Sinful Curry

My best friend V doesn’t do cake in any other form but chocolate. Though she lives thousands of miles away she insisted I bake a chocolate cake for sure. And like I always do for her , I complied  and whipped up my Naked chocolate delight in her honor.

This one is for the God Mother of my son-

 

 

Ingredients for the Cake

13/4 cups of all purpose flour
1 1/4 cup butter
1 cup milk
3 eggs

It is essential for the butter, milk and eggs to be at room temperature

13/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3  tsp baking powder
5 -6 drops of good vanilla extract
1 tsp of instant coffee powder

Ingredients for the frosting

3/4  cup  butter
2/3 cup Cocoa powder
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
5- 6 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 tsp instant coffee powder

Directions for the cake

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time. Add in the vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, coffee powder , cocoa powder and salt using a sieve.
• Stir in the dry ingredients into the wet, a little at a time. Don’t over mix it.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread batter evenly in a greased pan, dusted with flour and bake for 45 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
• Allow to cool.

• In a bowl, cream melted butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in cocoa, coffee and vanilla extract. Add in milk a little at a time until you get the right consistency .