FATIMA’S CHOCOLATE CAKE AND BUTTER FROSTING
Ingredients
4 extra large eggs ( room temperature)
1 cup of sugar/ or brown sugar
1&1/2 cups of sifted cake flour
3/4 cup of vegetable oil
1cup of warm water
1/2 a cup of cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
Method
With electric mixer , whisk eggs and sugar until light and creamy , about 3-4 minutes . Add the oil and vanilla essence , mix for few seconds , now put the cocoa powder in the warm water and stir until well combined and cocoa is completely dissolved in the warm water , pour the cocoa water and dry ingredients in the bowl now mix with a spatula or spoon till well combined . Do not overwork batter .
Pour batter in two buttered/ greased round baking pans and bake on 190 deg C in preheated oven for 25 minutes , check with toothpick or knife to see if it’s done baking , it will come out clean when you insert into cake . .
Cool completely in pan , take out and put in fridge to get extra cold for half an hour before icing .
Fatima’s delicious Chocolate buttercream frosting
Ingredients
300 grams of room temperature butter
300 grams of sifted icing sugar
80 grams of high quality cocoa powder
2 tablespoons of vanilla essence.
Method
With electric beater , first beat the soft butter for about 2 minutes , next add half of the dry ingredients that has been sifted and all the vanilla essence and beat for about 2 minutes. Next add the remaining sifted dry ingredients and beat for another 2 minutes.
Place in fridge for about 10 minutes before using on cakes
My tip – always use same amount of butter to icing sugar for the perfect balance in taste and smoothness . Always add vanilla essence to your buttercream frosting . Do not use white margarine as it gives off a synthetic taste .
Delicious!
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PHOTO: Carmen Wentzel
