Ingredients:
Flour: 2 cups.
Cocoa powder: 1/2 cup.
Baking Soda: 1 1/2 tsp .
Salt: 1/2 tsp.
Butter: 1 stick (100 gms)
Sugar: 2 cups.
Eggs: 2.
Vanilla: 2 tsp.
Warm water: 1 cup.
Buttermilk: 1/2 cup.
Boiled Frosting:(Martha Stewart's boiled chocolate frosting)
Butter: 1 stick (100 gms)
Cocoa powder: 1/4 cup.
Cream: 1/2 cup.
Vanilla extract: 2 tsp.
Powdered sugar: 2 cups.
Method:
Please bring all ingredients to room temperature and preheat oven to 180 degree C. Butter and flour the pan and keep aside.
Cream butter, then add 2 cups of sugar and cream well. Add 2 eggs and cream again. Add vanilla extract and salt and cream again for a minute.
1.Add 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
2.Add 2 cups of flour.
3.And the baking soda.
4.The buttermilk; (no buttermilk at hand, no problem....just pour 1/2 cup milk into a cup and add 1 tsp vinegar to it...mix and let it stand to curdle...your homemade buttermilk is ready.
5.And lastly the warm water. Note: If the batter is very thick, add warm water accordingly.
6.Mix, mix, and mix....then pour the chocolate goodness into the greased baking pan.
7.And bake...at 180 degree C for 35-40 min....if you are baking in an 8 inch pan...then you need two pans and more baking time.
8.While the temptress is in the oven, lets make the frosting. Into a sauce pan, add the butter, cocoa powder, and cream and mix well and bring it to a boil, stirring all the while...preferably in medium heat.
9.Remove from heat add vanilla and powdered sugar.
10.And whisk, whisk, and whisk...until you get this!! let it stay for a while, until the cake is out of the oven.
11.Allow the cake to cool down a bit.
12.Then poke it all over .....my kids were having fun....they had no school today, because of heavy rain...and so was in the kitchen!
13.Now pour the warm holy goodness....(give the batter-pan to the kids...its their reward)
14.Get the cake drenched in the chocolate goodness....since my kids call this cake "celebration cake" celebration what??? no-school-celebration ha!....I sprinkled some sprinkles....just for fun...you can top it with chocolate chips, chocolate sprinkles...anything!
Flour: 2 cups.
Cocoa powder: 1/2 cup.
Baking Soda: 1 1/2 tsp .
Salt: 1/2 tsp.
Butter: 1 stick (100 gms)
Sugar: 2 cups.
Eggs: 2.
Vanilla: 2 tsp.
Warm water: 1 cup.
Buttermilk: 1/2 cup.
Boiled Frosting:(Martha Stewart's boiled chocolate frosting)
Butter: 1 stick (100 gms)
Cocoa powder: 1/4 cup.
Cream: 1/2 cup.
Vanilla extract: 2 tsp.
Powdered sugar: 2 cups.
Method:
Please bring all ingredients to room temperature and preheat oven to 180 degree C. Butter and flour the pan and keep aside.
Cream butter, then add 2 cups of sugar and cream well. Add 2 eggs and cream again. Add vanilla extract and salt and cream again for a minute.
1.Add 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
2.Add 2 cups of flour.
3.And the baking soda.
4.The buttermilk; (no buttermilk at hand, no problem....just pour 1/2 cup milk into a cup and add 1 tsp vinegar to it...mix and let it stand to curdle...your homemade buttermilk is ready.
5.And lastly the warm water. Note: If the batter is very thick, add warm water accordingly.
6.Mix, mix, and mix....then pour the chocolate goodness into the greased baking pan.
7.And bake...at 180 degree C for 35-40 min....if you are baking in an 8 inch pan...then you need two pans and more baking time.
8.While the temptress is in the oven, lets make the frosting. Into a sauce pan, add the butter, cocoa powder, and cream and mix well and bring it to a boil, stirring all the while...preferably in medium heat.
9.Remove from heat add vanilla and powdered sugar.
10.And whisk, whisk, and whisk...until you get this!! let it stay for a while, until the cake is out of the oven.
11.Allow the cake to cool down a bit.
12.Then poke it all over .....my kids were having fun....they had no school today, because of heavy rain...and so was in the kitchen!
13.Now pour the warm holy goodness....(give the batter-pan to the kids...its their reward)
14.Get the cake drenched in the chocolate goodness....since my kids call this cake "celebration cake" celebration what??? no-school-celebration ha!....I sprinkled some sprinkles....just for fun...you can top it with chocolate chips, chocolate sprinkles...anything!
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