Chocolate Cake for Birthday

Name: Chocolate Cake for Birthday
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5-6 persons
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 120 gms flour; 6 eggs(room temperature); 30 gms cocoa powder; 1 tsp Chocolate essence; 1.1 /2 tsp Baking powder; 150 gms Castor Sugar; 12 large marshmallows; 1/4 cup water; 500-700 g icing sugar; vegatable shortening for greasing cornflour to dust

Maria Shujaat @MariaShujaat

Karachi

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Maria Shujaat @MariaShujaat

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Ingredients

1 hour

5-6 persons

For Cake:
120 gmsflour
6eggs(room temperature)
30 gmscocoa powder
1 tspChocolate essence
1.1/2 tsp Baking powder
150 gmsCastor Sugar
For Fondant
12large marshmallows
1/4 cupwater
500-700 gicing sugar
vegatable shortening for greasing cornflour to dust

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Steps

1 hour

1

For cake: Preheat oven on 180.Grease a 12 inches pan.now sift flour with baking powder and cocoa.
2

Separate egg whites and beat till soft peaks form.Add sugar and yolks and beat till the mixture become fluffy and creamy.Now gradually add flour in batches and folding between each addition.
3

Add essence.use spatulate or wooden spoon for folding.fold till no streaks of flour remain in the dough.
4

Now pour the batter in greased pan and bake for 20 minuts.Let the cake cool in room temperature.
5

For fondant: Grease microwave safe bowl with little shortening or butter, add marshmallows and water.
6

Microwave at 30 sec intervals stirring in between with greased wooden spoon till completely melted.
7

Add half sugar and need
Grease hands well before kneading.
8

Keep adding sugar till not sticky..should have a little pull to it but not be super strechy.