Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1. Powdered sugar (icing sugar) – 1 cup (note sugar has to be powered or it will burn)
2. Maida – ½ cup
3. Eggs – 2
4. Baking powder – 1 tbsp
5. Milk – ¼ cup
6. Vegetable Oil – ½ cup
7. Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp
8. Amul cream – 2 packets
9. Colour sprinklers – 1 packet
10. Chocolate syrup

Preparation:

Preparation of essence:

• Mix 2 tbsp of cocoa powder with 2 tbsp of icing sugar and keep aside

Preparation of batter:

• Sift maida with baking powder. Keep aside
• Beat eggs and sugar till the eggs turn fluffy and the mixture becomes more than double in volume. Add essence
• Add oil or butter to beaten eggs-sugar mixture in the bowl. Mix well
• Ideally keep on beating till your hands pain. If they don’t start paining check the clock, it should be ideally 45 minutes of beating.
• Fold in maida gradually till all the maida is used. Add milk to get a slightly thinner than a soft dropping consistency
• Grease a deep glass or ceramic bowl (microwave proof) with butter. (Melt the butter first else you won’t be able to grease). Pour the batter in it. Microwave uncovered for 4 minutes. Do not microwave for a longer time even if the surface of the cake does not feel firm and it appears wet after 4 minutes. Let it stand for 4 – 5 minutes. Let it cool for 8 – 10 minutes before removing from baking dish.

Dressing:

• Take Amul cream and hang it in a piece of porous cloth for 30 – 45 minutes
• Mix ¼ cup of icing sugar after extracting the cream. Mix well.
• Layer the cake with the cream
• Sprinkle with colour sprinkler & cocoa powder
• You can also use the cream to decorate by putting it inside a cone and make design using it.
• Also, you can buy a can of whipped cream (expensive though – 350/- to 550/-) and spray the cake with it
• Add chocolate syrup on the top as per taste.