Creamy Chocolate Cake

             This Chocolate Cake is for my daughter, Safa who celebrated her 6th birthday today…

Ingredients:

150 gm butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs
4 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 3/4 cup plain flour
3/4 cup yoghurt
1/2 tsp baking soda

For Frosting:

125 gm dark chocolate
125 gm milk chocolate
2 tsp butter

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degree celicius. Grease and flour the baking pan and keep it aside.
  2. Mix cocoa powder with little water and make a paste. Keep it aside.
  3. In a bowl, add butter and powdered sugar and beat well until creamy.
  4. Add eggs and beat well. Then beat in cocoa paste and vanilla essence.
  5. Then slowly add plain flour and yoghurt-baking soda mixture ( Baking soda and yoghurt should only be mixed just before this step ) and mix well. 
  6. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 35- 45 minutes. Cool completely the cake before frosting…
  7. To prepare frosting,  add dark chocolate, milk chocolate and butter in a bowl and melt it by double boiling method (placing the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water) or in a microwave. Pour the frosting over the cooled cake and spread evenly … Cut and serve…

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