Easy Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is my all time favourite. I love to eat chocolate in any form. Be it a ice-cream, cake, muffins, cookies or any dessert. My kid also loves chocolate. This chocolate cake is a fool proof recipe and I have tried it many times in my home. Adapted this chocolate cake from a Baking book. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing easy Chocolate Cake. 

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Baking Time: 25 mins
Yields: 8 inch cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour | Maida	3/4 Cup
Baking powder	1/2 tsp
Cocoa powder	1/4 Cup
Unsalted butter	8 tbsp
Eggs	2
Granulated sugar	3/4 cup
Lemon Juice	1/2 tsp
Milk	1/4 cup
Vanilla Essence	1/2 tsp

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease the baking pan with butter and add one tbsp of All purpose flour and tap it gently on all 4 sides of the pan. Keep it ready. Sift All purpose flour, cocoa powder and baking powder in a big bowl. 

• Bring butter to room temperature. Add granulated sugar. Whisk till it turns creamy and fluffy.

• Separate egg yolk and white. Add egg yolk to butter sugar mixture. whisk it rigorously . Whisk vanilla essence and egg white in a bowl.

• Mix the butter, sugar and yolk mixture to the dry ingredients. 

• Also add milk and lemon juice. Mix well. 

• Lastly add egg white and vanilla essence. Scrap down the sides.

• Now pour the batter in the baking pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 mins or until a tooth pick inserted into the centre of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow the cake to cool on the cooing rack for 10 mins.

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