Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients

Cake:
3 cups All-purpose flour
2 cups Castor sugar
½ cup Cocoa powder
2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Salt
¾ cup Vegetable oil
1 tsp Vanilla essence
2 tsp Vinegar
2 cups Cold water

Topping:
2 cups Thick cream
2 ½ cup Semi-sweet cooking chocolate (chopped)

Method

1. In a large mixing bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients.
2. Now to this mixture of dry ingredients add the oil and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the essence and vinegar. Mix well
4. Add cold water gradually stirring continuously.
5. Now pour the mix into a greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
6. Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or until done.
7. While the cake cools completely you can prepare the topping for the cake.
8. For the topping, in a saucepan, heat the cream on medium heat. Do not allow it to boil.
9. Now add the chocolate pieces and mix thoroughly till you get a uniform mixture of cream and chocolate. Pull off the stove.
10. Once the cake has cooled completely cover it completely with the topping.
11. Save a quarter of the topping mixture and put it in a piping cone. With the help of the piping cone, decorate the cake with the design of your choice such as flowers or any random design.

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