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Sinful delight A slice of chocolate cake

Here are the ingredients for the cake:

Maida – 3 cups

Eggs – 2

Refined oil – 1 cup

Cocoa – 1/2 cup

Sugar – 2 cups

Hot water – 1 cup

Curd - 1cup

Salt, a pinch and baking powder – 2 tsp

Double cream – 250 ml

Plain chocolate - 75 gm

Coffee powder – 1tbsp

Boiling water – 8 tsp

Vanilla essence – 4 drops

Icing sugar – 200gm

Chipped chocolate and chopped walnuts (30gm) for decoration.

Sieve maida, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Mix together oil, eggs, sugar, curd and hot water. Add the sieved flour mixture and fold in gently. Pour this into an eight - and - a half - inch round baking dish and bake at 180 degree centigrade for 45 minutes. The cake is done when a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and leave it open for five minutes. Turn it out on to a wire rack leave to cool.Pour cream into a small pan and slowly bring it to the boil over a gentle heat.

Remove from fire and gradually add chocolate into it and stir well. Leave it to cool in the refrigerator until firm. Slice the cake horizontally in half, sandwich together with this chocolate cream mix.

Dissolve coffee powder in boiling water. Pour this into the icing sugar and vanilla essence mixture and mix well. Pour this icing mixture over the cake and spread evenly on top and on the sides. Decorate with chipped chocolates and chopped walnuts.

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