Today is my Sweethearts Birthday and what else can i think of other than making a homemade birthday cake for him. He likes the flavour and sweetness of chocolate, so why not make a chocolate cake. I made it and the cake came out very well with so... yummy and soft also moist.
Ingredients :
For the Chocolate cake:
- All purpose flour - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Cocoa Powder - 1/2 cup (unsweetned )
- Baking soda - 1 ts. sp
- Egg - 1 large
- Butter milk - 1/2 cup
- Refined oil - 12 cup
- Vanilla Extract - 1 ts. sp
- Boiling water - 1/2 cup
- Salt - 1/2 ts. sp
- Icing sugar - 100 gm
- Butter - 75 gm
- Vanilla Extract - 1/2 ts. sp
- Cocoa powder - 2 ta. sp
- Milk - 2 ta. sp
- Dairy milk chocolate - 75 gm (cooled)
Method :
Chocolate Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 300 F or 150 C for 10 minutes.
- Grease the 8" Baking tray with butter and flour.
- Sieve the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder,salt together.
- Now place all the ingredients (except egg and water) mix them well. Add egg and mix them.
- Add water little by water and mix them with a hand mixer at medium-medium high speed untill all the ingredients are blended and smooth.
- Pour the mixture into greased baking tray.
- Bake them for an hour . If cupcakes are used then bake for 20 minutes.
- Test by sticking in the middle with a knife. If it comes out clean....its done. Else bake them till the correct consistency.
- Allow them to cool completely.
- In a small bowl , mix together butter,sugar,vanilla extract,cocoa powder.
- Add little milk . Mix them to smooth and creamy so that icing will spread well on the cake.
- Spread the icing on the cake and in the sides.
- Finally grate the chocolate bar and sprinkle over the cake.
- Keep them in the fridge, till it is served.
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