The inspiration behind my baking this cake is Y of Lemonpi. She mentioned on Twitter, sometime back, that she had managed to locate her recipe for a condensed milk cake. I don’t use condensed milk very much because I find that it lends too much sweetness to a lot of recipes, yet the thought of condensed milk in a cake caught my fancy. It also seemed the perhaps this meant that I could bake this cake without eggs.
When I asked, Y told me her recipe had both eggs and condensed milk. When I went on a net search I was surprised to find that using condensed milk in a cake wasn’t as big a deal as I thought it was. Apparently, lots of people have been doing it for ages! I guess I was tone of the few to whom this was news!
Most of the cakes I saw did seem to use both condensed milk and eggs. Some more searching led me to a condensed milk cake recipe (without eggs) at this discussion forum on Cake Central. I reduced the butter from 1 cup to 3/4 cup (because that’s all the butter I had on hand that day) and it didn’t seem to make a visible difference in the cake, texture-wise or taste-wise.
This condensed milk cake is soft and spongy yet firm. I think this cake would be great if you wished to cut it in half (horizontally) to sandwich it with jam, or some such filling.
So if you like condensed milk, cake that has no eggs and is very easy to put together then this is the cake for you. Despite my reservations, I did not find this cake too sweet. I usually prefer my “everyday” cakes unadorned, but you may cover the cake with a powdered sugar, a sugar glaze or ganache.
Egg Free Condensed Milk Cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 (400gm) can condensed milk sweetened
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup butter melted (salted; if using unsalted , add 1/4 tsp salt)
- 1 cup dark chocolate ganache (optional)
Instructions
- Sift together the all purpose flour, baking powder, the baking soda and salt (if using) into a large bowl. In another bowl, mix together the condensed milk, orange juice, melted butter and vanilla extract till well blended.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour the blended wet ingredients. Mix well, using a spoon or a whisk (do not whisk the batter)
- Pour the batter into a well greased and floured 9" cake tin or a bundt pan.
- Bake at 180C (350F)for about 30 to 40 minutes or till a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for about 15 minutes, remove from the pan and cool on a rack.
- When the cake has cooled, spoon warm chocolate ganache over the cake and decorate with grated chocolate and silver dragees. Else serve the cake as it is, with coffee or tea.
I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. 
I have made condensed milk cake many times but never used orange juice, hmm looks grt tea time treat 🙂
I made one last weekend too but minus orange flavour. I made the mistake of baking in a glass tray so the center didn’t cook as well. I want to try it again before posting.
This looks lovely. I have done a similar version too but I did not use orange juice. This sounds pretty new to me. I did some icing on it when I made it last time. 🙂
Aww..that looks so moist, I’m thinking to make one steamed… soon I hope 🙂
Orange juice gives a great flavour to cakes and is my fav ingredient. Congrats, I got an award for you on my site do check it out..
Aparna,The cake looks scrumptious.I am surprised that the cake is not too sweet.I have seen several recipes (including Sanjeev Kapoors and Tarla Dalal’s) thgh I never tried them thinking they were too sweet.Thanks for the taste info.The orange juice addition is very flavourful and I prefer orange in my cake.
I made a milk sweet with condensed milk a little while ago and it was exceedingly sweet. We couldn’t eat more than one piece per day and even that was cloying!
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Cake looks gorgeous…
Yummm, Orange juice must have made the cake nicely moist. Thanks for sharing.
I use Fanta or Mirinda or Pepsi in this recipe.It’s amazingly yummy.
The cake looks delicious! Nice shape too.
Delicious, Aparna. I had the same feeling – condensed milk makes things too sweet:)
Your cake looks too good…..just have a question….lately when I have been adding orange juice in large quantities eg 1 cup, my cakes turns bitter….any idea how how to prevent it ??
Good to know – about the condensed milk in cake.Thanks for sharing your dining thoughts about Eating at the Table 🙂
cake looks so soft & moist, i will try your version, i do use condensed milk making sweets never ever baked..,
Your egg-less recipes are so great! My Grandmas a vegetarian and I’m always in need of egg-less baking recipes when I visit her! I’m not a vegetarian, but I’m Indian and really enjoy vegetarian food!I’m going to try the condensed milk cake!Have a great week!
Parita, as I said, never knew cake could be made with condensed milk! :)Nags, metal cake tins usually work better.Steamed cakes, Zita? Now that’s something else I must try.Thanks Bergamot for the award.Sweatha & Harini, I was surprised too. Maybe the orange juice balanced out the sweetness.Sra, that’s exactly why I don’t like using condensed milk in anything!Ria, :-)Lata, have heard of cola in cake but never tried it.Renu, don’t know why orange juice makes your cakes bitter. Do you use freshly squeezed juice? If you try to squeeze the orange too much, this may happen.You could use half cup orange juice and half cup water, and add 1/2 tsp orange extract for the orange flavour.You’re welcome, Cynthia. :)Do try it out Jayasri.A Bowl of Mush (sounds funny addressing you this way), hope it turns out well and your Granma likes it.Thanks and the same to you too.
nice recipe aparna..initially i used to make cakes only with condensed milk referring to bharti of veggiefoodis’t recipe.on a diff note, i would like to pass on kreativblogger award to you..please do accept..and check out my blog.
this cake looks alright without eggs. perhaps the condensed milk makes a great substitute to the eggs. well done, aparna!
Funny, it looks almost like a light, fluffy bread. I have never used condensed milk, but this looks so much like something my husband loves to eat in the morning with coffee – simple cake that he can smear jelly on.
this really looks yummy! i like using condensed milk in cakes as I find it gives a lovely rich texture. often i reduce the sugar then.
I can so have it with Chai and see you doing the same 😀
This looks so cute and the recipe looks so simple also I cakes that aren’t too sweet I think I will try it soon but I might use lemon juice with poppy seed topping. Love that photo I like simple cakes like this that need an icing and not too sweet. thank you for the nice comments you left on my blog about the macarons. Cheers from Audax in Australia.
This is such a terrific idea! I’ve never made a cake like this before, but I’d really love to try it. Thanks, ladies! 🙂
mmm looks delicious to me!
Orange juice is a great idea.. will surely try it..I’ve made a black forest cake of condensed milk last week 🙂
I’ve never made a cake using condensed milk. In fact, I think I’ve only used condensed milk in Magic Cookie Bars and to make dulce de leche! This cake looks yummy, a must try! Nicely done as always!
I use condensed milk for cheesecakes! The flavour is just awesome.
Looks perfect Aparna..did you make it in a bundt pan..??the slices look perfect..:)I too was apprehensive of using condensed milk in cakes,but they work so well in eggless cake recipes.Should try this one out.Have you used ganache to ‘adorn’ it??Looks too good..:)
Just made this cake, VERY nice, and exactally as you describe , thank you for posting the recipe.
Good to know it turned out good for you too. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you for the award, Priya.No Divya, no ganache. The brown colour comes after baking. Sometimes, when the amount of sugar is on the higher side, baked goods tend to brown a bit during baking.
Never knew there were rice flakes…I’m a big fan of rice puddings, especially when they have cardamom inside…yum!Thank you for joining Got Milk?ps the round-up is finally up
fantastic cake without eggs.Regardsolga.
Is this not almost a foolproof recipe? And one can tweak this with many combinations!Good blog!
Hi Aparna,I dont know how to start this msg… other than saying that its very interesting to meet my namesake who is also extremely passionate about cooking and baking!!! :-)Anyhow, I have come across your blog numerous times, but this is going to be my first comment! About 7-8 years ago, a neighbour’s relative had come to our house and baked a wonderful rose cake. At that time, I was still a kid and not too interested in cooking and baking… now that I have developed that interest… I am craving to make that one. I searched high and low on the internet for that cake recipe but nothing came close. I asked my mom if she remembered how to make it… and she said that the lady had used condensed milk and all purpose flour for it and no eggs… so i googled that and came across ur website. While I am definitely looking forward to try this version of condensed milk cake that you have posted on your site, I was wondering if you, the experienced baker, could provide some hints on how to bake a Rose Flavoured condensed Milk Cake (It was HEAVENLY!). I do realize that I could just substitute orange juice for rose water, but I still wanted to ask you. Please do reply. I am eager to try it out!!!Much Regards,Aparna 🙂
Thank you and glad to meet yet another virtual namesake.As you said, you could add rose water instead of the orange juice. Another option would be to add rose syrup. You would get a much stronger flavour, I think.
Hey! I tried this recipe yesterday as a surprise bday cake for a friend. It turned out fabulous….didn’t miss the eggs at all. The orange juice added nice fresh taste to it. I also used only 1/2 cup of butter ( 1 stick) as that is all I had on hand. Thanks so much for sharing such a lovely recipe.
Sonal, happy to know it worked for you. And happier to notice it turns out good with even less butter. 🙂
Hi there,A quick question. Can we use Tropicanas orange juice or it has to be fresh juice?ThanksSurbhi
Surbhi, you can use Tropicana orange juice. You might have a very sweet cake though, as all the sugar in this cake comes from the condensed milk and cannot be adjusted.So just make sure that whichever orange juice you use is unsweetened.
Hi I want to make a lemon blue berry cake. How should I substitute the orange juice with lemon juice here? As per my understanding 1 cup lemon juice will be too much. Please suggest.
You can use about a 1/4cup lime juice and substitute the remaining 3/4 cup with water to make up for volume.
Perfect. Thank you for answering. Let me try this tomorrow itself 😀 shall I add 1 tsp lemon extract too along with 1/4 cup lemon juice and 2 tsp vanilla extract remains as it is?