Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and whipped cream icing

Name: Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and whipped cream icing
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 &1/2 cups self raising flour; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp instant coffee; 1 &1/2 cups icing sugar; 4 large eggs at room temperature; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp chocolate essence; 6 tbsp butter /magerine; 1 & 1/4 cups milk

Baraka M Glory @cook_glory

Mombasa, Kenya

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

#authormarathon

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

#authormarathon

Baraka M Glory @cook_glory

Mombasa, Kenya

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

#authormarathon

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

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Ingredients

1&1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tspsalt
1 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspbaking soda
2 tspinstant coffee
1&1/2 cups icing sugar
4large eggs at room temperature
2 tspvanilla essence
1 tspchocolate essence
6 tbspbutter /magerine
1& 1/4 cups milk

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Steps

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Assemble all your ingredients
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In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda and instant coffee
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In a another bowl, mix together icing sugar and butter until smooth and fluffy.
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Add in vanilla and chocolate essence and mix, then add in the eggs one at a time as you continue to mix.
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Add milk and the dry ingredients in 3 portions, beginning and ending with milk.
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Bake in a 175°C preheated oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
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Place the cake on a cooling rack to cool completely then cut it into two equal pieces
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Put a generous dollop of whipped cream frosting on one piece and even it out. Then place the other pieces on top.
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Pour the ganache on the cake and ensure the cake is completely covered.
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Decorate with frosting as desired
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The inside should look like this... Enjoy!

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Baraka M Glory @cook_glory

on January 05, 2019 18:07

Mombasa, Kenya

I'm an adventurous cook, I love experimenting in the kitchen.A passionate foodie.I love good food.Cooking is fun and relaxing, I often tell my loved ones that for me cooking is therapeutic. It fills me with a great calmness.To see more of my recipes link to @cooking_withg on IG and barakazkitchen on FB.