Chocolate Or Nothing- A simple pure chocolaty delight

Chocolate is definitely a stress buster.. and for me it doubles up.. as much as I enjoy eating the same.. I enjoy making it too.. the aroma of chocolate is a sure shot turn on for me.. so here it is .. a simple and divine chocolate cake for chocolate lovers..

Ingredients:

15 heaped spoons flour

2/3 cup oil

1 cup castor sugar

3 eggs

1 spoon baking powder

A pinch of baking soda

3-4 table spoons curd

3 table spoons cocoa powder

1 spoon vanilla essence

Directions:

·      Sieve together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
·      In another bowl, add sugar and eggs and beat them till pale in colour and fluffy.
·      Add oil to this mixture followed by vanilla essence, beat a little more.
·      Now gently fold in the flour and cocoa cake mix in this batter.
·      Line a cake tin with baking sheet, grease lightly and pour the mixture into it, spread it out evenly using a spatula and then tap it against the stand to release any air bubbles.
·      Bake for 30-35 minutes at 170 degrees C or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
·      After the cake is done, let it cool for sometime, then remove and let it completely cool on a wire rack.

Ingredients for the Icing:

250 ml fresh cream

250 gms dark chocolate

50 gms milk chocolate

3 table spoons strawberry crush

Wafer sprinklers for garnishing

Directions:

·      Using a double boiler or microwave, melt the dark chocolate.
·      In a pan, take 250 ml fresh cream and bring it to a boil.
·      Add this cream in the melted chocolate and keep folding till it becomes a thick dropping consistency mixture.
·      Let it cool a bit.

Arranging:

·      Transfer the cooled cake to a turn table and cut in two equal parts from the centre.
·      Moist the cake with sprinkling some water on it.
·      Now spread the strawberry crush on the bottom half of the cake, then generously spread dark chocolate ganache on it.
·      Keep the top layer on cake and moist it once again with water, now cover the layer generously with chocolate ganache covering the sides as well.
·      Let it cool down a bit.
·      Now melt the milk chocolate either in microwave or on a double boiler.
·      Take a piping cone and fill it with the melted chocolate.
·      On a baking sheet, draw circular patters, or other patterns of your choice and let it set in fridge for about 10 minutes.
·      Once your patters are set, remove them lightly from the sheet and arrange them on your cake to decorate it.
·      Finally finish the border with some wafer sprinklers and you have yourself an irresistible chocolaty delight..