Saturday, April 16, 2011

Double Chocolate Cake (a surprise cake for my sweet hubby's b'day...!!)


For the cake:
Ingredients:
  • All purpose flour 1 1/2 cup
  • Warm water 1 cup
  • Cocoa pdr 1/2 cup
  • Baking soda 3/4 Tsp
  • Sunflower oil 1/2 cup
  • Vanilla essence 1 Tbsp
  • Distilled white vinegar 2 Tsp
  • Salt 1/2 Tsp
  • Sugar 1 cup
For Chocolate Ganache:
  • Dark Chocolate 200 gm 
  • Amul fresh cream 200 ml

Preheat the oven to 190 deg C. Grease one 8 inch pan and keep it aside. Mix warm water and cocoa pdr without lumps. Combine flour, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Then pour cocoa mix, oil and vanilla essence into it and beat well. Finally add vinegar. Transfer it into the greased pan and bake it for 30 to 35 mins. (It took 50 mins for me.) Bake and cool well. 

For preparing ganache, cut the baking chocolate into small pieces. Heat the cream until it starts boiling and pour it over the chocolate. Stir well and allow it to cool to room temp and refrigerate it. Pour it over the cake and slowly spread it using a spatula.


[Recipe Courtesy: Marthastewart.com and http://divyascookbook.blogspot.com]




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50 comments:

  1. Chocolicious and scrumpticious Cake.

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  2. Beautiful cake and I'm sure your hubby would have been so damn happy and surprised with this beautiful cake :) Its the first birthday as a dad na. So it will be even more special for him and the little one too :)

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  3. Yummy choco cake,nice color...Happy B'day and Happy Vishu....

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  4. oh tina adipoli superbb nalla dcoration

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  5. wow superb and very beautiful cake !! loved the decoration !! YUMMY YUMMY !!

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  6. Omg, cake looks extremely gorgeous,fabulous,stunning and elegant...Lucky Hubby...My birthday wishes to him..

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  7. Beautiful cake dear. and awesome decoration.

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  8. Wonderful cake dear.. yummy surprise for him ..

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  9. Yummy and delicious cake..beautiful decoration.

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  10. Yummm... this is well decorated!!! thank u for sharing!

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  11. The cake look awesome.And I am sure it tasted awesome too.

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  12. Absolutely delicious...looks too gud Tina

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  13. Cake looks awesome. Excellent presentation.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  14. Gorgeous and perfectly made and decorated looking cake... Birthday wishes to ur hubby and hope he would have felt elated and special seeing this...

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  15. Gorgeous and extremely well done, Piping work, marvellous.

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  16. Gorgeous cake. Belated birthday wishes to your hubby.

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  17. how sweet of u! And gorgeous cake!

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  18. wow! just realised no eggs and no butter!! Amazing!

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  19. Awesome cake dear! I'm sure the b'day boy will love this :) Happy b'day to your husband!

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  20. Wow! The cake looks awesome! Frosting is hard work...

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  21. Hey belated happy b'day to ur H.Cake looks superb...u r trruely artistic....loe the chocolate spread and the decoration

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  22. Tina, This looks too too too yummy dear! I am drooling here :) I bet your Hubby was totally happy with this treat :)))

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  23. Wow , this is a perfect cake , your hubby is lucky to have you.

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  24. deliciously baked cake. A perfect surprise for ur hubby

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  25. Beautiful and delicious cake..love your decoration and photos are gorgeous!

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  26. Wow what a gorgeous cake ..looks so so delicious with beautiful finish.

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  27. lovely lovely cake.. njaan angottu varattey? oru piece tharumoe? Wishing ur love a wonderful year ahead...

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  28. Wonderful cake dear.. yummy surprise for him ..

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  29. Absolutely beautiful cake, beautiful decorations too.., hubby must have fallen head over heals, that's definitely a surprise for him!, I have to try this..., My daughter would definitely love it.

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  30. wow irresistable Cake.......Looks Great

    http://www.panchamrutham.blogspot.com/

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  31. Thanks to all who wished me b'day....!! I must say, I'm the luckiest hubby around.... Else, would one be so lucky to receive a surprise such as this lovely Double chocolate cake, which I was longing to have for quite some time... I must really tell all the chocoholics that this was an absolute delight and couldn't actually stop having it once I cut the cake...:-)) As some of the readers noticed, it has NO EGGS and NO BUTTER which makes it all the more interesting to try it out and have it....!!

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  32. that looks absolutely divine...gosh so rich and decadent

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  33. lucky husband... shd be ur neighbor..

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  34. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOBLE.... :) Cake looks awesome Teenu... this icing i wl try for sure :)

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  35. ende tine....ethu entha ee kanunne....adipoli cake!!..Looks so beautiful and tempting..kandittu aa full cake akathakkan thonnunnu....your hubby is so lucky, convey my birthday wishes to him..

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  36. looks very professional. neat presentation and lovely decoration.

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  37. WOW, the cake looks marvelous!! I'm so in loving looking at the gorgeous decoration too, ha! Your hubby is one lucky guy, touch wood!!

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  38. Lovely looking cake. Nice recipe. Looks so good. YUM!

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  39. Awesome cake Tina.. did you use the same ganache for piping too? And birthday wishes to your hubby!!!

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  40. such an awesome cake..belated wishes to ur hubby! he is lucky to have u :)

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  41. Lovely tina, mindblowing decoration. I couldn't take my eyes off the cake. A very happy b'day to your Husband. Hezzz really lucky.

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  42. Gorgeous cake..belated wishes to Noble :-)

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  43. Ente Tina ee cake kandittu kothi aayittu vayya..Adipoli decoration!! Enikku vayya ethonnum kannan..Belated birthday wishes to your hubby..

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  44. De una blog a otro he llegado a este, me parecem maravillosas las recetas, las fotografias, en definitiva todo lo que pones, enhorabuena ;)

    In one blog to another I have come to this, methinks me wonderful recipes, photographs, ultimately everything you put, congratulations and greetings from Spain;)

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  45. hey..loved ur blog...the cake is yummy...could u pls tell me if bittersweet chocolate means dark chocolate...jus wanna knw...hope u will help..

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  46. Holy freaking..........!!! This looks absolutely stunning! I'm gonna make & blog about this very soon! :)
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    Kavi | Edible Entertainment

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  47. 1st time on ur space ............... I loved ur Chocolate Cake recipe will try it for sure ........... all the pictures & recipes r really authentic ..........Thank U for all the recipes ..............

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  48. This is first time on your blog......excellent recipe. Surely try it......

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