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Black Forest Cake
Time Taken : 15-30 mins
Ingredients:
For the cake:
175g - all purpose flour (maida)
100g - powdered sugar
25g - cocoa powder
1 tsp - chocolate essence
1 tsp - soda
1/2 cup - refined oil
Salt, a pinch
1 cup - curd
For the filling:
8 - Arrowroot biscuits
2 tbsp - mix fruit jam
1 tbsp - sugar
1 tbsp - refined oil
For icing:
200g - icing sugar
100g - white butter (home-made)
100g - drinking chocolate
Method
For the filling:
Mix biscuit powder, jam, sugar and refined oil and warm it slightly.
For the icing:
Keep little plain butter aside. Beat the butter and icing sugar till soft. Add chocolate powder and mix well.
For making the cake:
Time Taken : 15-30 mins
Ingredients:
For the cake:
175g - all purpose flour (maida)
100g - powdered sugar
25g - cocoa powder
1 tsp - chocolate essence
1 tsp - soda
1/2 cup - refined oil
Salt, a pinch
1 cup - curd
For the filling:
8 - Arrowroot biscuits
2 tbsp - mix fruit jam
1 tbsp - sugar
1 tbsp - refined oil
For icing:
200g - icing sugar
100g - white butter (home-made)
100g - drinking chocolate
Method
For the filling:
Mix biscuit powder, jam, sugar and refined oil and warm it slightly.
For the icing:
Keep little plain butter aside. Beat the butter and icing sugar till soft. Add chocolate powder and mix well.
For making the cake:
- Sieve maida, powdered sugar and soda together at least three times.
- Add refined oil, curd and essence and mix it well.
- Beat it in one direction for 15 minute and keep this batter aside.
- Take a cake tin and grease it with butter.
- Put butter paper according to its size and dust with flour.
- Now put the batter in the cake tin and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 C/350 F for 45 minutes.
- After one hour of removing it from the oven, cut the cake horizontally through the centre.
- Take the first part and put the filling and keep the second part over it.
- Spread the icing mixture equally on all sides.
- Decorate it with plain butter.
- Makes cake of approx. 1&1/2 pounds