Chocolate Butter Cake And My First Stencil Attempt


Ingredients
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter,room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Pour the boiling water over chocolate cocoa powder mixture and set aside to
melt completely. In another bowl sift the flour ,baking soda,baking powder and salt , set aside. Now cream the butter. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until the mixture is fluffy. Add the eggs,one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract and chocolate cocoa mixture and beat to combine. Now add the flour mixture and beat until all the ingredients are incorporated. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Comments

  1. Wow the cake looks delicious :) Loved the frosting too and decoration..looks very professional :)

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  2. Wow delicous and beautiful, love the decoration on top, are did you use a stencil for the decoration.
    It really looks sp sp pretty.

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  3. Thanks for the quick comments guys...yes i tried stencil for the first time...

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  4. sooo beautiful, the design is beautiful, neat work dear
    The cake also looks so fresh, soft and yummy! Excellent pic!

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  5. Beautifully decorated cake! looks yummy :)

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  6. Wow, its such a lovely cake, decoration looks professional, great job :)

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  7. The stencil effect came out very nice. Cake looks so moist and yummy.

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  8. Wow...you are an artist...cake looks delicious..

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  9. wonderful stencil effect and nice frosting!

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  10. Looks pretty and nice frosting..Great post vrinda..

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  11. You're an artist, this visually feeds me well to begin with... Great job Vrinda!

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  12. Beautifully done..looks gorgeous, which frosting have you used? looks very yummy...did you make the stencil yourself or store bought?

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  13. What a fantastic looking cake, Vrinda! :D

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  14. wow thats a nice chocolate cake and love the cookies too....

    thank u dropping by my blog. hope to see u around.

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  15. very creative cake . So cute a design.

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  16. cake looks delicious Vrinda ..lovely stencil decoration

    Happy Mother's Day !!

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  17. You are pretty successful in your first attempt ...cake is looking awesome...gr8 job .:)

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  18. Love the stencilled frosting....

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  19. Its a b'fully decorated cake,Vrinda :)

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  20. Vrinda,cake looks awesome.Very nice stencil decoration and thx for visiting my blog.

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  21. thatz wonderful vrindha....wooowwww gr8 work

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  22. wow.. what a nice blog i have landed up at. wonderful pretty cake.

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  23. That's looks fab..nice work dear

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  24. wonderful looking cake vrinda. the pattern has come out very attractive!!

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  25. that one will be a hit at home; lovely decoration, keep it up dear :)

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  26. Wow the stencil work is looking so gr8 and professional .. SO perfect and looking so gorgeous.

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  27. Wow the cake looks awesome nicely stenciled...

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  28. The decorations on the top are amazing! Delicious cake!

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  29. ..n I dont even know what stencil is..:D..all I can say is the cake looks amazingly gorgeous n I'd be the happiest soul if I get a slice to munch on.:D

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  30. That stencil effect is really pretty! I like the flowers on the side, too. Really nice cake!

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  31. That is a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L cake! The stencil work is pretty awesome. Are those little white flowers made from gum paste?

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  32. I'm new here. I love baking and so I'm gonna happily follow ur blog. Nice stuff.have to come back when I have a lot of time and read each and evry post of urs.

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  33. im new here...dis cake s yummyyyyyyy, delicious and superb..i havn seen a beautiful cake dan dis....superb superb superb..i do baking..bt icing i cant do in a better way..frm 2day i wl go through ur posts n wl learn 4 dat.. :)

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  34. Big thanx to all..i am so happy with this post becoz this was among Monday's top 9 in foodbuzz.
    Anuvidya: The flowers r made of gumpaste.
    Varsha: njanum ithokke kelkan thudangeette kurache aayullu...he he

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  35. Great cake. Looks so delicious and exhibits your excellent artistic work

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  36. You have a nice blog.. I like each and every cake you have presented here.. especially this one.. It doesn't look like first attempt at all.

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  37. WOW! I like this design, so pretty.

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  38. Its just Perfect!!... you have a wonderful blog! the design is sooo nice!!

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  39. Great blog!! The stencil work very pretty!! Hope to learn from you!!

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