This weekend has been resplendent with celebrations for the wonderful win by our own Men In Blue – The elusive World Cup which has come back home after 28 years!!!! This has been a well deserved victory for the Indian Team and one cannot describe in words the elation that was running through every Indian who was part of this cricket craze over the last 6 weeks. One could not help but get sucked in the vortex of this celebration…It almost feels as if every one of us have worked hard and won it along with the Team Blue! This called for a special celebration along with the fact that this post co-incides with my 250`th…Yes I have come a long way…I am a regular at Ria` s wonderful website and I am amazed at the way she presents a very complicated baking dish with elan. It almost seems as if baking was in her blood! I loved this particular post of hers and was convinced this one was fit for the occasion!
INGREDIENTS:
Dry Ingredients:
1 1/3 Cup All Purpose Flour.
2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder.
1 Tsp Baking Soda.
1 Tsp Salt.
1 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar.
2 Tsp Folgers Instant Coffee Powder.( If its a brand like Bru tone down the coffee a bit as its very high in chicory content and slightly bitter)
Wet Ingredients:
2 Organic Eggs at room temperature.
3/4 Stick of Unsalted butter at room temperature. (Roughly 75 gms).
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence.
1/2 Cup Boiling Water.
1/2 Tsp Vinegar ( I ran out so never used it).
PREPARATION:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C and grease a 9 inch cake pan with some butter. Set aside.
- Dissolve instant coffee powder to the boiling water and mix it well. Add the cocoa powder mix again and set aside.
- Measure out the all purpose flour and add baking soda and salt , sieve and set aside.
- In the mixing bowl add the butter which is at room temperature and using the whisk attachment, cream it well until light and white.
- Now add the powdered sugar and beat well until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one by one and beat again until well combined.
- Incorporate the vinegar and the vanilla essence (Please look for ones that dont have any alcohol content) and mix it well.
- Now add the flour and the coffee-cocoa mixture alternatively , little by little combining it at low speeds in the stand mixer.
- At the end, you will see glossy cake batter which is well mixed and is very fragrant.
- Pour in to prepared tin, smoothen and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Various ovens function differently based on capacity, size and wattage. Mine took approximately 32 minutes.
- Gently ease out of the baking pan and allow to cool before frosting it.
EASY CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
INGREDIENTS:
1/3 Cup Butter softened and at room temperature.
1 cup Icing Sugar.
2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder.
2 Tsp Milk.
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence.
PREPARATION:
- To your mixing bowl add butter and beat well until its soft and white. Now add icicing sugar, cocoa powder dissolved in milk, and the vanilla essence and beat well until its creamy and of a spreading consistency.
- Using a spreader, frost the cake with the icing.
- I piped little circles on the top and added a little hershey chocolate drop on the top!
- Decorate with chocolate shavings.
Anubhavati -Tastes from my kitchen 
yummy o yummy!
Wow.. Looks so soft and delicious.. awesome clicks too.. thanks for the recipe 🙂
Indian Cuisine
Congratulations Shoba on the milestone post!!!! You said it, just am not able to get over the feverish cricket craziness yet….
The celebratory cake looks awesome:)
Wat a stunning and gorgeous looking cake, truly irresistible..
I had bookmarked this cake from her blog too..looks delicious..love the way you’ve frosted the cake!!
Shoba, the cake looks really good! Thanks for trying, it is one of our favourites!
Btw, yes, Baking is in my blood…ALL of us, in my family bakes 🙂
Mouth-watering pics !!!
Cake looks so so soft and yummy! Loved the fisrt click very much! Wonderful!
wow! we actually had another diwali over here..sweets where being distributed all over the country..not a single vehicle on the road!! :):)…AND this cake looks absolutely gorgeous! perfect for the occasion. Is there a substitute for eggs?
Hi Shoba,
Absolutely lovely cake. But why is it in Eggless cakes? But I think the intense chocolate flavor would mask the smell of egg. Keep up the good work.
Hi Shoba, I follow your blog and simply love your posts and pictures. Please collect your award from my space when u can.
Lovely pics and recipes… I see the traditional essence in every recipe… superb:)
Love to follow u…:)
Reva
@ Reva,
Thanks for the comments.
@Vk,
Thanks for the kind words….Shall visit your space and collect the award!
Shobha
@ arthy,
I meant to edit the category to include cakes per se…thanks for reminding me. there is absolutely no smell of eggs at all. Firstly I can never deal with that!!! Thanks for the cmments.
Shobha
@ Harichandana,
thanks for the comments.
@ Ria,
I do know tat your mom is your first inspiration…its amazing how you learn about a person from her blog!!! Thanks for those lovely comments.
Shobha
@ Vidya,
Thanks for the comment da…
@ Jyo,
I know it would have been a mini deewali celebration everywhere in India….As for the cake substitute…increase marginally the butter, add baking powder, and use applesauce, vinegar OR flax seed powder as a substitute.
Shobha
@ Divya,
thanks for the comments. Do try it and its so amazng to have…so chocolately and yet so simplistic.
@ Raks,
Thanks for the comments ma.
shobha
Lovely cake for an awesome victory. Nice pics. I should learn to make eggless cake from you.
Congratulations and wish you and your Blog a long and happy presence in the culinary world!!
The cake looks really nice- chocolaty n yum!
US Masala
Wow the cake looks to so tempting wish I could taste it too