Basic Chocolate Cake

 


Started baking but don’t know where to start from? We bring to you simple, easy and moist basic chocolate cake made without egg, butter and condensed milk. Give this recipe a try and let me know in the comments how it turned out.

 

INGREDIENTS:

*Curd- 3/4th cup

*Sugar- 3/4th cup

*Vanilla extract- 1 tsp

*Oil- ½ cup

*Maida- 1.25 cup

*Cocoa powder- 1/4th cup

*Baking powder- 1 tsp

*Baking soda- 1/4th tsp

*Salt- 1 pinch

*Milk- 1/4th cup

 

PROCEDURE:

*In a large mixing bowl, add curd, sugar and vanilla extract and whisk until all the sugar dissolves.

*Now add oil and mix well.

*Let it rest for 10 mins.

*In another bowl sieve together all the dry ingredients.

*Now add the dry into wet ingredients in batches.

*Now add milk.

*Mix using the cut and fold method.

*Do not overmix as it will lead to a dense cake.

*Now pour the batter into a greased and lined tin.

*Bake this cake in a preheated kadhai for 40 mins [ low flame]

*After baking, let it cool completely.

*Drizzle some sugar syrup on the cake.

*I decorated this cake by pouring chocolate ganache on it.

Chocolate ganache recipe:https://5star-kitchen.blogspot.com/2020/10/chocolate-ganache-recipe.html

*You can be creative and decorate your cake the way you want.