Dark Chocolate Cake
By: Nabanita Dutta
Published: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 6:51am

Ingredients




Ingredients for cake-
1 cup flour
1 cup powdered brown sugar ( you can also use normal sugar)
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 tsp Cocoa Powder
2 eggs
1 tsp instant coffee powder
1 tsp chocolate syrup
Few drops of Vanilla Extract
Ingredients for Chocolate Ganache-
100 gm Dark Chocolate slab
100 gm Butter
1 Tbsp Fresh Cream

Preparation

1 Method for Ganache- 2 Double boil the dark chocolate and butter together. Mix them well once melted properly. Mix the cream and mix well. Let it cool. 3 Method for the cake- 4 Pre-heat the microwave convection in 180 degree C. 5 In a deep bowl mix all the ingredients and whisk till you get the smooth and consistent batter. 6 Grease a cake tin and pour the batter. 7 Bake for 40-45 minutes ( mine took exactly 40 minutes). 8 Assemble the cake- 9 Let the cake cool down completely before you take it out from the cake tin. 10 Pour the ganache on it. Decorate it with colored vermicelli, colorful candy, toffee or anything you want. 11 Let it set for 10-15 minutes before serving.

About

Easy to make, yummy to taste and beautiful to look. As I always believe when nothing works, baking definitely does and when you see your cake making others smile, that is a great feeling for sure. All it takes is 1 - 1.5 hr to get this cake ready.