Chocolate Cake

“STRESSED” spell backwards is “DESSERTS” so here’s presenting delicious delight of chocolate cake layered with ganache to make bakery like cake at home which will be a complete stress buster from your everyday routine. This chocolate overload cake with rich chocolate sauce is nothing less than a magical treat to your taste buds.

Try out our new recipe and feel bliss in every bite.

Ingredients

• 100 gm all-purpose flour (maida)
• 2 tsp cocoa powder
• 100 gm butter
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 gm condensed milk
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp chocolate essence
• Sugar syrup

Chocolate Icing

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 4 cups dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp butter

How to proceed

• Sieve the dry ingredients i.e flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, powdered sugar and baking soda together in a bowl twice.
• Add essence, condensed milk, butter and milk to the above mixture and mix it well.
• Grease the baking tin generously with ghee (clarified butter)
• Place the batter in the tin and bake it at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
• In order to make the cake soft and moist, add the sugar syrup in between when you cut the cake in parts.
• Heat the sugar till it dissolves in water and allow it to cool completely.
• Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.
• Unmold the cake from the tin.

Chocolate Icing

• For chocolate icing, heat cream in a pan and switch off the gas before it starts boiling.
• Pour this cream over the crushed dark chocolate and also add butter for extra shining.
• Mix it well and allow it to rest for 3 to 4 hours.
• Cut the cake so as to level it.
• Coat the second layer with sugar syrup.
• Cover the second layer with chocolate icing
• Use a pallet knife after putting it into hot water.
• Repeat the same process for the second layer of cake.
• Before you perform the final finish, set the cake for 10 minutes in freeze.
• In order to get the shine back of the ganache, heat it for 10 seconds in the microwave and apply it over the cake.
• Heat the ganache for another 30 seconds and pour it over the cake.