Chocolate cake

Introduction:

Chocolate cake is supposed to be the most delicious dessert. It's most popular in children but now a days elder persons also enjoy it a lot. So let's make chocolate cake at home today and satiate the taste buds with the sweet aroma of chocolate.

Ingredients:                                                                              

Refined flour(maida): 2.5 cups

Powdered sugar: 2.5 cups

Baking powder: 2.5 tsp

Coco powder: 5 tsp

Butter: 180 gm

Fresh eggs: 4

Vanilla essence: 6-7 drops

Dark chocolate: 30 gm

Preparation time: 1 hr

Cooking time: 32 mins

Method:
First of all take the flour, baking powder and coco powder together and sieve it 5 times. Keep it aside. Sieve the powdered sugar. Let the butter to melt at room temperature. When it is soft, mix the butter in sugar and beat thoroughly to have a fine mix. Now break the eggs and separate the yolk and white. Beat the yolk and white separately till the mixture becomes frothy.
Now mix the egg white into butter and sugar mixture. Beat again in one direction. When you get a smooth paste, add egg yolk. Beat again.
Double boil the dark chocolate. It means place a bowl of water on flame. Allow it to boil. Now put the chocolate in another small bowl and place the bowl into the boiling water bowl and let the chocolate melt.
Now slowly slowly mix the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Continue beating to avoid lumps. Add small small quantity at single time. Continue beating the mix.Add the melted dark chocolate and vanilla essence and beat for 10  mins in one direction.
Grease the cake tin with butter.Preheat the cooker or oven. Place the mixture into the tin and then allow it to bake for 32 mins in cooker on low flame.
Put off the flame after the time. Check the cake with knife. If it is done, allow it to get cooled. turn the cake tin upside down for the cake to come out. Sprinkle powdered sugar with help of a filter evenly on the cake surface or decorate it with icing cream.
Delicious chocolate cake is ready.

TIPS:
1. The cake can be cooked in pressure cooker with the help of the method described in earlier post.
2. You can add different kind of nuts in the batter to make a tasty chocolate nuts cake.
3. If you don't get dark chocolate at the store, use bournville or similar kind of dark chocolate. Avoid using dairy milk or similar kind of sweet chocolate into the cake.
4.Measurements matter a lot while preparing the cake. So follow the recipe strictly.
5. If you are abking the cake in oven, preheat the oven at 180 degree C for 10 mins and then bake the cake for 30 mins at 160 degree C.
6. There are so many ideas for decorating the cake. Use differnt kind of icing and fruits to decorate it.