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Chocolate Cake

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Chocolate Cake...........a perfect dessert for Christmas.

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Ingredients

  • For cake:
  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter melted & cooled
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla essence
  • 3/4 cup water
  • For icing the cake:
  • 175 g unsweetened chocolate melted & cooled
  • 125 g butter softened
  • 125 g icing sugar
  • 50 g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from shobhapink.blogspot.in

Preparation

Step 1

For cake:


1. Preheat oven at 350 degree F or 180 degree C.

2. Take a 9 inch round cake pan. Spray it with cooking spray or lightly
butter the pan.

3. Sift all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder & baking soda in a
bowl.

4. add water, melted butter, vanilla essence, condensed milk. Mix well
using whisk.

5. Pour batter into a prepared cake pan.

6. Bake into preheated oven for 40-45 minutes or till toothpick inserted in
center of cake will come out clean.

7. Remove it from the oven & let it cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.

8. Then using a knife loose sides of pan, invert it into cooling rack from
pan & let it cool completely.

For icing the cake:


1. Begin by beating together , butter, icing sugar, vanilla essence,beat
until very smooth. Add more icing sugar until you obtain the consistency
you want.

2.Divide this icing mixture into 2 portion in one portion add melted
chocolate & another portion will remain white.

2. Cut cake into 3 layers horizontally.

3. Keep one layer of cake on serving plate. Spread 2-3 tbsp of white
whipped cream on top of cake.

4. Now place 2nd layer of cake on it, again spread 2-3 tbsp of same whipped
cream on top of it.Repeat the same for 3rd layer

5.Cover the cake completely with white whipped cream on all sides & the
top.

6. Level the top & sides with a broad spatula dipped in chilled water.

7. Now decorate the top & sides of cake as per your choice.

8. Keep chilled in the fridge till use.

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