'No Eggs,no butter, and you call this a chocolate cake'. This was my first thought when I came across this recipe.Chocolate cake is a cake flavoured with melted chocolate or cocoa powder.Rocket science!! :D
The main ingredient being the cocoa powder, plays a great role in the kind of colour and flavour, so just be sure to buy a good quality one.
One benefit of using oil, instead of butter is that the cake remains soft when refrigerated and has a character in itself.This cake has a very tender crumb and is goes excellently well with a hot cup of coffee.
Ingredients:
All purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Cocoa Powder - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 3 1/4 tsp (I ran out of Baking soda while baking it,if you are using baking soda,the proportion would be Baking Powder: 1 tsp and Baking Soda : 3/4 tsp)
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup
Warm water - 1 cup
Method:
1.In a large bowl, take the flour,cocoa powder,sugar and baking powder .Mix well until all the dry ingredients are combined.
2.Now add the vegetable oil and warm water and mix well until no lumps are visible.
3.Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 150 degrees centigrade.
4.Bake the cake for 30 minutes at 150 degrees centigrade on the centre rack.As I have a fan oven, so 150 deg centigrade was ideal ,otherwise increase the temperature by 20 degrees.
5.Check if the cake is done by inserting a skewer which should come out clean.
6.Allow it to cool, and serve with a hot cuppa.
Few weeks ago, I had read this quote in the Reader's Digest Magazine ; just could not resist mentioning it here...
' Lets face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people, and it does for me' - Audrey Hepburn
She was so right !!
If you stop by,please do to leave a comment.
The main ingredient being the cocoa powder, plays a great role in the kind of colour and flavour, so just be sure to buy a good quality one.
One benefit of using oil, instead of butter is that the cake remains soft when refrigerated and has a character in itself.This cake has a very tender crumb and is goes excellently well with a hot cup of coffee.
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| Chocolate Cake..how old fashioned!! |
Ingredients:
All purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Cocoa Powder - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 3 1/4 tsp (I ran out of Baking soda while baking it,if you are using baking soda,the proportion would be Baking Powder: 1 tsp and Baking Soda : 3/4 tsp)
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup
Warm water - 1 cup
Method:
1.In a large bowl, take the flour,cocoa powder,sugar and baking powder .Mix well until all the dry ingredients are combined.
2.Now add the vegetable oil and warm water and mix well until no lumps are visible.
3.Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 150 degrees centigrade.
4.Bake the cake for 30 minutes at 150 degrees centigrade on the centre rack.As I have a fan oven, so 150 deg centigrade was ideal ,otherwise increase the temperature by 20 degrees.
5.Check if the cake is done by inserting a skewer which should come out clean.
6.Allow it to cool, and serve with a hot cuppa.
Few weeks ago, I had read this quote in the Reader's Digest Magazine ; just could not resist mentioning it here...
' Lets face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people, and it does for me' - Audrey Hepburn
She was so right !!
If you stop by,please do to leave a comment.
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