make such pretty ones and the cakes come out so nice in them. I usually get them when they do the buy 3 get 1 free promotion or something similar.
Looks delicious!
I will make it for you sometime soon.
Cool!What a fantastic recipe! now I have another use for that custard powder! I haven’t made those Nanaimo bars either (even though they’re bakeless).
I believe I saw the powder at Fresh and Easy as well as Shakespeare’s Corner Shoppe (they sell imported British items there). It’s probably cheaper to get it at F & E (it would be in the ethnic food section – they have a few shelves devoted to British food).
Thanks for the tip! I’ll check there when mine runs out. I still have a good amount left even after this cake, but I plan on making it again a few times.