Moist Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese and Chocolate Ganache

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Moist Chocolate Cake with Cream cheese frosting and Chocolate Ganache served in a Pudding Bowl.

One of my family's favourites.

I prefer serving the cakes in pudding bowls as it is easier and less messy without compromising the taste.

Here I used the same bowl to bake the cake and serve it.

Recipe

For the cake

Grease 20cm*20cm ( 8" x 8") square oven proof dish.

Preheat the oven at 200°C

Ingredients 

• 1 Cup whole wheat All purpose flour @kfmkuwait
• 1 Cup raw sugar
• 1/3 Cup + 1 Tbspn Coco powder
• 3/4 Tspn Baking powder
• 3/4 Tspn Baking Soda
• 1/2 Tspn salt
• 1/2 Tspn instant coffee

• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup oil
• 1 Tspn vanilla essence
• 1/2 Cup milk (or buttermilk /laban)
• 1/2 Cup Boiling hot water

Directions

• Sift flour, coco powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
• Add raw sugar and mix well.
• Add in egg, oil, vanilla essence and milk.
• Mix well till combined.
• Add in instant coffee and hot water and mix till combined.
• Pour into the pan and bake at 190°C for 30- 35 min. Or till done.

>Ie. Tooth pich inserted comes out clean.

>If using a hand beater, mix on lowest speed and don't over mix.

>Batter will be a bit loose.

>Allow it to cool on for few minute,Before taking out and cool completely on a wire rack.( To prevent cracking)

>It'll be a very soft cake .

For cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients 

• 200 ml Whipping cream 
• 4-5 tbspn Condensed milk ( according to taste)
• 2 square cream cheese at room temperature 
• 125 ml thick cream.
• 1-2 Tspn Vanilla essence

Directions

Whip the whipping cream with 2 tbspn condensed milk and a tspn of vanilla essence.

• In a Separate bowl mix cream cheese with 2 tbspn condensed milk and vanilla essence. 
• Add in thick cream and mix well.
• Fold in the whipping cream.

>Save some whipped cream for decoration ( bit less than half)

Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients 

• 1/2 chopped chocolate
• 1/2 cup cream
• A piece of butter
• Vanilla essence.

Directions

• Add chocolate, cream in a microwave safe bowl.
• Microwave for 30sec. Or till cream starts to boil. 
• Add in cream and vanilla.
• Wait a minute. Before mixing well.

Assembling

• Cut the cake into 2 halves ( horizontally)
• Place 1 half in the bowl.
• Spread cream cheese frosting.
• Place the other half on top
• Spread the cream cheese frosting.
• Pour the ganache on top.
• Decorate.

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