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Chocolate Cake with the Best Chocolate Frosting Ever

Recipe submitted by Aarthi

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You all know that I love chocolate...This cake is the proof of how much I love chocolate,This one is completely chocolaty..The frosting I made is one of the best frosting ever.It is rich and creamy and yummy..The cake itself is a very moist cake,because of the amount of liquid that goes into this..The batter of the cake should be watery,that what makes the cake very moist

Ingredients

Flour-1 ¾ cup
Sugar-2 cup
Cocoa-3/4 cup
Baking powder-1 ½ tsp
Baking soda-1 ½ tsp
Salt- ½ tsp
eggs-2
Milk-1 cup
Oil-3/4 cup
vanilla essence-2 tsp
Boiling water-1 cup
For frosting:
Unsalted butter-2 cup
Chocolate-100 gms
Cocoa-1/2 cup
Icing sugar-1 cup
Boiling water- ½ cup
vanilla essence-1 tsp

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180° C(350 F)...
In a mixing bowl sift in flour,sugar,cocoa,baking powder,baking soda,salt together.
In a separate bowl mix eggs,milk,oil together.
Pour wet ingrediants in the dry one and mix well.Add in vanilla essence...Pour in boiling water and mix well.
Divide this mixture in two prepared tins(Tins that are buttered on the bottom as well as sides and floured on all sides) and bake in the oven for 30-35 min or until the cakes are cooked.To check insert a skewer in the cake,the skewer should come out clean.
After the cake has been cooled,remove onto a wire rack and let it cool completely..
For Frosting:
Melt chocolate in a double boiler until completely melted.
Add hot water into cocoa and mix that well.let both the chocolate and the cocoa mixture cool completely...
In a mixing bowl beat together butter and icing sugar till creamy..Add in vanilla essence and beat well..
Now add in the cooled chocolate and cocoa mixture to the butter mixture and beat well...This icing will be glossy and very chocolaty..
Now take the cooled cake and add a good amount of icing in the middle and cover it with other cake...Add some more icing on the top and cover the entire cake with this icing.
If you wish you could decorate the cake with chocolate shards or sprinkles..Slice and serve..

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For step by step pictures check this: http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/2011/05/chocolate-cake-with-best-chocolate.html

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Preparation Time: 20M

Cooking Time: 40M

What do you think?

Charlie15 August 2011

Just re-read and see everything thing there I need to make this. Must have been some tired when I read it the first time

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Charlie15 June 2011

What is your chocolate cake recipe? Sure looks moist and gooey.

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