Best Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake is soft and moist, it tastes divine.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 2 tsp instant coffee powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup + 2 tsp maida
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 6 walnuts
- For the ganache :
- 1 cup fresh cream
- 2 cup dark chocolate
- 2 teaspoon butter
- For garnishing :
- cashew pieces
- choco chips
Instructions
- Take oil in a bowl.
- Mix coffee powder in quarter glass of water.
- Grate chocolate.
- Put coffee mixture, chocolate gratings, vanilla extract and lemon juice to the oil.
- Put some milk and mix it well.
- Sieve maida, baking powder and soda together.
- Mix them together. Add little milk if needed, the batter should be of medium consistency. Break the walnuts and put them into it.
- Pre-heat the microwave oven for two minutes.
- Grease a tin.
- Pour the batter.
- Microwave it for five minutes on High, reduce the temperature, and again put it for three minutes. Once it is done, check, the inserted tooth pick should come out clean.
- Keep it in the microwave for sometime.
- Spread the ganache with a knife. Recipe for ganache is below.
- Decorate with cashew pieces and choco chips.
- To make the ganache :
- Take cream in a pan, warm it. Add the chocolate and butter, cook it for three minutes. Chocolate ganache is ready. Keep it in the refrigerator for sometime.
Notes
- Any other oil may be used.