CHOCOLATE CAKE (My first dish in my Blog:);))

Hi everyone,

This is the first recipe which i'm gonna post in my Blog. I really have no clue how to start but i'm sure i'll get good feedback from you all.

Let me start with a sweet dish and one of my fav tooo.....

Yes it is My Fav Chocolate Cake:):)

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup boiling water
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Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
• Grease and flour nine inch round pan
• In a large bowl , stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda
• Add the eggs, milk, oil, vanilla extract,  mix for 6-8 mins on medium speed of mixer .
• Stir in the boiling water and the batter will be thin.
• Bake for 25-30 mins in the pre-heated oven, until cake tests done with the toothpick. Cool in the pan
• Divide the cake by cutting it horizontally.

Ingredients for Chocolate frosting

• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 8 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons  milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

• In a bowl, sift together the confectioners' sugar and cocoa, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth, then gradually beat in sugar mixture alternately with milk. Blend in vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy. If necessary, adjust consistency with more milk or sugar.
• Divide the frosting into 3 portions. Use the 1/3rd of the portion to the inner layers of cake and 1/3rd to the top of the cake and the other 1/3rd for the side wall of the cake.

Serving Suggestion

Whipped cream or Vanilla ice-cream (I used Vanilla choco-chip ice-cream)

NOTE:

If u want a big cake, grease 2 0r 3 round pan and can bake it at the same time

For frosting instead of confectioners sugar, i use Icing sugar.