RECIPE #5 Chocolate Cake

CHOCOLATE CAKE ...

I really am a foodie and when it comes to chocolate and its recipes , my mouth waters . And I love eating cakes but most of the outside cakes contain various nasty ingredients like vegetable fat , emulsifiers , artificial colours and flavourings . And also due to the lockdown , I am a lot interested in making various recipes . I used amul 90% bitter chocolate for this recipe. This recipe contains egg so non egg eaters can use curd , butter or buttermilk instead. This cake is a melt in a mouth along with DIY ganache .You will just love this recipe .

INGREDIENTS :

FOR CAKE

1.5 cups refined wheat flour , pinch of lemon juice and salt , 3 eggs , 1/4 cup oil , some milk, 1 tsp baking

powder ( flat) , bitter chocolate 1/2 , 1 cup sugar , 1/2 tsp vanilla essence .

FOR GANACHE

2 small chocolates or 1/4th cup chocolate ( milk) , 2 tbsps milk and 1/2 tsp oil.

PROCEDURE :

In a double boiler , add the bitter chocolate in a bowl and let it melt and add a pinch of cooking oil. After melting , stir it properly and it should be in molten form.

In that bowl only , add the wet ingredients - eggs , oil ,vanilla essence , lemon juice and sugar with molten chocolate and give it a good mix as all the ingredients should be blended properly .

In a cooker , remove the gasket and whistle and add some salt , sand or water and also a stand in it . Let it get preheated for 10-15 minutes till you mix all the cake's ingredients .

Add the dry ingredients like refined flour , soda , salt and powder and mix it with cut and fold method . Add milk as per need and the batter should be in pouring consistency .

Now , in another vessel , grease with oil and sprinkle some flour . Add the batter and pat it twice . Put that vessel in the preheated cooker and close the lid . Let it get baked for 20-30 minutes undisturbed.

After that , prick it with a toothpick / knife and see if it is cooked or not. If it comes clean , then it is cooked . Then remove it from the cooker and let it cool .

Remove the upper surface as it is hard and will give a burnt taste .

Now in a double boiler , in a small metal bowl , add 2 tbsps of milk , 1/2 tsp oil and 1/4 cup milk chocolate and melt them . Then mix them and make a ganache . It should be in a molten state .