Recipe: Chocolate cake
Type: Dessert
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 35 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Serves: 4-5 people
Dry Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour - 1 cup
- Cocoa powder unsweetened - 5 tbsp
- Baking soda - 1 tsp
- Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt -1/8 Tsp
- Brown sugar - 3/4 cup
- Coffee powder - 1 Tsp
Wet Ingredients:
- Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup
- Curd - 1/4 cup
- Milk - 1/4 cup
- Hot water - 1/4 cup
- Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Note:
- All ingredients should be at room temperature for good results.
- Use appropriate measurement cups for good results. The measurement cups I use here are US standard measurement.
- If brown sugar is not available you can use any white powder sugar
Preparation:
- Grease a 6'' cake pan with oil and line it up with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180 deg/ 350 F for 10 -12 mins
- Sieve the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix it uniformly.
- In boiling hot water add coffee powder and keep ready.
- In a mixing bowl add curd and sugar beat them until the sugar melts. Then add Oil, milk, coffee mixture, vanilla essence mix it nicely.
- Now start adding the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches and mix it with an electric mixer for 2-3 mins. Do not over mix the batter.
- Pour the batter into the greased pan. Tap the pan gently so that there will be no bubbles form in the cake
- Bake it in an oven for 25- 30 mins. Please keep an eye on 20-25 mins and check if it's done. Start checking after 25 mins by inserting a toothpick if it comes clear then it's done otherwise keep it for more 5 mins until it comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and rest it in the pan for 6-7 mins until the cake became a bit warmer, gently run the knife around the edges of the pan and unmold the cake onto a wire rack. Let it cool completely.
- Serve the cake with vanilla ice cream or chocolate syrup and enjoy with your loved ones.
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