Last year Me and Rohit stayed up till 3 am to make
this cake so that we could surprise Ryan in the morning. It was his 4th
birthday. Ryan loves cakes, birthdays ,decorations and we decided to do it
all. It was a quiet celebration with just the three of us but we wanted the
grand party feels. It was worth the effort because he loved it. My heart goes
out to all the kids who are unable to have their grandparents/cousins and friends
over for birthdays due to the Corona scare. I so wish this pandemic would just end.
I made
Prawns Biriyani for lunch because Ryan is a "biriyani boy". We sometimes even
call him that. But that day he was exhausted with all the video calls and
wishes he has been getting throughout the day that he didn't really eat much of
the biriyani. I took the effort because
it was his birthday but if it was any other day, I would have made some Kanji
and payar and chilled.
In the spotlight is this
unapologetically delicious Mud Cake baked with abundant love and spirit by me &
Rohit
The flavours lie between that of a sponge cake and a brownie.
It is not as firm as a brownie yet not as lusciously soft as a sponge cake. After
tasting this cake our sweet tooth has never been the same. I would eat one piece everyday if even a
sliver of opportunity presented itself! We skipped breakfast and soothed our hunger
pangs with this structurally marvellous aesthetically pleasing mud cake. The top layer of decoration is done by dusting powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
I cut out thin long strips of paper and placed it over the cake and dusted the powdered sugar
first ( through a sieve). After that I gently (very gently) removed those
strips. Repeated the same with paper placed in different angles and sprinkled
cocoa powder. Remember you just need a thin layer of cocoa powder. Don’t overdo
it. So once this is done Voila! Your cake just levelled up. I added some cherry
🍒 for an eye-catching look.
Recipe Alert
The Ultimate foolproof Mud Cake recipe is here!
Ingredients
350gm dark chocolate broken into pieces
3/4th cup granulated sugar
185gm Butter
5 Eggs egg and yolk separated
1/3rd cup Flour sifted
Cocoa powder and powdered sugar for decoration
Method
1. Place chocolate , granulated sugar and butter
in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water and heat, stirring
until the mixture is smooth.
2.Remove the bowl and set aside to cool slightly
3. Beat in egg yolks one at a time beating well
after each addition
4. Fold in flour
5.Place egg whites in a clean bowl and beat till
stiff peaks for
6.Fold egg whites into the chocolate mixture
7.Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake for
45min at 180 degrees Celsius till the cake is cooked when tested with a
toothpick. Set the cake aside to cool
8. Once cooled and Prior to serving dust cocoa
powder and powdered sugar in designs on your choice lightly over the cake.
9. Makes one 9 inch round cake
10. The method used to design the top most layer is explained the first paragraph of this post.
P.S: Ryan turned 5 years
old this year. Also do let me know if you tried this recipe!
It really is,i feel...Well written...gonna try the recipe for sure..
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