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Tuesday 16 August 2011

Chocolate moist cake

It was my husband's birthday 2 days back and wanted to make a cake for him.So tried out this chocolate moist cake.It came out well.Except for the icing part, which I had to do in a hurry and when my husband was out, so did a chocolate one which I had prepared earlier...I have given the vanilla icing recipie preparation here which suits this cake well.. you could go with that...

This is an excellent recipie, and trust me you will never regret.





Ingredients

All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
Sugar - 2 cups
Hershey's Cocoa - 3/4 cups
Eggs -2
Buttermilk- 1 cup
Vegetable Oil- 1 cup
Vanilla Extract -1 1/2 tsp
Boiling Water - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 2 tsp
Salt -1 tsp

For Vanilla Icing

Powdered Confectioners Sugar - 1 1/2 lbs /24 oz
Butter - 1/4 Pound Stick softened
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Milk - as required to get the right consistency for icing.
Pinch of Salt


Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and dust with flour 9 x 13 inch pans and set aside.
Blend all the ingredients into a mixing bowl until all ingredients are blended well and smooth.Pour the mixture into the cake pan.
Bake it for 1 hr or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.

Preparing White Vanilla Icing

Place the powdered sugar, softened butter, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add a little milk and 
mix at high speed until it becomes smooth and creamy.
Frost the chocolate cake with Vanilla icing or frosting  of your choice, however vanilla fristing is recommended.

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