This is my easy chocolate cake recipe with condensed milk. Tried and tested to perfection many times. It's delicious as a simple celebration cake or served with a scoop of Ninja creami homemade vanilla ice cream.
It was 17th of this month, that my little missy turned Three Years old.. An age where they become independent... A stage where the toddler makes their own decisions to suit their choices. They stand by them by hook or crook !!Fall on the floor rolling, Throw anything they can get hold off anywhere, bang their head , wee purposefully on the carpet, cry until they fall sick and what not...
Luckily lil miss doesn't do any of these at the moment.Touch wood !!! But her tantrums are different in her own ways!!
Really do not know what else is in stock for me ?? And what are the new challenges I m going to face in this new Terrible Three Stage.
A few days before that, I had decided to make her birthday cake that we cut on the D- Day evening , after daddy and big brother return from work and school. So we went some candle shopping, picking her Pink No 3 one. A few more things to make it her perfect evening with the family. The big party with friends is planned for the weekend and a lot of things need to b sorted for that.
She has already decided about her Peppa Pig Cake that she wants to cut in the party, some Hello Kitty decorations , a pretty dress and more... Thats completely a girly affair, I guess !
Two days before the birthday, the mother in me had decided to bake a cake for my daughter's perfect day.. Ingredients check done and we have everything needed for the Cake . A check box ticked in preparation. Guess on the 15th evening or so, when I was Facebook hopping in routine, came across a Motion Oats picture posted by Sreelatha of Framed Recipes and I have been awe struck how it's beautifully done. A few minutes later, Dolphia from Story of Cooks ( as I call her the Motion Queen ) replied with a few pointers.. And that was it !!! (( Don't forget to check out their blog's .. Its lovely ) It was around 6pm in the evening and I decided to give it a go.... With my camera on tripod and a remote in my hand , I sifted flour for a couple of minutes... and caught so many motion images...
Sigh!! An evening when I felt totally excited for achieving what I have been gawking at many times. The only slight hitch was the higher ISO I was shooting at. So the next morning, I sifted the flour yet again, then some chocolate powder and what not... Practice and Practice is all that is needed.
Don't forget to check out the recipe for this delicious eggless cake that is right at the bottom...
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Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS
- 1⅔ Cup Plain Flour (200g)
- ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
- 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
WET INGREDIENTS
- 1 Tin Condensed Milk (397 g)
- 7 tablespoon Unsalted Butter (100g) melted
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅔ Cup Water (150 ml)
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- 150 g Dark Chocolate
- 250 ml Double Cream
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150 C. Line 2 22cm sandwich cake tins with a parchment paper or just 1 cake tin.
- Sift the flour, chocolate powder baking powder and baking soda in a mixing bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the wet ingredients - condensed milk, unsalted butter, vanilla extract and water.
- Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients mixture until just combined.
- Tip the mixture into the prepared cake tins and bake for 30 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- If you are using 1 cake tin for this cake, bake for 45-50 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow it to cool in the tin and then carefully turn onto the wire rack and cool completely.Ice the cake when the Top has gone cold.
- FOR CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- Heat cream and sugar in a sauce pan or instant pot and bring them to boil. Turn of the flame immediately.
- Add the cream to a bowl with broken chocolate pieces. Whisk steadily until you have a glossy chocolate ganache. If you like it sweeter, add a little more sugar to the ganache.
- CAKE ASSEMBLING:
- Place the first cake on the wire rack .Pour the ganache on the first layer and allow it spread. Place the second layer of the cake and pour the remaining ganache.
- Allow the Ganache to set before you serve.
- Add desired topping like chocolate curls, chocolate eggs and bunting before you serve.
Anna says
Absolutely delicious! So easy to make, and takes no time at all! I served it hot with vanilla ice cream, and it was absolutely perfect.
Sandhya Hariharan says
Thanks much Anna. Yes it is my go to eggless chocolate cake with condensed milk. One really cannot go wrong with this eggless recipe.
Shilpi khemka says
I will try this cake today
Alpana Deo says
Lovely write up Sandhya..felt of being a part of the whole celebration. Belated Happy Birthday to your little doll. This age is so cute with its cute expectations.
Loved your photography technique too...now coming to the cake recipe:-). I am surely going to try it out. Condesed milk is my first choice for making eggless cakes...
Happy cooking and happy parenting!!
Alpana Deo
(www.mothersgurukul.com)
Anupa Joseph (Palaharam) says
Belated bday wishes to the lil one...the cake looks awesome and should I say about the shots...they are perfect as always...
Framed Recipes says
Beautiful post Sandhya. Three is definitely a fun age. Enjoy it. :). The motion shots are lovely and the cake looks delicious. - Sreelatha
JttPHZAx says
Thank you Remya... I enjoyed the motion shots too ...
JttPHZAx says
Thank you Jyothi. Being parents, we all have our own ways of handling them and i m sure you do too ...
The cake was yummy and quite easy to b frank. Didn't need vigourous whisking too.
Sandhya Hariharan says
Thank you Dolphia. Please do give the cake a shot.. I would recommend in slicing the cake into two and spreading some frosting.. White chocolate lacing had to be piped slightly thicker for it to be used to the sides.. Since it was finely done, they chocolate was melting and I had lay it on the bed of frosting. It tasted fab though !!!
Remya Elizabeth Anish says
Belated b'day wishes to ur cute little one..... How perfect ur motion shots are....... the cake looks stunning..... so soft and yummy.... love all ur shots.... 🙂
Jyothi @ Currytrail.in says
Belated birthday wishes to the little one. They are so cute at this age, and I totally get what you are saying. We need to inculcate discipline at this age,if not it would get into a whole lot of other challenges at later stage.
That cake looks so moist and delicious! Love it
Dolphia Nandi-Arnstein says
Absolutely love the recipe, especially because it's eggless. Ma can't eat egg and she would love it. The cake looks so moist and perfect, despite there are no eggs. Though I would decorate the white chocolate in a different way maybe! But love it.