My first post...a simple moist chocolate cake..

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This is my first post ever... I never had a blog before, though I have been following 'n' number of blogs all relating to cooking, baking, photography, etc..I love foood and I love to cook.Am ofcourse an amatuer cook who just love trying any kind of recipes which I come across, for my little family and my friends..

I baked a chocolate cake this morning and it was so so easy...its eggLESS and butterLESS..Can you beat that?? Oh no!! Am not conscious about the calories. I had this baking pang and was out of eggs and butter and had very little oil. Was just searching for a recipe without these ingredients and came across this one. This recipe called for just 1/4 cup of oil.Yeah, this is a situation I come across ever so often. Am sure you might have gotten a fair idea about my house keeping skills.

I had to share this recipe with my friends..I had opened an account in blogger long back, but never got to actually start posting. Better late than never, isn't it. So here we are.. my easy chocolate cake recipe...

I came across this recipe in sharmispassions   Thanks Sharmi!

Please go through the link above. It will give you a fair idea as its a step by step picture presentation. I tweaked the recipe here and there and halved the measurements as it was my first trial. 

The ingredients for the easiest chocolate cake ever are:  

Simple Moist Chocolate Cake

 

 

Flour - 1 1/2 cups

Cocoa - 3 Tbsp

Baking soda 3/4 tsp 

Baking powder - 1/4 t sp

Granulated sugar - 1 cup

chocolate chips - 2 tb sp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Water - 1 cup

Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp 

Lemon juice / Vinegar - 1 tbsp (I used vinegar)

Oil - 1/4 cup (I used a mix of Rice Bran Oil and Olive oil). Can use any Vegetable oil.

Method:

In a bowl, mix water, essence, sugar, vinegar/lemon juice and oil. Mix well till sugar dissolves completely. Keep aside.

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Line the cake tin with butter paper. Grease and dust with flour.   

Sieve flour, baking soda, baking powder, coco powder and salt 3 times.

Once its sieved, add one half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients .

Gently mix in one direction. Now add the rest of the flour mixture  and mix very gently in one direction until no lumps are formed.

Add half  the chocolate chips and gently mix it. The batter will be runny. Do not panic.

Now the batter is ready to be poured into the cake tin. Top it with the remaining choco chips.

Bake the cake at 180 deg C for 25-40 minutes. My cake was ready in 25 minutes (I used a loaf tin and had halved the mixture). Check with a tooth pick to see if it comes out clean. 

Cool the cake completely before taking it out of the pan. It took around 15 minutes. Take the cake out carefully and cut into pieces. 

Impression

It tastes really awesome for a cake which does not have egg, butter and a lot of oil in it. 

Its a tasty chocolaty moist cake and its easy on the tummy too..Just give it a go..