INGREDIENTS
Milk ...................... 1 cup
Sugar .................... 1 cup
Refined flour ........ 1 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder ....... 3 tbspn
Baking powder ...... 1 tspn
Soda ...... 1/2 tspn
Vanilla extract ...... 1/2 tspn
Oil ...... 3 tbspn
Lemon juice ..... 1 tbspn
RECIPE
- In a mixing bowl take milk (room temperature) & sugar. Stir till sugar dissolves.
- Sieve all the dry ingredients thrice.
- Add flour mixture in milk 2-3 tbspn at a time. Keep mixing thoroughly.
- When the mixture is smooth add vanilla essenceand oil. Mix nicely.
- At last add lemon juice. Mix one more time.
- Pour in lined baking dish. Tap nicely to remove air bubbles.
- Microwave in high power for 5 mins.
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- Chop 100 gms of dark chocolate into small pieces.
- In a pan add 1/2 cup cream . Let it boil.
- Add cream in chocolate. Make sure chocolates are dipped nicely in cream.
- Leave for one minute.
- Stir with a whisk till it comes together and all the chocolate melts.
- Let it cool for 2 minutes before decorating the cake.
BUTTER ICING
- In 1 tspn butter add 2 tspn icing sugar.
- Mix nicely till it becomes a smooth paste.
CAKE ASSEMBLE
- Once the cake is cool cut it into two equal halves.
- Apply ganache on the lower layer first and then put the other half on top of it.
- Apply a thick layer of ganache on this layer also. with the help of a spatula spread ganache smoothly.
- Apply ganache on sides of the cake also.
- For the spider web design on top of the cake, fill piping bag with butter cream, draw a regular spiral starting from the center of the cake.
- Starting in the middle, use a tooth pick or a knife to draw lines at regular intervals towards the edge.
- Wipe the knife or tooth pick after every stroke so that the lines remain clean and regular.
- Chill the cake for 1-2 hrs before serving.
