Eggless chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Last month we celebrated Pranav's 7th Birthday. We had a kids party at home. Since I have been baking various cakes for the past 1 year, I thought it would be great to make the birthday cake at home. I shared this idea with Srikanth and also told him that I need to practice one cake with the frosting a few days before the party so that I could feel better. But, he was not for the idea of "dress rehersal" and told me that it can't go wrong....."don't bother with the process twice".

My sister, Sree had also come 2 days before the party. So, I felt more confident and I must share that my friends gave me the required moral support.

After all the effort, I felt that someone was wispering that " hardwork always pays". Yes, the frosting eggless chocolate cake was definitely a hit especially among the kids and I was so happy to see Pranav telling his friends again and again that the cake was homemade..!

Definitely worth a try...

Eggless chocolate cake

Ingredients

Maida 3 cups

Sugar 5-6 tablespoons

Butter 100g

Milkmaid 1 tin

Baking powder 2 tsp

Baking Soda 1 1/2 tsp

Water 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence 1 1/2 tsp

Cocoa powder 3 tablespoons

Procedure

1. Mix milkmaid, sugar and butter in a mixie and keep aside.

2. Sieve all the dry ingredients 3 times so that they mix well.

3. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the milkmaid mixture little by little and add water and vanilla essence.

4. Preheat the oven at 180 Degrees Farenheit.

5. Greese the baking tray and pour the cake mix and bake at 180 degrees Farenheit for 35 to 40 mins.

6. Switch off the oven and keep the cake in it for another 10 mins.

7. Remove the cake from the oven and allow the cake to cool completely.

8. Carefully remove the cake from the try.

For the Frosting

Ingredients

Butter 1/4 cup

Cocoa 1/2 - 1 cup

Milk 1/3 cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Icing sugar 3 cups

Chocolate chips / Gems for decorations

Procedure
1 Mix butter and cocoa into a smooth paste.

2 Add the milk and vanilla essence.

3 Finally add sugar and mix it into a creamy texture.

4 Arrange the cake on the tray and spread the frosting on all the sides of the cake.

5. Using a spatula, even out excess portions of the frosting.

6. Transfer the frosting to the piping bag and with your imagination, make the necessary borders and designs.

7. Try if the required shape in flowing in easily through the piping bag on a plate before doing it on the cake.

8 If the frosting for the border is too thick, add butter and if it is too thin add icing sugar.

9. I made a small frosting mixture without cocoa and added some contrast.

10 Decorate with chocolate chips and do the writing too in the contrast colour so that it is cleasrly visible.

11 Refrigerate it so that the frosting set propoerly. You could remove the cake from the fridge about 1 hour before serving so that it is perfect.

12 Enjoy your wonderful creation and don't forget to workout for the next one month!