Wednesday 15 February 2012

the ultimate chocolate cake



Hope you all had a great Valentine's day with your loved ones.I baked this out of the world ultimate chocolate cake for this day and it turned out simply divine .Looking at the picture below you must be wondering its deadly dark but I must tell you its deadly delicious. And as I am writing this I can't resist myself from getting up and grabbing another piece of cake from the refrigerator...O God this cake is irresistible !!!!



Without much ado I'll share the recipe with you so that you can also go crazy with this scrumptious cake !!

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup All purpose flour
2 cups Sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp salt 

1 cup Yoghurt
1/2 cup Oil
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
3/4 cup Coffee(3/4 cup water mixed with 2tsp of instant coffee powder)

Method 

Preheat oven to 180 C.Sift the flour,baking powder,baking soda,cocoa powder,sugar and salt into a bowl and mix until combined.In another bowl combine yoghurt,oil,eggs and vanilla extract.Slowly add the wet ingredients to  the dry .Beat well.Add coffee and stir well to combine.(coffee should be at room temperature). Pour it into greased cake pan and bake it for 35-40 minutes(until cake tester comes out clean) at 180 C.Icing is optional ,I used  chocolate butter cream frosting and strawberries.
Enjoy this YUMMY cake with your loved ones.







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11 comments:

  1. Charu, what a cake have you made, gal!! This is insanely moist, and I loved the coffee chocolate flavor here...so decadent, so spongy...u rock!!
    Thanks for linking this to 'Cakes, Cookies and Desserts'. I'm super excited with this entry of yours. :)
    I'm looking forward for more of such tempting recipes to get linked from you. :)

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  2. Cake is looking so moist and awesome.Wonderful presentation!!

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  3. wow im loving the colour of the chocolate cake..looks yum

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  4. Ahhhh....this is terrrrrrrrrrrrribly tempting..;P

    Tasty Appetite

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  5. what a deep brown color the cake has got. I guess it should be from the coffee. Yummy & so tempting charu. Thanks a ton for linking it to the event.

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  6. Nice clicks and the cake looks terrific. Thx for linking to the event.

    Vardhini
    Event: Sweet Luv
    Event: Strawberries

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  7. thanx everyone for such great comments....
    @ anjali:thnx for such inspiring words dear!!!!!!

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  8. Cake looks delicious,luv the frosting to,o..

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  9. I'm not a big fan of strawberries but your cake really entice me to make it and it definitely looks delicious.

    Regards,
    Haley McAdams
    Food Safety Certification

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