Chocolate cake #Authormarathon #chocolatebakingcontest

Name: Chocolate cake #Authormarathon #chocolatebakingcontest
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 1kg
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 400 g all purpose flour; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa; 11/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 200 g sugar; 200 g margarine; 4 eggs; 2 drops vanilla essence; 1 cup milk

Harriet Kisali @cook_13279155

Kakamega, Kenya

I did this cake for a client and I decided to try on stripped cream frosting for the first time and I love the result....

Harriet Kisali @cook_13279155

Kakamega, Kenya

I did this cake for a client and I decided to try on stripped cream frosting for the first time and I love the result....

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Ingredients

1 hour

1kg

400 gall purpose flour
1/2 cupunsweetened cocoa
11/2 tspbaking powder
1 tspbaking soda
200 gsugar
200 gmargarine
4eggs
2 dropsvanilla essence
1 cupmilk

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Steps

1 hour

1

Heat oven 180 degrees
2

Grease and dust baking tin(s)
3

Whisk sugar and margarine to pale and fluffy
4

Add in eggs one by one as you whisk then finally add in vanilla essence. Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda and unsweetened cocoa then fold into the egg solution in portions as you alternate with milk until the flour is fully mixed in to gain a dropping batter consistency. Remember, do not over mix the batter.
5

Pour into the baking tin and bake for 45-50 minutes. When ready remove from oven and let it cool for a while before frosting. Now you can frosting.....