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Chocolate cake

Here comes the rich and moist chocolate cake recipe, which is very simple to prepare and can stay fresh for 3-5 days.Which you can use as a base for most of the cakes.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Course: Cake, Dessert
Cuisine: International
Servings: 8 Slices

Ingredients

  • 1 & ¾ cup All purpose flour/Maida/Plain flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • ¾ cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon Instant coffee powder
  • 1 cup Boiling water
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Milk
  • ½ cup Sunflower oil
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  •  Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line 8inch cake tin.
    2.Take a bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.Then add sugar to it and mix everything well.
    3.Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract and using an electric whisk, beat the mixture until smooth and well combined.
    4.Mix instant coffee powder to the hot boiling water and stir well and keep aside.
    5.Add the coffee water to the batter, a little at a time, until smooth. (The cake mixture will now be very thin.)
    6.Pour the mixture into the greased tin and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely, before decorating.
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