CHOCOLATE CAKE
INGREDIENTS
- Unsalted butter 175 gm
- Caster sugar 275 gm
- Eggs 2
- Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
- Sour cream 1/2 tsp
- Flour 200 gm
- Cocoa powder
- Hot water 125 ml
FOR SYRUP
- Cocoa powder 1 tbsp
- Water 125 ml
- Caster sugar 100 gm
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C and line tin.
- In bowl, beat together butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream and essence till smooth.
- Fold in Flour, bicarb and cocoa, with a rubber spatula along with pouring boiling water.
- Pour this butter into prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes.
- Put cocoa, water and sugar into small saucepan and boil for 50 minutes till sugar caramelizes and syrup has a really dark thick consistency.
- Cool cake on cooling racks and till in its tin and pierce with a cake tester.
- Then pour syrup as evenly as possible, till all has been absorbed in .
- Let cake become completely cold and then remove from tin.
- Sprinkle grated chocolate and serve.