Chocolate Moist Cake 4 June Babies

Cake

Ingredients:

150g Butter

300g Brown sugar

2 Eggs

200g Boiling Water

45g Cocoa powder

250g Plain flour

1tsp Baking soda

½ tsp Baking powder

Methods:

1. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add in eggs slowly, cream until smooth and light.

3. Dissolve cocoa powder in boiling water. Add in cocoa liquid and flour (premix with baking soda and baking powder) alternately, mix until well-blended.

4. Pour it into greased and lined 23cm mould.

5. Bake at 175˚C for 30 minutes and test it with skewer. If it comes out clean, allow it to cool for 5 minutes. Unmould and set aside.

6. Cut cake into half and sandwich the cakes with ganache. Cover the whole cake with ganache.

Ganache

Ingredients:

250g Whipping cream

500g Cooking chocolate (chopped)

30g Butter

Method:

Cook whipping cream until it boils. Add it into the cooking chocolate, stir until it has melted completely. Add in butter, mix until well combined. Leave aside to cool and set for at least 24 hours.

My hand was not stable while drawing the line

I baked 2 cakes at a go, this is another pattern but unfortunately I forgot to take the picture before sending half to my neighbour

Cake is solid solid and moist

One of the cake was dedicated to both pretty June babies.

 

p/s: Recipe taken from Alex Goh Baking Class