Eggless Chocolate Cake

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.