Checkerboard Cake

Name: Checkerboard Cake
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 120 gm All Purpose Flour; 80 gm Powdered Sugar; 100 gm Curd; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 50 mi Refined Oil; 100 ml Milk; 100 gm All Purpose Flour; 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder; 80 gm Powdered Sugar; 100 gm Curd; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 50 ml Refined Oil; 100 ml Milk; 150 gm Dark Chocolate Compound; 1/4 cup Cream; 1/4 cup Milk

Saumya Singh @cook_15308568

Allahabad

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Saumya Singh @cook_15308568

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Ingredients

Vanilla Sponge Cake
120 gmAll Purpose Flour
80 gmPowdered Sugar
100 gmCurd
1 tspBaking Powder
1/2 tspBaking Soda
1 tspVanilla essence
1 tbspVinegar
50 miRefined Oil
100 mlMilk
Chocolate Sponge Cake
100 gmAll Purpose Flour
3 tbspCocoa Powder
80 gmPowdered Sugar
100 gmCurd
1 tspBaking Powder
1/2 tspBaking Soda
1 tspVanilla essence
1 tbspVinegar
50 mlRefined Oil
100 mlMilk
Chocolate Ganache
150 gmDark Chocolate Compound
1/4 cupCream
1/4 cupMilk

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Steps

1

Preheat Oven / Pot.
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Take a round cake tin. Apply some oil and do the dusting with all purpose flour
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Take a bowl. Add oil, curd and sugar. Mix them well.
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Now add All purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder with the help of strainer into the bowl.
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Add Vanilla Essence. Now mix them all well by adding milk to it to make a consistent batter.
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Also add vinegar now and mix everything well.
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Cake batter is ready. Put it in the cake tin and tap it to remove any air in between the batter.
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Now if you bake in pot, put the cake tin for 35 to 40 minutes to make the cake and for 25 to 30 minutes in oven at 180 degree if baking in oven.
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Similarly make Chocolate Sponge Cake. The only change have to be made is that we have to add Cocoa Powder when adding All Purpose Flour in the bowl.
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After making both the cake let them cool for 2 to 3 hours.
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Make chocolate ganache with the help of double boiler method or by melting chocolate in microwave.
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Now add Cream and milk to the melted chocolate. Mix well and let it cool for some time.
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Now cut both the cake in two layers each.
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Now cut each layers in the form of ring with the help of a round cutter or by using small bowls. Rings should be of different size.
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Arrange all the rings in form of checkerboard.
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Now apply whipped cream on each layers of the cake and make a cake using all four layers in which the outer layer of 2 layers are chocolate and 2 are vanilla. Put them alternately to make a cake.
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Now cover the whole cake with the chocolate Ganache.
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Decorate the cake with strawberry.
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Now put the cake in refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours before serving.