“Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate cake is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain!” When it comes to cake, it has to be chocolate.
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 45 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cup sugar Powdered
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Butter
- 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Chocolate essence
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 cup Almonds - (blanched)
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Instructions
- First blanch n peel the almonds and keep aside. For blanching , boil the almonds in water for 5-6 mins and let them cool. After the almonds are cooled peel off the skin and keep them aside.
- Now grease and dust 6" cake pan and Pre heat the oven to 180 C.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa together.
- Now in a large bowl beat the butter and sugar nicely until it turns thick and well combined.
- Add 4 eggs gradually, keep beating the mixture till it turns fluffy.
- Add 1 tsp chocolate essence and mix the batter well.
- Now slowly add the dry ingredients into the sugar n egg mix and fold in slowly with a spatula.
- (Do not over beat the mixture)
- Pour the batter into the greased & dusted baking tin.
- Decorate it with blanched & pealed almonds.
- Bake in a hot oven at 180 C for 35-40 minutes
- Check the cake by piercing a tooth pick inside. If it comes out clean, your cake is done. Else bake it for another 5-10mins till a toothpick comes out clean.
- Once the cake is baked, put it on a wire stand and let it cool.
- Cut into your desired shape n slices. Serve with high tea or indulge 'just like that'!
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