Prep time 30 min | Cooking time 20 min |
Cousine / Course Sweet | Servings 8 |
Ingredients – Cake
- मैदा / Maida / White flour – 1.5 cup
- मीठ / नमक / Salt – 1/4 tsp
- बेकिंग पाउडर / Baking Powder – 2 tsp
- बेकिंग सोडा / Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp
- Cocoa powder – 1/2 cup
- Butter – 1/2 cup
- साखर / शक्कर / Sugar – 1 cup
- अंड / अंडा / Egg – 2
- दूध / Milk – 1.5 cup
Making Cake
Preparing Cake batter
- Sieve flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder together and mix well, keep aside
- In another bowl take soft butter whisk butter for a minute, add sugar little at time whisk both together for 3-4 min, once mix gets fluffy and light add one egg, whisk again until egg incorporate and mix gets light repeat for another egg
- Add milk to mixture little at time and whisk so that all ingredient mix properly
- Now add flour in 3-4 batches, use fold and mix method to incorporate dry and wet ingredients together
- Now again add remains half cup milk in cake batter little at time and mix well
- chocolate cake batter is ready
- Take three 7 inch diameter and 2 inch deep metal cake tin grease with butter and place parchment paper at the bottom to avoid sticking the cake Note : instead of three cake tin single 7 inch diameter and 5 inch deep tin can be use
- Pour equal amount of batter to all three tin, spread evenly, tap cake tin to remove air bubbles
- Preheat oven on 350 degree Fahrenheit/ 175 degree celsius
- Keep all three cake tin in oven and bake for 16-18 min
- Check cake by inserting toothpick in cake, remove cake tin, let it cool for 5 min
- remove all three cake and let them cool completely on wire rack
- Once cool down remove parchment pepper and cut dried side(edges) of cake
Ingredients – Chocolate milk
- Chocolate – 2 tbsp
- दूध / Milk – 1 cup
- साखर / शक्कर / Sugar – 1 tbsp
Instruction – Chocolate milk
- Take Mixing bowl add 2 tbsp chocolate chips and 1 cup hot milk, mix well
- Add 1 tbsp sugar mix well
- Chocolate milk is ready keep a side
Ingredient Cake Filling
- Chocolate chopped pieces – 1/4 cup
- अक्रोड / Walnut chopped – 2 tbsp
- खोब्र / नारियल / Dry Coconut grated – 2tbsp
Cake Filling
- Mix chopped chocolate chips, walnut chopped and grated coconut, filling ready
Ingredients – Chocolate Ganache
- Chocolate Chips – 3/4 cup
- Heavy fresh cream – 1/2 cup
Chocolate Ganache
- In microwave bowl add chocolate chips microwave them for 30 sec and mix well, if needed repeat until chocolate chips melts
- Now add fresh cream mix well and refrigerate for 30 min before using
- Chocolate Ganache is ready, keep a side
Ingredients – Chocolate icing
- Chocolate chips – 1/2 cup
- Heavy fresh cream – 2 cup
- साखर / शक्कर / powdered Sugar – 1/4 cup
Instruction – Chocolate icing
- In mixing bowl add chocolate chip and warm 1/2 fresh cream, mix well to dissolve chocolate completely
- Now add remaining heavy cream and mix well
- Refrigerate icing mix for 1-2 hours
- After 1-2 hours whip mix using electric whisker, start with low speed once its thicken increase speed add sugar little at time in between till it becomes light and hard peak forms
- Chocolate icing is ready
Cake Assembly
- Keep cake board or plate on surface, apply some ganache on middle
- Place one cake on board, pour some chocolate milk with spoon on all over first cake layer
- Fill piping bag with chocolate icing, Apply icing on cake by using piping bag, spread evenly
- Sprinkle some cake filling on top of chocolate icing
- Place second layer of cake on top of that
- Pour some chocolate milk, and apply a layer of chocolate icing
- Sprinkle some cake filling on top of chocolate icing
- Place third layer of cake on top of that, again pour some chocolate milk
- Apply icing and cover side and top of cake, make sides and top smooth by using cake spatula
- Apply thin border of icing at bottom of cake and stick marshmallow on that
- Now, pour chocolate ganache on top-edge of the cake, let it flow to bottom on some places
- Decorate the cake with some icing flowers and marshmallows
- At center write a message of your choice in the middle with icing, since this is new year eve, I wrote “Happy 2021”
- refrigerate cake before serving
Tips
- Using 3 cake pans gives even cake layers
- If you like, you can add vanila essence to cake batter
- Refrigerated icing and cake if icing is runny
- Perfect for birthday, anniversary, celebrations
How to serve
- Keep cake refrigerated for best taste
