Eggless Chocolate Cake

CAKE!! an immediate reaction from me will be CHOCOLATE CAKE!!


CHOCOLATE being an aphrodisiac has many health benefits.Cocoa and Dark Chocolate help in reducing blood sugar and cholesterol. So dnt think about the calories and diet and go for a huge piece of a chocolate cake.
Here is a simple and tasty recipe tried, experimented from the original recipe by NITA MEHTA. Hoping you all will like it.

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Difficulty level: Low

Serves: 6

INGREDIENTS:

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Condensed Milk (Milk Maid)            ½ Tin

Cream / Milk                                    ½ Cup

Oil / Butter                                                  ½ Cup

Sugar (Powdered)                            ¼ Cup

Plain Flour (Maida)                          1 Cup

Cocoa Powder                                 ¼ Cup

Soda-Bicarb                                    ½ Tsp Level*

Vanilla Essence                               Few Drops

MOCHA GLAZE ICING

Cocoa Powder                               4 Tbsp

Butter (Softened)                           2 Tbsp

Sugar (Powdered)                          1 Cup

Coffee                                          1 Tsp

TO SOAK

Cola or any other flavoured drink or plain sugar water          ¼ Cup     

METHOD      

• Sieve maida with cocoa powder, soda-bicarb and baking power. Keep aside
• Mix together sugar and milk-maid. Beat the mixture well with a hand beater (For atleast 6-7 mins) or electric beater
• Add oil or butter to the mixture and mix it well.
• Add the milk or cream(preferably cream) along with vanilla essence.  Beat well for 3-4 minutes.
• Add the sieved Maida mixture gradually and slowly to it. Fold in the maida into the mixture gently. Beat this mixture for 3-4 minutes till the mixture is smooth and light (consistency be thick as well as drippy)
• Grease a Microwave proof dish with oil/butter and dust it with a bit of plain flour.
• Pour the chocolate batter into the dish.
• Microwave  it for 4 minutes 30 seconds. As a test to check if the cake has cooked thoroughly insert a skewer/toothpick/knife into the cake. If it comes out clean then the cake has cooked. If not give it an additional 30 seconds in the microwave.
• Let it cool. After the cake has come to room temperature topple the cake onto a plate.
• cut the cake in half and soak with cola   

FOR THE ICING

• Microwave 4 Tbsp water in a bowl for 1 minute. Add coffee and mix. Add the cocoa and butter to it and mix well. Return to the microwave and microwave it for 1 minute or till the butter melts.
• Gradually add the icing sugar or the powdered sugar and mix well
• Glaze the cake with icing. decorate it with walnuts/chocolate shavings/gems with whatever your heart feels at that moment.
• Refrigerate till the Glaze sets. Serve with ice cream 

HANDY TIPS
* Level means you take an entire tea spoon and then with your finger you reduce the contents in half.

1. Like me if you are not sure about your knife skills when it comes to cutting the cake in half here's a easy way, tie a thread across the cake and slowly pull it from one side. Be very careful while pulling the thread. To much force and the thread will break and the cake will not be cut to perfection. 
2. If you do not like chocolate then substitute cocoa powder with cornflour and voila!! you have an EGGLESS VANILLA CAKE.
3. For the topping for VANILLA CAKE you can melt strawberry jam in microwave using 2-3 tbsp of water and pour on the cake.

BON APPETIT