Chocolate-Cake-recipe

Chocolate  Cake Recipe

Chocolate Coconut Cake

I made this Chocolate Coconut cake with two most beautiful things Chocolate and Coconut. I found this recipe from a Facebook video and it is amazing.  I am not a professional pastry chef but to create a gorgeous layer cake you need to follow few tips and tricks. Lets start

Ingredients

Eggs 4
Sugar 1cup
Vegetable oil 1/4 cup
Flour 1cup
Chocolate powder 1 cup
Boiling water 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon
Baking soda 1and 1/2 teaspoon
A pinch of salt
For frosting
Sweetened condensed milk 2cans(790gms)
Butter 50gms
Dry coconut flakes 1 and 1/2 cup
Chocolate ganache 300gms
Dry coconut flakes for decoration

Directions

Take a mixing bowl, mix the eggs, sugar and oil.
Mix flour, chocolate powder and salt. 
Add the boiling water into the flour mixture and mix well.
Now add the egg mixture, vanilla essence and mix.
Add baking powder.
Fold gently.
Bake it in a preheated oven at 180C for 40mins.
In a saucepan add the condensed milk and butter.
Stir in medium heat constantly.
Now add the Coconut flakes and mix.
Allow it to cool and make the ganache.
For chocolate ganache melt semi sweetened chocolate and cream together.
Mix until smooth and glossy. Put it in the refrigerator to set for 10 to 15 mins.
Now when the cake is ready let it cool and cut it in half.
Apply the coconut mixture on the cake base and cover with the other part.
Cover the cake with the ganache.
Garnish with coconut flakes.

Have Chocolate Cake with coconut flakes….:)