Spongy chocolate cake

                                           SPONGY CHOCOLATE CAKE

INGREDIENTS

• 1   cup  –  maida /APF .
• ¾  cup  – Sugar. [powder it ]
• 2  –  fresh Eggs at room tempt . [ Egg can be replaced with milkmaid or curd]
• ½  cup  –  Milk. [room tempt ]
• ½  cup –  Oil (any  oil without odourless and colourless /even olive oil will do ) Instead  of oil u can use butter 150 gms.
• 1 ½ tsp –  Vanilla essence.
• 1 tsp –  Baking powder .
• 1 tbsp or 1 1/2 tbsp –  Cocoa powder.

PREPARATION

1. Preheat the oven   at 180* C
2. Sieve maida with baking powder + cocoa pwdr 2 – 3 times
3. Grease and dust cake tins .

METHOD

Beat the eggs well with an electric hand mixer till it doubles in volume and becomes light ,pale and fluffy . [3 to 4 times more in quantity ]

Then add sugar and beat until the mixture is creamy, now add milk + oil and Vanilla essence and mix well.

Add maida mixture and mix it using the cut and fold method. [ never beat the batter once the flour is added ]

Pour the batter in the greased and dusted tins .

Pop the moulds in the preheated oven .

Bake it in pre heated oven at 180 C * for about 30 – 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. [Check after 30  minutes.]

Remove the cakes from the oven, leave it to cool. [ 15 – 30 mins]

Run a knife around the edges of the ytin to loosen it from the sides .

Tap it and invert it on a plate .

Your cake is ready to serve .

Even while slicing ,the cake has to be cool .

Either you can serve it plain or top it with icing or chocolate sauce.

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FOR ICING refer to the recipes and video below :-

Cut the cake from centre , brush  sugar syrup ,layer it with whip cream and proceed as per the video . [click on the names below ]

1. For sugar syrup – Sugar syrup for cake
2. Icicng  How to do icing on cakes [ add a tbsp of cocoa pwdr to th ebeaten cream ]
3. Ganache – Ganache cake recipe

NOTES 

1. Once the batter is ready immediately bake it .
2. No overbeating of batter .
3. You can use saffola /sundrop oil or any oil without smell .

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