Chocolate Cake Recipe | Zarnak Sidhwa

Dry Ingredients:

• Flour 1 cup
• Caster sugar 1 cup
• Cocoa powder ½ cup
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Baking soda 1 tsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Coffee powder 1 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

• Oil ½ cup
• Hot water ½ cup
• Cold milk ½ cup
• Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
• Egg 1

To Serve:

• Chocolate sauce to serve
  Or
• Chocolate ganache to serve

Method:

1. In a bowl sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and coffee powder.
2. Keep aside. In another bowl whisk together ½ cup oil and ½ cup hot water till well blended.
3. Let it cool down a bit.
4. Once cool add the milk and vanilla essence.
5. Mix well.
6. Add the whisked egg.
7. Now gradually mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk them together.
8. Pour it in a greased and lined tin.
9. Bake it for 35-40 minutes at 180 degrees C or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
10. Smother some chocolate ganache/sauce if you want to or you can eat it like this.