
Whenever & Whatever I like
Moist chocolate cake
Recipe:
Cake:
All Purpose Flour 2 cups
Sugar 2 cups
Unsweetened Cocoa powder 3/4 cups
Baking Soda 1 + 1/2 tsps
Baking Powder 2 tsps
Salt 1 tsp
Instant coffee powder 1 tsp
Milk 1 cups
Vegetable Oil 1/2 cups
Eggs 2, Large
Vanilla Extract 2 tsps
Boiling water 1 cup
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
Butter 1 + 1/2 cup
Unsweetened Cocoa powder 1 cup
Ising Sugar 5 cups
Milk 1/2 cup
Vanilla Extract 2 tsps
Instant Coffee Powder 1/2 tsp
Ganish:(Optional)
Strawberries
Kitkat




Procedures:
Cake:
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Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease two 9-inch baking pan and lightly flouring.
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In a large bowl, add in all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and coffee powder), mix well.
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Then, add in wet ingredients (milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract) and mix together until they well combined.
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Reduce speed to add in the boiling water (if you are using a stand mixer), be careful for this step. Beat for at least a minute.
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Transfer the cake batter into two baking pans evenly.
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Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick iserted in the center comes out clean.
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Allow it to cool completely before putting on the frosting.
Frosting:
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Using a stand mixer to cream butter and cocoa powder until they well-combined.
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Add in sugar and milk into the mixture slowly. (1 cup of sugar followed by a tablespoon of milk)
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Add vanilla extract and coffee powder and mix well.
Assemble:
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On the turning table, place a layer of cake and put on frosting. Then, cover with another frosting.
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Cover the whole cake with frosting, don't need to be perfect in this case.
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Then slowly stick the kitkat around the cake, it might not stable so I added a ribbon to make it look nicer.
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Ganish with strawberries on top of the cake.
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Refrigerate overnight.