It’s
almost the end of our summer holidays and I am dreading the thought of morning
rush and busy weekdays. The summer here has already ended and it almost feels
like autumn with grey skies and rain, but I am glad that we had a good summer
this year which helped me in not missing India badly as we usually go home
during this time of the year. We went for a coastal holiday to Cornwall and had
a good break there. It was a perfect holiday in every sense and then came my little
sister and family from Ireland. We are busy taking them in and around London and days
are flying. She is still here and I have few more days to enjoy before we all
get back to our routine J. Onam ( Kerala’s
festival) is around the corner and this time we are going to prepone it a little
bit and have a family Onam before my sister leaves. I will try and post few recipes which I cook for our sadhya/feast before Onam.
I
made this cake for a group of friends celebrating their friends birthday ( how
sweet ) and it was a last minute request so even though I couldn’t do justice
to the look of the cake I got a good feedback
for the taste which is what matters after all J.
Ingredients ( for cake)
Maida / All Purpose flour
- 225 gm / roughly 2 cups
Baking powder - 1/2
tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
Boiling water - 250 ml
Unsalted butter (softened
)- 125 gm
Vanilla extract - 2
tsp
Dark muscuvado sugar -
100 gm ( tighly packed 1/2 cup)
Caster sugar - 150 gm
( 1 1/2 cup )
Eggs - 2 large (at
room temperature )
Method
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and keep it aside.
- In a bowl measure cocoa powder, dark brown muscuvado sugar, boiling water and whisk. Keep it aside.
- Cream butter and sugar until soft and creamy.
- Beat one egg at a time and beat well ,add a tbs of sifted flour and beat for few seconds, break the second egg and beat well.
- Add vanilla extract and beat.
- Add the rest of the sifted flour and beat.
- Finally add the cocoa mixture and fold in.
- Pour the batter into two 8 inch greased cake tins and bake them in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for 30 minutes.
Ingredients for
frosting
Whipping
cream/ Fresh cream – 600ml
Icing
Sugar – 4tbs or as per your sweetness
Vanilla
extract – 1tsp
Method
Whip
everything together in a bowl until soft peaks are formed.
Assembling the
cake
Place the first
layer of cake on cake board and spread the frosting on top, place the second
layer on top of it and repeat the same and also on the sides and then decorate
it with fruits of your choice.
8 comments:
looks very beautifully and neatly baked and decorated...love the contrast colors..
tempting cake,lovely one..:)
Grand and lavish looking cake. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
such an amazing cake just love it.. so colorful
such an amazing cake just love it.. so colorful
Beautiful cake dear....... Like the way you present it!!
Actually am searching words to tell how beautifully you have frosted this cake, damn attractive, enjoy ur vacation with ur sister.
Here the vacation is over and we are back to the busy routine. I saw the pics on fb with your sis. Enjoy!!!
Nothing beats the combo of freshly whipped cream frosting with some fresh fruit.
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