Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 3 cups cake flour; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/4 salt; 1 tsp bicarbonate soda; 1 cup sugar; 250 g butter, chopped; 2 cups water; 1/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted; 4 eggs beaten lightly; 2 cup heavy whipping cream (chilled); 1/4 cup icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Megline Adhiambo @cook_7666341

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Who doesn't love cake? I love it that's why I decided to cook it.

Megline Adhiambo @cook_7666341

Eldoret

Who doesn't love cake? I love it that's why I decided to cook it.

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Ingredients

2 hrs

4 servings

3 cupscake flour
3 tspbaking powder
1/4salt
1 tspbicarbonate soda
1 cupsugar
250 gbutter, chopped
2 cupswater
1/3 cupcocoa powder, sifted
4eggs beaten lightly
2 cupheavy whipping cream (chilled)
1/4 cupicing sugar
1 tspvanilla extract

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Steps

2 hrs

1

Preheat the oven to 350 (180 degrees). Grease the the baking pan and line the base with baking paper or light flour.
2

Mix water, sugar, cocoa, butter and soda in a medium saucepan.
3

Stir over heat without boiling until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 5 mins. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and let it cool.
4

Add flour and eggs to the bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale in color.
5

Pour mixture in a baking pan and bake for 50 mins or until the inserted toopick comes out clean. Cool for 10 mins
6

Turn top side side onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting
7

Chill the mixing bowl and beaters for about an hour.
8

Combine the icing sugar, cream and vanilla with an electric mixer in the chilled mixing bowl until the mixture is stiff. Do not over whip. Decorate cake as desired.