Rich Chocolate cake

Name: Rich Chocolate cake
Yield: 15 -20 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 245 g flour; 350 g ungranulated sugar; 75 g cocoa; 1.5 tsp baking soda; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 240 ml milk; 240 ml coffee; 120 ml cooking oil; 1.5 tsp vanilla essence; 226 g butter; Chocolate; 400 g icing sugar; 200 g butter; Chocolates (decorations)

Irene Auma @cook_16116757

Rich Chocolate cake

Irene Auma @cook_16116757

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Ingredients

15 -20 servings

245 gflour
350 gungranulated sugar
75 gcocoa
1.5 tspbaking soda
1.5 tspbaking powder
0.5 tspsalt
2eggs
240 mlmilk
240 mlcoffee
120 mlcooking oil
1.5 tspvanilla essence
226 gbutter
Butter cream
Chocolate
400 gicing sugar
200 gbutter
Chocolates (decorations)

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Steps

1

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. I.e. flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk using a manual whisk until mixed properly for 2 mins
2

Mix all the wet ingredients. Start by beating all the eggs in a bowl. Pour in the milk and whisk with a manual whisk. Pour the coffee and mix with the whisk. Pour the cooking oil into the mixture then whisk. Lastly, pour in the vanilla essence and whisk. All the above should take about 2 mins
3

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk for about 2 minutes
4

Pour the batter in the prepared tin (greased with batter and flour, for the cake not to stick) and put it in the oven to bake
5

To prepare the butter cream, melt the chocolates and put them aside to cool down. Beat the butter until pale, almost white in color. Add the sifted sugar, little by little as you whisk. Then add the melted chocolate to the butter cream and icing sugar mixture and whisk until creamy
6

Decorate the inside and the outside of the cake with the prepared butter cream