Chocolate Cake ~ I ♥ it!!

A rich dark Chocolate cake is really really hard to resist.If given a choice,I would choose a slice of decadent chocolate cake over any dessert.I have come across very few people who dislike chocolate cakes.I would be glad to be in their company coz I can have their fair share too:)

I get quite a few mails asking me for eggless cakes and muffins recipes.They also want to know what I prefer,those with eggs or eggless ones.So here,let me spill the beans-I look for Eggless Cake recipes and bake them only when I am baking for Amma or ma-in-law.Though I don’t eat eggs,I do not mind having them in my brownies/cakes.I do not like the eggy smell in my cakes and many a times,beating the eggs well and adding good quality Vanilla extract solves the problem.Chocolate cakes usually don’t smell eggy because of the amount of chocolate/cocoa powder added but Plain cakes very often have that teeny bit of eggy smell which I somehow detect.

I like it when Eggless recipes give me great results and many of the cakes I baked here are eggless.

If you have no problems consuming eggs and are looking for a good cake recipe,I suggest you go for the ones which uses eggs. For plain cakes,yes-I wouldn’t mind an eggless recipe and would like to bake one-haven’t tried one yet.

So all you Chocolate lovers out there..this one’s for you.Rich,Chocolatey,Moist and Decadent Chocolate Cake.I got the recipe from here.


Chocolate Cake
Recipe courtesy Cacaoweb

Ingredients

All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cup [ 170 gms]

Unsweetened cocoa powder (dutched/dark)- 3 tbsps [ I used Cadbury]

Baking powder – 2 tsp

Salt – 2 pinches

Sugar – 1 cup [ 220 gms]

Vanilla essence – 2 tsp

Milk or water – ½ cup

Vegetable oil – ½ cup
Eggs – 2

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease/line a 9’[23cm] cake tin.
Mix flour,cocoa powder,baking powder,salt,sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.
Add milk/water,vegetable oil and eggs.
Mix everything together until smooth,either by hand or by using an electric mixer.
Transfer to baking tin and bake for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

For the frosting

Icing sugar – 2 cups,sifted

Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp

Butter – 90 gms,softened

Vanilla essence – 2 tsp

Mix together everything in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon till smooth.If the mix is too thick,you could add a few tbsp milk to ‘loosen’ it,but add only if required.

Assembling the Cake

Level the top part of the cake with a serrated knife and the cut the cake into 2 horizontally.Fill and cover with the icing.

One of the easiest cake I ever baked.As the original recipe is named,truly an easy cake to put across.I loved it that the recipe requires everything to be mixed together.Perfect for that sudden craving.But despite adding 2 tsp of baking powder,the cake did not rise much.I guess its got to do with the pan,the recipe asks to bake in a 9' pan whereas I think an 8' tin would have been sufficient.Though it did not affect the taste in anyway,the height of the cake was not so much to write home about.All in all a dark,moist chocolate cake-definitely on my bake-again list.