WHOLE WHEAT CHOCO CAK E
Generally maida is used fpr making cake but this recipe of cake is made with whole wheat flour . It is simple and the cake comes out very well with the simple icing over it . I got this recipe from my daily news paper in which there was a artiical about a persian lady who has made her home in South delhi only and is famous for her cake . Her friends always wait for this cake eagerly in their get togethers . According to her this recipe she got from some friends mother , and she has modified and added some more ingredients . The most important is whole wheat flour .
COOKING TIME 1 hour
INGREDIENTS
Whole wheat flour [ atta ] 2 cups
sugar 1. 5 cup
oil [ any cooking oil ] 3/4 cup
Cocoa pwd 1/4 cup
boiling water 1 cup
curd 1cup
eggs 2
baking soda 2 level tsps, salt a pinch
For the icing
sugar 1 cup
cocoa pwd 1/2 cup
butter [ amul or any ] 1/2 cup , pinch of salt , [ a shot of rum or whiskey . It is said that it makes the taste better but I have not used it ]
METHOD
- In the vedio I have taken half the quantity of the ingredients as I wanted to make smaller cake.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees . Seive atta , baking soda and pinch of salt .
- Take curd in room temperature and whisk it to make creamy .
- Boil 1 cup water and mix with cocoa pwd withou any lumps . Add pinch of salt .
- Add sugar [ pisi ] and oil and whisk well for 1 minute . Add eggs one by one and whisk well .
- Now alternately mix atta , cocoa and curd to the sugar egg mixture , taking spoonfuls each at a time one by one .Fold all these very well , making the batter little runny .
- Coat baking tin with oil and dust with atta . Pour the mixture in the tin and bake for 25 - 30 minutes in a preheated oven .
- After 35 -30 minuyes take out the cake to cool .
- now for making icing , add 1 cup sugar , 1/2cup cocoa pwd , 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup milk . Put on gas and when it starts to boil on low meduim gas , turn off the gas . [ you can add rum or whiskey after switcthing the gas
- Cut the cake horizontly after taking out from the tin . Coat the icing in the centre , on top and on the sides when it is hot .
ENJOY WHEAT FLOUR CHOCO CAKE [ YOU CAN ENJOY IT WITH VANILLA ICECREAM ALSO ]