The Best Ever Chocolate Cake
 
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The one and only recipe you'll ever need to make the perfect chocolate cake ever! This cake is really easy to make, comes together in one single bowl, is super moist and has the perfect amount of chocolate. Nothing can top this!
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Makes: One 9" Cake
Ingredients
  • For the cake:
  • Flour (maida), 1½ cups
  • Caster sugar, 1½ cups
  • Cocoa Powder, ¾ cup
  • Baking powder, 1½ teaspoon
  • Salt, ½ teaspoon
  • Eggs, 2 large
  • Buttermilk/whey, ¾ cup
  • Warm water, ½ cup
  • Vegetable Oil, ¼ cup
  • Vanilla Extract, 1 teaspoon
  • For the ganache frosting:
  • Dark/milk Chocolate, 200 grams
  • Fresh Cream, 200 grams
  • Butter, 2 tablespoons
  • For the topping:
  • Almond flakes (or chopped almonds), ½ cup
Method
  1. Prepare a 9" round tin by greasing it melted butter. Add a tablespoon of cocoa powder to it and move it around so it sticks to the sides. Once the tin is prepared, set it aside to be used later.
  2. Preheat oven at 180 degrees celsius.
  3. In a large bowl, add flour, caster sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Use a whisk to properly mix everything.
  4. In the same bowl add room temperature eggs one by one. Add one mix it in and then add the next.
  5. Next, add warm water, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract to the same bowl and mix everything using an electric whisk for at least a couple of minutes or until a smooth batter comes together.
  6. Pour the batter in your prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes at 180 degrees celsius in a preheated oven.
  7. Check for doneness by inserting a wooden skewer or toothpick in the centre of the cake. If it comes out clean with a few crumbs your cake is ready, if it has wet batter on it bake for a few more minutes and check again until done.
  8. Let the cake cool down completely before frosting.
  9. Chop chocolate very finely and put it in a glass bowl. Next, heat the double cream over medium heat and let it come to a mild boil. Once hot, pour it over the chopped chocolate. Let it sit for a few minutes.
  10. The heat from the cream will melt the chocolate but make sure you chop the chocolate finely enough for that to happen or use chocolate chips.
  11. Add in the butter and mix that in using a spoon. Once you have a smooth and glossy ganache, you can start frosting your cake with it.
  12. Pour the ganache over the cake (cake sure it has cooled down completely) and start spreading it evenly on the sides and top. Next, take a fist full of almond flakes and stick it on the sides. The frosting will hold onto them.
  13. Let the cake cool down in the refrigerator (make sure you cover it or it'll absorb the odour from the refrigerator). Serve when ready!
Recipe by Sugar & Spice by Radhika at https://sugarnspicebyradhika.in/the-best-ever-chocolate-cake/