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How to make a Chocolate Cake

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Chocolates they say are a girl's favorite(second to Diamonds, *winks).
This recipe is my special recipe for those who love to have a sweet indulgence.
Hope you try it out! Enjoy reading.






CHOCOLATE CAKE (Fudge cake)

Prep time: 20mins                     Cook time: 1hr 10mins                       Total Time : 1hr 30mins

Ingredients
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup Butter
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 1/3 cup Full cream milk
  • 1 tbsp Dutch-processed unsweetened  cocoa powder (see my previous post "the science of baking: concluding part" to learn more about this)
  • 1 tbsp Browning
  • 1/3 cup mashed Peanuts (optional or skip if you are allergic to nuts)
  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 1 Egg 
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence 
 Procedure:  Preheat your oven/pot (see my post on "how to bake a cake without an oven" for directions) to 180 degrees Celsius. In a bowl sieve flour and all the dry ingredients and set aside. In a separate bowl mix butter and sugar together in an electric mixer on high speed for 5mins or until creamy and pale-white.Reduce the speed of the mixer to medium and add eggs, oil, vanilla and milk to the mixture. Once it is well mixed, fold in your dry mixture and mix until well incorporated. Add the browning and then the mashed peanuts until very well mixed.
  Grease and line a 6 by 4-inch baking pan and put in the oven. Cook for 1hr then check for doneness. If not well cooked leave for another 10mins. Set on a cooling rack and when cool decorate with your chocolate frosting or skip frosting.  Cake tastes best days after the first day.

Hope you enjoyed reading this and found it helpful! Try it out and post your comments on how yours turned out.
 

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