EGGLESS CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE WITH A HINT OF COFFEE

Recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4th cup flour/maida

1/4th cup cocoa unsweetened
1 cup granulated sugar (grind to powdery consistency)
1 cup curd (make sure it's not too sour)
1/2 cup oil (I use sunflower...
Anything that doesn't have an overpowering odour or flavour)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Few drops of orange essence
Zest of one orange
1/2 tsp coffee powder

Method

Measure and sift the flour, cocoa and the baking powder + soda well so that the mix
is aerated.

Whisk the curd till smooth, takes about a min, add oil and mix well. Now add the
powdered sugar and whisk the mix together well. Add the essence and the zest and
whisk again for 30 sec.
Now gently fold in the dry mix of flour, cocoa, baking powder & soda. Make sure it is
mixed well.

Do not beat otherwise the cake will turn out hard and dense.

Mix the coffee with a tbsp of water and microwave it for 15 sec so that it is hot and
mixed well. Now add this to the cake mix gently.

Put it in a greased and dusted cake tin. Sprinkle some chocochips on top. Lining the
tin with parchment paper will be even better as the cake is quite moist thus delicate.

Bake for about 35 min at 170 to 180 degrees or till a skewer comes out clean. Make
sure the oven is preheated.

When the cake is done, let it cool for 10min before removing from the tin.

Enjoy and do let me know how it turned out. Happy baking 😙😙

By Mona Malhotra