My Fave Recipe
Chocolate Cake
This month, Zainab Shafi reveals one of her all time favourite holiday recipes:
“I have always loved desserts. I read somewhere that you can’t enjoy making food with an "I must" attitude; rather you should have an “I want to” attitude. For me, the time spent in researching new recipes and shopping for the ingredients is an enjoyable experience. This Chocolate Cake recipe is one of my favourites and I have made it numerous times both for family and friends.
Ingredients:
For Cake:
Butter = 150g
Brown sugar = 300g
Eggs = 3
Apricot Jam/ Preserve= 75g
Flour= 225g
Baking soda= 8g
Milk= 150ml
Cocoa powder= 50g
Syrup:
Cream (vanilla/strawberry/banana, which ever flavour you desire) = 100ml
Condensed milk= 1/2 tin
Milk= 150 ml
Sugar= 150g
Caution: This syrup is immensely sweet to balance the brown sugar used in the cake. So if you want you can omit condensed milk and add sugar instead, or vice versa.
Preparation:
For Cake:
1) Mix soft butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
2) Gradually beat the eggs and add apricot jam.
3) Mix flour, baking soda and cocoa powder and fold into the butter mixture.
4) Gradually add milk.
5) Pour the mixture into a baking dish.
6) Bake at 160 degrees for 50 to 55 min or until the mixture sets.
For Syrup:
1) In a pan, mix cream, milk, condensed milk and sugar.
2) Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, stirring occasionally for 30 min. The syrup will start thickening.
3) Pour the hot syrup on top of the baked cake.
Share the cake with loved ones and begin 2010 with the sweet memory of time spent with those you cherish the most. "
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