No Egg Cake: Dark Chocolate Pan Cake

I’ve been searching out some favorite baking recipes that do not include eggs. The first one was the soda pop lemon cake (recipe here). This one is a basic one pan/one bowl chocolate cake from King Arthur’s. It was perfection without any eggs. Find the original recipe here, along with some of their blog tips.

I made a couple of tweaks. I used Special Dark Cocoa – it’s all I ever have on hand – and it made for a super chocolaty flavor and reduced the sweetness enough that the frosting didn’t feel like overkill. I skipped the coffee additions.

For the frosting – I only had milk on hand, so I used that and 60% dark cacao chips I keep in the cupboard and it came out perfect. I started with 1 cup of chips to 2 tbsps of milk. Add more milk if needed. That made more than enough frosting for an 8×8 square pan.

I would definitely make this one again. It was rich, fluffy and not overly sweet.