Chocolate Sweetheart Cake
Ingredients Needed
All purpose flour/ Maida - 3/4 cup
Granulated sugar - 1/4 cup
Light brown sugar - 1/4 cup packed
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
salt - 1/8 tsp
Water - 1/2 cup
Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp
White vinegar - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
Chocolate Frosting (recipe below)
How to bake the Chocolate Sweetheart cake
Pre Heat oven to 185°C. Grease and flour 8-inch square baking pan.
In a bowl, stir together flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla essence. Beat with whisk or spoon until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick/knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Transfer to cutting board. Using 3-1/4 inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut cake into 4 hearts.
Spread chocolate frosting in the center, place the other piece over this. And again spread on top.
Chocolate Frosting:
Butter - 1 tbsp
Powdered sugar/ Castor Sugar - 2/3 cup
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
Milk - 2 to 3 teaspoons
vanilla extract - 1/8 tsp
This can either be done in Microwave or over stove top.
Place butter in small MW safe bowl. MW for 20 seconds or until butter is melted. Remove and stir together powdered sugar and cocoa; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating with spoon or whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla. makes about 3/4 cup frosting.
On stove top, take the butter in a thick bottom pan, melt over low flame, add the sugar and cocoa powder. Stir in milk and continue cooking till the mixture comes together
Nilu A says
Looks absolutely yummy and delicious.. Will try it soon..
Jayanthi Padmanabhan says
Chocolate frosting looks sinfully delicious
Priya R says
Beautiful cake 🙂 make me drool.... so tempting
Priya Suresh says
Omg, look at the slice, very moist and very delicious cake.
Manjula Bharath says
wow super moist and a drool worthy cake 🙂 looks super yummmmm !!
cquek says
I’m keeping your recipe close by!
Harini-Jaya R says
Choco lovers will have a great time at the party!
Chef Mireille says
OMG - I want a bite right now
Sapana Behl says
Chocolate cake with that melting frosting looks so delicious . Oh ! pass me one slice please....
Wer SAHM says
delectable dessert...
Arthy Suman says
i love this cake....look at the color
Padmajha PJ says
Srivalli, I really need a piece of cake so be a sweetheart and pack one off to me 🙂
Preeti Garg says
Look cake so moist and tasty.
Pavani N says
Amazing chocolate cake.. Looks so moist & delicious.
I've never had any issues with vinegar, but recently mu cousin her cake turned bitter the next day due to vinegar (???????), not sure if that can happen!!!!!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Glad that the vinegar worked this time for you. I love to use vinegar on days when I can't use eggs. The cake looks so moist and love the oozing dripping frosting!