Childrens Day Special Chocolate Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

Maida \ All Purpose Flour - 100gm + extra for dusting Cocoa Powder - 4 tsp Powdered Sugar - 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter - 50 gm (room temperature) + extra for greasing Egg - 2 no (room temperature) Butter Milk - 1/2 cup (or 1/2 cup Milk + 1 and 1/2 tsp Vinegar) Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp Cooking Soda - 1/2 tsp Salt - 2 pinch Vinegar - 1 and 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp For Butter Icing : Butter - 100 gm (room temperature) Icing Sugar - 300 gm Milk - 2 to 3 tsp (+ or -) Vanilla Essence - 1 and 1/2 tsp

Method :

Steps To Make Chocolate Sponge Cake : Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius. Line a 7" round baking tin, also grease and dust the sides and keep aside. (Image 1)

Sieve the flour along with cocoa powder, baking powder, cooking soda, and salt for 3 to 4 times and keep aside. (Image 2)

Cream the butter and sugar with an electric beater. (Image 3 and 4) Beat in the eggs one at a time. (Image 5 and 6)

Add in vanilla essence, butter milk and vinegar and beat til well combined. (Image 7 and 8) Add sieved flour and fold the mixture. (Image 9) Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. (Image 10)

Bake for 20 to 25 min or until cooked. Test the cake by inserting a tooth pick or knife in the middle, it should come out clean. Then remove the cake from the oven and let it cool for 10min, turn out and remove the butter paper / waxed paper and cool completely. Decorate with butter icing and ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion : Serve with ice cream or puff's.