Chocolate Cake -2 (with oil & butter)

Chocolate Cake (with oil & butter)

1.All purpose flour-2 1/2 cups

Cocoa Powder-1/2 cup

Baking soda-1 1/2 tsp

Baking powder-1 1/2 tsp

Salt-1 tsp

Sieve together thrice & set aside.

2.Unsalted butter-1/2 cup(113 gms)

Refined oil-1/2 cup

Granulated sugar-2 cups

Powder the sugar granules.

[U can use 1 cup (226 gms) butter alone if you don't want to use oil.]

Cream together butter and sugar .add the oil and continue beating with the hand beater.

3.Eggs-4

Vanilla essence-2 tsp

Coffee powder-1 tsp

Hot water-1 tbsp

Dissolve the coffee powder in the hot water and keep aside.

Add the eggs one by one & beat in.Add the vanilla essence and coffee mixture to this.

4.Curd-1 cup

If your curd is too thick use 1/2 cup curd & 1/2 cup water mixed together.

Now add the set aside flour mixture in 3 additions starting & ending with flour and the curds in 2 additions.Do not over mix.

Pour into 2 round 8" tins lined with parchment paper.Bake in preheated oven at 180 C for 30-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at the center comes out clean.