Friday, December 29, 2006

Dark Chocolate Cake [Eggless]


Here is a recipe which i had prepared for my hubby's birthday this holiday.Well it came out so good i thought of sharing In this holiday occasion


Ingredients:
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All purpose flour -1.5 cup
Sugar - 2 cups+2 tbsp
Baking powder -1.5 tsp
Baking soda - 1.5 tsp
Cocoa powder -3/4 cup
Coffee powder -1.5 tsp
Oil - 1/3 cup
Milk - 1 cup
salt - 1 tsp
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Hot water - 1 cup
Cool wip - 1 cup
Chocolate grates - 1/2 cup
Chocolate sauce - 3-4 tsp

Methods:
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1.Seive all the dry ingredients and keep aside.
2.Then take all the dry ingredients in a food processor and add oil,a nd other wet ingredients and mix properly.
3.Then add vanilla extract and blend it.Here i have added coffee powder for extra richness of teh chocolate .Even vanilla also enhances the chocolate flavour and gives a rich colour to it.
4.Grease a baking pan with enough butter and then dust it with the flour and por the batter to it until it fills 3/4 of the pan.
5.Pop it ina 345 deg pre-heated oven for 45 mins or until the tooth prick pricked comes out clear.
6.Allow it to cool for 1 hrs.Then slice it into thin slices.
7.Layer it with cool whip and freshly grated chocolate
8.Make a thick layer of cool whip and drizzle it with chocolate grates and hot chocolate sauce forming strings.Fresh or canned cherries also can be added for the topping and even layering.
9.Tastes even better if chilled.

18 comments:

Arun Narasimhan said...

mmmm... yummy.. looks really gud...

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Thanks Arun for visiting my blog and posting the comment. You are very true.. it just tastes yummy !!

Seema Bhat said...

wow, this looks real great. Will try it sometime soon.
Seema

Anonymous said...

Soumya,this recipe and your muffins recipe is the same isn't it?

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Hi seema.Do try this out.It tastes really good.enjoy.

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Hi Anonymous.Yup most of the ingredients are same .But taste here is still better because of the icing and the garnish with chocolate sauce and grated nut chocolate

Lakshmik said...

Hi Saumya

Thanks for the recipe. I am surely going to make it soon.

Vinutha said...

wow, this can give a tough competition to the pastry's and cakes we get at safeway...

TNL said...

Wow, thats eggless? Love that...and it looks so moist!

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Hi lakshmi,
Thanks .Its really great and tastes so good eventhogh its without egg,Well give a try and do tell me how good it tastes?

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Hey vinutha,
Yup it will i suppose.Can give a try.Thanks for posting such a wonderful comment

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Hi trupthi,
Yup its really moist and remains the same for atleast 10 days when kept in fridge ina closed container.

Seema Bhat said...

Soumya,
Thanx a bunch for this lovely recipe. Thumba soft and fluffy aydu aatha . Rajja seevu kadamme heli aathu but other than that we loved it. I will soon post it in my blog thanking you aatha.
Love ya

Anonymous said...

Sowmya, Thanks for a wonderful recipe. I tried it out yesterday but was a failure. It didnt come out properly. Felt sad.
Top it was bit heard, but below it s soft. Taste has come out good.
May be temp of 345F is high in my oven. What do you suggest??

--Deepa

Priyam Goyal said...

hi... i usually make cakes with condense milk and have never tried without it but am tempted to try looking at the outcome of your cake.

Anonymous said...

soumya i want u 2 post my comment n let me knw wre i went wrng!

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

well anonymous.
there might be some problem with your raising agent.
did you check and measure your b.soda and powder properly?????

Shweta Singh said...

hey Soumya..this looks awesome and delicious too...will try this soon......keep posting.