Simple chocolate cake for any occasion
Are you looking for a simplechocolate cake recipe? Then your search will end with this simple egglesschocolate cake recipe. This is an easy recipe that anyone can bake.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
For Cake Batter
- 125 gm Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 50 ml Milk
- 100 ml Hot Water
- 60 ml Oil
- 80 gm Sugar
- 2 tbsp Curd
- 4 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Bonbon Essence
For Chocolate Ganache
- 75 gm Fresh Cream
- 150 gm Chocolate 55%
- 10 gm Butter
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl take oil, sugar and hot boiling water. Start whisking everything until sugar dissolves.
- Once sugar dissolves, add 2 tablespoon curd to it and mix.
- Take a sifter and add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder to it.
- Sieve all the dry ingredients directly into the bowl of wet Ingredients.
- Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients using a whisker or spatula.
- To adjust the consistency of the batter, add 50 ml milk to it.
- To enhance the flavour, add ½ tsp vanilla flavour. Mix it and the batter is ready.
- Pour the prepared batter into an 8 inches greased baking tin.
- Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes of baking, take the cake out from the oven and let it rest in the tin for 5 min.
- Unmould the cake on the wired rack and let it rest until it comes to room temperature.
- Meanwhile prepare the frosting.
- To prepare the frosting, in a sauce pan, take 75 gm fresh cream. Let it cook on medium flame.
- The moment it starts boiling, switch off the flame and add chopped chocolate to it.
- In between add butter and continue to mix until chocolate melts completely.
- Pour it on the cake and using a butter knife or palate knife, spread it evenly.
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Notes
- Every ingredient in the recipe and its quantity has its own significance. Do not alter them.
- This recipe is a tried and tested recipe. Substitute the ingredient/s only at your own risk.
- You can adjust the servings of this recipe in the “Recipe Card” and all the ingredients and their measurement will automatically adjust.