Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 250 gm butter; 1 cup sugar; 4 eggs; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1 cup buttermilk (mala); 2 cups flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Christine Siteyi @cook_9391262

Chocolate was once referred to as food for the gods. Indeed it is.

Christine Siteyi @cook_9391262

Chocolate was once referred to as food for the gods. Indeed it is.

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Ingredients

250 gmbutter
1 cupsugar
4eggs
1/2 cupcocoa
1 cupbuttermilk (mala)
2 cupsflour
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 180 degrees
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Grease baking tin and dust with flour
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Mix the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy
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Add eggs and mix well
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Add the cocoa and mix well
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Add buttermilk (mala) alternating with flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Mix well until well combined
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Pour into baking tin and bake for 50-60 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean
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For the chocolate cream
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200 gm butter
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2 cups icing sugar
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1/2 cup cocoa
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2 tbls milk
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Soften the butter with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy, add milk, 1 tsp vanilla essence, milk and icing sugar
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Mix well until well combined and there are no lumps
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For ganache
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Melt dark chocolate and pour some heavy cream and mix well
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Pour over cake