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Base dairy free Cake Recipe

Been a great week baking.  The guys at the Express group  loved there scones, Bev loved her Lemon Soda Cake and my giant cookie was a hit at The Pantry today.  It's great having willing taste tester, especially when you can't try the baked treat yourself. 

Highlight of my day was piping butter cream , for the first time ever onto some fairy cakes I baked at the Pantry.  Did a pretty good job, surprised myself!!  Which meant a happy dance was necessary whoop whoop.

The only downside was AGAIN i couldn't have one..... I remembered I'd posted a basic biscuit/cookie recipe and thought I should post a base dairy free cake recipe to go with it.    Iv done some more work on my Lemon Soda Cake recipe and think it's a great base dairy free cake.

Works cooked as both a large cake and as a batch of Cup cakes.  All you need to do is reduce the baking time.

Lemon poppy seed cup cakes

225g Self Raising Flour
175g Caster Sugar (can be reduced too 100g if you need to watch your sugar levels)
1 tsp Baking Powder
60 ml/ 1/4 cup of Vegetable oil
225ml Soda Water

Pre-heat oven too 180 Celsius and prepare your baking tin or cup cake cases.

Measure out the dry ingredients into a bowl.  (Flour, Caster Sugar & baking powder.)
Make a well in the middle and pour in Vegetable oil

(Add our Choice of flavour)

Measure out Soda water into a jug, and pour into the dry ingredients.  Using a whisk or electric hand mixer, beat the batter for 2-3 Min's before pouring into your cake tin or baking cases.

Bake as whole cake for 30 - 40 Min's, till a toothpick or skewer comes out clean or
Bake as cupcakes for 15 - 20 Min's. 

Flavour's

Lemon soda cake/Cup cakes - Add zest from 1/2  a lemon
Or Also add 1tbsp of poppy seeds to make lemon poppy seed cake/ Cup cake

Orange or Lime soda cake/ Cupcakes Add zest of 1/2 orange  or zest of a whole lime.

Vanilla soda cake/ Cup cakes - Add 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Chocolate Soda cake/ Cup Cakes - Reduce Flour and only use 175g and add 50 g Cocoa Powder

Just add your favourite glaze, frosting or topping.

This is also a great budget baking recipe, since it doesn't need dairy free marg or eggs, it cost's less to make than a Full Fat Dairy cake xxxx





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