Month of May is full of birthdays and anniversaries of many of our friends and family.I had planned to make lots of stuff and send it across to Valli’s Mithai Mela,I guess this is the first time I’m missing an entry for that.
Though I’ve started cooking on a daily basis only few days back,I was struck with a sudden urge for cake-baking last night.I guess it happens when you read and stare and ogle at cake books[here,Sanjeev Kapoor’s Cakes and Bakes].I put the blame on my brother who celebrated his Birthday yesterday and said that I was making it for him;).
Devil’s Food Cake[As adapted from Sanjeev Kapoor's Cakes and Bakes]
Ingredients
Flour – 1 ½ cups
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Baking soda – 1 tsp
Butter – 60 gms
Powdered sugar – 1 cup
Eggs – 2
Cooking chocolate – 60 gms
Milk – ½ cup
Lemon juice – ½ tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Method
Preheat the oven to 180*C.
Grease/Line a 9 inch round cake tin.
Sift the flour together with baking powder,salt and baking soda.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time,beating all the while.
Melt the chocolate in half a cup of water,cool slightly and add to the butter-sugar-egg mix.
Add lemon juice,vanilla essence and milk.[the mix will look a little too liquidy at this stage,don’t panic,it will be alright once you add the flour].
Fold in the flour and beat gently until well blended.
Pour into the greased baking tin and bake for 35-40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Place on a wire rack to cool.
Slice and serve!!
Wow the chocolate cake looks sooo chocolaty and moist..mouth watering..hope you are doing better
ReplyDeleteWow,DELICIOUS.I too have that book,though I am yet to open it.Always buy such books and they remain in the shelf just like that.Hope you are okay by now.Take care
ReplyDeleteNobody can forget you :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the cake looks so loist and yummy.
Hee too may is full of b'days, which is not good at all for the waist line ;-)
Wow thats a gorgeous cake!
ReplyDeletelooks awesome..so moist and chocolatey!!missed your posts al these days..
ReplyDeleteJust looks delicious. Lovely blog.
ReplyDeletelooks yumm, i like cakes without cream and this one looks great indeed
ReplyDeleteBelated Birthday wishes to ur bro...lucky fellow to enjoy this one :-)
Cake looks nice soft and fluffy. Lovely click.
ReplyDeleteThe cake is super moist,back with bang!
ReplyDeletedelicious Slice..
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better now Divya. Cake looks delicious.
ReplyDeletelooks very yuumilicious!!!
ReplyDeleteglad to know you are better now and that there was someone to take care of you..it is the worst when u fall sick and there isnt anyone with you!
Nicely cut Divya..Looks very moist..
ReplyDeletethe cake looks lovely... I have to try it :-)
ReplyDeleteAm glad you're better now... I got back to Delhi a week ago... so I saww your mail when I was here.
Looks delicious...one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteHi Divya
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better now. The cake looks so moist :)
Hi Divya
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better now. The cake looks so moist :)