Because Sara Corpening once said "How do people make it through life without a sister?"... I ended up spending hours toiling and baking a birthday cake for my only sister whose birthday is Sep 9 - nice birthdate ya.
Umm, I am saying all these to take your attention away from this cake that look more like flakes of snows than a Black Forest! Yes Yes, it was meant to be a black forest cake...but it ended up like a forest in early spring with all the melting snows!
Well, as they say, it's the thought that counts =p
So this is to you, Dot!
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Eggless Chocolate Cake
adapted from KC
60g butter, softened
½ cup oil
1 ½ cup flour
½ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup fine sugar
1 cup cold milk (I used chocolate milk)
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
2 tsp kahlua or baileys
a pinch of salt
Umm, I am saying all these to take your attention away from this cake that look more like flakes of snows than a Black Forest! Yes Yes, it was meant to be a black forest cake...but it ended up like a forest in early spring with all the melting snows!
Well, as they say, it's the thought that counts =p
So this is to you, Dot!
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Eggless Chocolate Cake
adapted from KC
60g butter, softened
½ cup oil
1 ½ cup flour
½ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup fine sugar
1 cup cold milk (I used chocolate milk)
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
2 tsp kahlua or baileys
a pinch of salt
- Preheat oven to 180C.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda twice and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar for 5-10 min until it becomes creamy. Add oil and mix well.
- Incorporate ¾ of the milk & kahlua, and stir well.
- Add this mixture to the flour. Use a fork to mix until the flour and liquid are just combined. Use the remaining milk if the batter is too thick. Don't overmix.
- Pour into greased cake pan (I used 2x7" round pan) and bake for 30 min. Check the cake after 30min for done-ness: when lightly press in the center, they should not sink.
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After thoughts:
- I used the off-the-shelve whipped cream (those that come in an aerosol can) and thought this will be lighter in taste than the home-made buttercream; BIG mistake. It is too light and fluffy. It melted as soon as it is out of the can. Next time, no short cut... whip your own cream.
- The freshly-made cake is very delicate and tear easily. After I sandwiched the dark cherries between the 2 cakes, the one on top, due to the difference in height or whatever reasons, started falling apart. In future I will freeze them at least for a day before assembling them.
Oh, BTW, the cake was gone in 30 seconds.... nevermind the look, it's the taste that matters... Yum yum!
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