So Delicious! 10 Eggless Spring Desserts almost too pretty to eat, so refreshing, so fun! That favourite time of the year where there’s new energy everywhere … new leaves, buds, shoots, nests being made, baby birds fluttering around; the world is literally born again!
Hello Spring! It’s only late February and this year Spring has arrived too early, the temperatures already hitting an astonishing 30C. It’s been the hottest February in decades yet somehow it’s a sign of the times with unpredictable weather. The mulberry tree is already showing fruit, and the festival of colour Holi is around the corner.
Staying in tune with the weather, here are some pretty and pretty refreshing desserts for this time of the year. They are eggless, they are simple and they have light, fresh appeal! These are charming, colourful desserts that find their way to our table over and over again. Hopefully they will keep you charmed too, make you happy!
As delicious as it is pretty! Light buttery addictive eggless homemade lady fingers build up the sides, a spiral baked of the same dough make the base. The filling is a silky smooth cream in two flavours, strawberry and vanilla bean, separated by a layer of fresh strawberries. It's a special cake, quite irresistible.
This is a cavity cake filled with everything that screams love – the most perfect strawberries, luscious dark chocolate cream, then an indulgent vanilla bean cream, all wrapped in a mandarin flavoured eggless sponge.
Eggless Saffron Pistachio Cupcakes with Saffron Buttercream
Sweet dreams are made of these! Festive, simple and ever so delicious, these are literal cupcakes baked in demitasse cups. Perfect for anytime, especially now.
The one bowl, simple eggless sponge flavoured with the zest of orange pairs with luscious, red strawberries to create a certain kind of magic. The flavours come together really beautifully and each spoon of the dessert is refreshing good!
A delicious burst of flavours and colours in a tart which is a cake OR a cake that looks like a tart! It's now officially the season I love most where luscious strawberries paint the bazaar red, and the best oranges are here too. I'm back to making my favourite bake, a cake in my new tart tin, and I'm loving it. The cake is as simple as can be. A one bowl, part wholegrain eggless sponge to which I added orange zest. I loved the natural orange hue the cake took on.
3 Ingredient Chocolate Pudding… Rich, deeply delicious, satiny smooth and ever so easy, anyone can stir this up in a matter of minutes. Nothing can comfort the soul like a good indulgent old school chocolate pudding.
This eggless pudding ticks off all the boxes. It uses simple pantry ingredients, is gluten-free, has no added sugar, cooks quickly on the stove top and needs just a few hours to set, so is a great make ahead option too.
It’s also delicious served warm, so win win, you can enjoy it as a great winter pudding too. Do make sure to use a good quality couverture chocolate to enjoy the depth of this dessert.
Rich, deeply delicious, satiny smooth and ever so easy, anyone can stir this up in a matter of minutes. Nothing can comfort the soul like a good indulgent old school chocolate pudding.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Keyword chocolate, dessert, eggfree, eggless, gluten free, no bake, nobake, one bowl, pudding, stovetop, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
4 hourshours
Total Time 4 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Servings 3people
Ingredients
350glow fat milk
150g46% dark couverture chocolatechopped
3tbspcornflour
Instructions
Whisk all the ingredients in a heavy bottom saucepan. Simmer, stirring constantly, until the pudding begins to thicken slightly like a custard. Take off the stove and whisk well. Let it cool for a short while, whisking on and off to prevent a skin from forming on the top. Pour into dessert glasses and refrigerate to set for 4-6 hours or overnight.
Dust the tops with cocoa powder and garnish with chocolate flakes, edible flowers etc.
Note: You can also whisk the milk and cornflour in a saucepan and simmer, stirring constantly, until it begins to thicken slightly. Take off heat and add in finely chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth.
Add ins: Instant coffee, cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla, garam masala, a dash of liqueur etc.
Biscoff Banana Bread … eggless, wholewheat, one bowl, fuss free and just so delicious, you must bake this soon! It might not look very pretty and banana breads generally don’t, but the taste, OH MY! This is the most addictive one I’ve baked yet, and I’ve baked many!
Dare I also say dessert? Yes, that too! I love to reheat thick slices, 15-30 seconds in the microwave, and serve them with a drizzle of melted Biscoff or a scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream! Enjoy!
Eggless, wholewheat, one bowl, fuss free and just so delicious, you must bake this soon. It might not look very pretty but OH MY! This is the most addictive one I've baked yet.Makes 1 loaf (750g approx)
Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 8″x4″ loaf tin with baking parchment.
Add the ingredients to a large bowl and stir lightly to combine until just mixed.
Transfer to the prepared loaf tin and bake for 40-45 minutes/until the tester comes out clean, tenting the top after 14 minutes to stop it from overbrowning.
Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake … .. gentle, indulgent, delicious dessert for tiramisu lovers and coffee lovers, dessert lovers too! It’s a heart cake like no other and literally screams pick me up and is quite perfect for V Day! One bite in and you’ll know what I mean!
The flavours inspired by the classic tiramisu, this eggless version leaves you wanting for more. With a base of an eggless coffee sponge, soaked with Kahlua & smothered in the smoothest set mascarpone cream with a surprise coffee cake heart at the centre, each bite is divine. This is my all time favourite kind of dessert!
Actually if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you will know that coffee in desserts is my favourite flavour ever. And if you are new, hello there, I absolutely love coffee. In desserts especially, I think coffee has immense possibilities and pairs beautifully with mascarpone, with chocolate, with coconut and Biscoff too. If you haven’t tried Biscoff, then you are definitely missing something!
Take my word for it, the Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake is absolutely divine. It has a smaller heart insert, somewhat like an entremet that adds a really nice bite to the cake. That the hidden heart is also drizzled over with Kahlua just adds beautiful flavours to every spoonful. The smoothest mascarpone cream ever, sweetened gently with white couverture chocolate that smothers the cake is indulgent good. And yes, it’s heaven!
You need a little advance planning since the cake needs to set overnight. Other than that it’s quite a simple one bowl eggless cake. For the collar, I made folds on a mousse strip/acetate strip to snugly fit the heart. It took a little trial and error but once done it worked beautifully. You could probably set the cake in a heart mold if you like, else a silicon heart mold if you have one.
Gentle, indulgent, delicious dessert for tiramisu lovers and coffee lovers, dessert lovers too! It's a heart cake like no other and literally screams pick me up and is quite perfect for V Day! One bite in and you'll know what I mean!Makes a 6" heart cake
Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 6″ and a 4″ heart mold/tin with foil/parchment and grease lightly.
In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and give them a good whisk.
Divide the batter between the tins {about 185g in the 6″ / 75g in the 4″ tin). Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the tester comes out clean. Cool completely, then trim the tops.
Mascarpone filling
Place the cream, sugar and agar agar in a saucepan and whisk until smooth. Simmer over low heat for 2-3 minutes stirring often to activate the agar agar. Alternatively, this can be done in the microwave in 30 second bursts.
Pour this over the white chocolate and leave to stand until the chocolate melts. Whisk until smooth.
Whisk in the mascarpone just before you need to pour it in. Taste and adjust sweetness if required.
Assemble (see video}
Secure an acetate sheet snugly around the 6″ heart shaped coffee sponge.
Moisten with Kahlua/coffee. Pour over half the mascarpone filling. Place the 4″ sponge in the centre of the filling and very gently push in a little. Moisten the small sponge with kahlua/coffee, then pour the remaining filling over to cover it completely.
Place in the freezer for 3-4 hours until frozen, then gently peel off the acetate sheet. Leave to set in the fridge overnight.
No eggs, No Worries! 10 Best Eggless Cakes for V Day! I got you covered for a wide variety of eggless cakes that you can bake this Valentines Day. You can bake these anytime actually what with egg shortages being reported extensively. The more I experiment andbake without eggs, the more I am convinced that the lack of eggs cannot be a deterrent if you love baking like I do.
Just recently, I figured out how to bake really nice eggless lady fingers or eggless savioardi, hence the Eggless Strawberry Charlotte below. I hope you find what you’re looking for…Happy Valentines Day!
So here goes, please bake something for someone you love ♥!
Eggless Coffee Chocolate ❤️ Cavity Cake
… how deep is your love! If there was cake to demonstrate how deep your love is, this might just be it, the most apt #VDay cake. A heart shaped eggless coffee cake with a heart cavity cut out that is flooded with indulgent dark chocolate will convey your love deeply! This Kahlua moistened cake is delicious, the coffee chocolate pairing my all time favourite.
… because the month of love can't go by without a Persian love cake! It's almost Spring in the subcontinent and everything is a riot of colours. With the roses in full bloom, this is one cake I love to make at this time of the year. Saffron and pistachio add delicious notes to the simple one bowl eggless sponge, and indulgent beautiful hues to the shrikhand buttercream. What's not to love in a cake which is simple and stunning!
I love everything about tarts. I got this new tart tin that I've been dying to use and I was so pleased to see how well the cake baked up in it, left the sides and base so easily and looked so pretty! This chocolate tart cake is inspired by a dark chocolate strawberry pudding from my cookbook and it turned out great!
Delicate, calming and deeply indulgent, this is a special cake for now. The cake has gentle flavours and they all come together in a nice balance. An eggless sponge flavoured with fresh orange zest, Cointreau to moisten it {or a sugar syrup if you like}, a quick raspberry compote to bring in the pink, then a vanilla bean layer… Magic in every bite!
Eggless Strawberry Charlotte Cake … with homemade eggless lady fingers
Lady fingers are delightful little sponge cakes that are best known to be the base of a tiramisu. They have immense possibilities and this charlotte cake is one of them. That I managed to make it eggless makes me quite happy! Light buttery addictive eggless lady fingers build up the sides, a spiral baked of the same dough make the base. The filling is a silky smooth cream in two flavours, strawberry and vanilla bean, separated by a layer of fresh strawberries. It's a special cake, quite irresistible.
Layered cakes are really fun and always special. This one might look like a bit of work, but trust me, it's as simple as simple can be. A quick one bowl fuss free 'fail proof' batter that is part wholegrain and really moist and flavourful, a 2 ingredient buttercream that is no fail again and has an optional spoon of ghee, then a fruit filling.
Indulgent layers of coffee and chocolate make this very special cake. This is my vegetarian take on the classic French Opera cake, a 6 layer cake that needs little introduction. Eggless almond sponges, coffee syrup, a potent coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache make up 6 layers that are covered in a shiny, simple chocolate glaze. The cake is traditionally finished with Opera written across the top, possibly the part I enjoyed most.
This is a cavity cake filled with everything that screams love – the most perfect strawberries, luscious dark chocolate cream, then an indulgent vanilla bean cream, all wrapped in a mandarin flavoured eggless sponge.
A cake as delicious as it is interesting, that cream baked into the centre is divine! The idea to bake the cream within a cake is really interesting, especially for us on the subcontinent where whipping cream is hard to come by. How fun that you bake two layers of cake with the cream already within!
The season of love is incomplete without a mango tres leches! Everything is fresh about this cake. The light sponge, the beautifully addictive milk, the sweet mangoes and then the stabilized cream that holds the mangoes together.
Nutella Dessert Box … a quick, delicious dessert perfect for this time of the year, for V day! This dessert can be ready in under 30 minutes and is perfect if you need something sweet, something indulgent, something chocolatey in a hurry! It’s a great edible gift idea too. Come, dive right in!!
Nothing is more pleasing than the play of flavours and textures in dessert and that’s why I love layered desserts. I love the idea of making them in dessert boxes where the layers are well visible and tempt you to dive right in.
This Nutella Dessert box literally ticks off all the boxes for a perfect dessert to tempt the Nutella lover and chocolate lover. It uses a clutch of ingredients most of which you might have on hand already, comes together quickly, is no bake, very very simple and it’s good to the last spoon, perfect for Valentines day!
The flavours are gentle and calming, and the biscuit crumbs add a really nice texture. Chocolate biscuit base, light mousseyNutella cream, deep and rich chocolate ganache are textures that come together in harmony, almost like they were meant to be!
In the past year and a half, I’ve made tons of small desserts, or rather desserts for two to four people. The good thing about small desserts is that they are easy to assemble or bake, and they get over pretty fast so you are ready to try something new soon. Of course all recipes are easy to scale up should you need to so there’s something for everyone!
… a quick, delicious dessert perfect for this time of the year, for V day! Makes one 2" X 4" dessert box
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 0 minutesminutes
15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Instructions
Layers
#1 – Biscuit base
40g Bourbon biscuit crumbs. Layer at the base of box.
#2 – Nutella cream
100g cream, 25% fat
50g Nutella
50g cream cheese, whisked
With an electric hand beater whip together the cream and Nutella until smooth, then whip in the cream cheese. Fit a piping bag with a 2A nozzle and fill it with the cream. Pipe halve the cream over the biscuit base.
#3 Nutella Ganache
50g cream, 25% fat
15g 70% dark couverture chocolate
25g Nutella
Heat the cream and add the chocolate into it. Stand for 5 minutes until the chocolate is soft. Add the Nutella and stir until smooth.
Pour the ganache over the cream and place it in freezer for 10-15 minutes until firm. {Reserve 1 tbsp of the ganache to drizzle over the top if desired}
#4 – Top the Nutella ganache with 2 tbsp Bourbon biscuit crumbs.
#5 – Pipe the remaining Nutella cream over the crumb layer and level off.
To finish, edge the dessert shot with Bourbon biscuit crumbs.
