Black Forest Cake

Vegan Black-Forest Cake with Choco Frosting - Day 4, Blogging Marathon #4

By Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen - Thursday, April 21, 2011

For the past 3/4 days, my kiddo is seeing me making cakes in  various shapes and sizes. Today, Morning while getting him ready for the school, he asked me whether i am  going to make his favourite Chocolate Cake today. I promised to bake him one, when he is back from school. I made 2 Small Cakes and 2 Muffins. When i went to pick him up after school from the bus stop, he asked whether his cake is ready. The moment he entered the home, removed his shoes, went straight ahead to the Kitchen and Whooooshhhhh!!!! Muffins Vanished!!!! With great effort, Saved the other two cakes!!! 
This recipe is from CCN's One Minute Microwave Vegan Black Forest Cup Cakes. Madhuri has actually made this cake using Microwave.  I too have tried this cake 2 or 3 times in the microwave. It has come out in a jiffy and perfect for a Weekend Morning Breakfast!!!! This time, for the marathon, i have tried baking it.  Yeah, i have already got the results and have passed out with flying colors!!!!!!


Ingredients
3/4 Cup All purpose flour/Maida 
1/4 Cup Cocoa
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar (i used 1/2 Brown sugar and 1/4 Cup Normal Sugar) 
1/2 tsp Baking powder 
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
Salt a pinch
2 tsp of Flax seed powder in 1/2 cup warm water
1/4 Cup Warm Water
1/4 Cup Oil
1 tsp Vanilla essence


For the Frosting
1/2 cup Cold Milk (little less, would do good)
1 packet of Foster clark's Dream Whip
1 tbsp Cocoa
1 tsp Vanilla essence
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C. Mix Flax seed with 1/2 cup of Warm Water and set it aside. Sift together flour,Cocoa, Baking powder, Baking Soda and salt together in a bowl. Add sugar to this and stir well. Stir in the warm water, oil, vanilla essence and the flaxseed powder-warm water mixture. Mix well. The batter must have a dropping consistency now.
I have used 2 Silicon moulds, a heart-shaped mould and a Teddy-bear mould. You can use a 8"inch round pan. Whatever you use, grease the pan/mould. Pour the batter into the pan. Bake it @ 180 C for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 160C and bake it for another 15 minutes. Baking Temperature differ from Oven to Oven. Please do the Skewer test to check the done-ness of the cake. Let the Cake Cool a bit, take it off the mould and place it on a plate/Cake stand. Let it cool completely. 
For the Frosting
I have used Foster Clarks Dream Whipp to get the frosting. But, unfortunately i added extra milk i believe, i used my normal tumbler to measure the milk :( so the cream didnt acutally peak-up!!! Thank God, It was a bit thick.
Cool the cake well, Pour a  tsp of orange juice on the top of the cake, then pour the whipped cream and spread it well with a spatuala. Cool the cake for an hour or two, before digging it!!!!! 



Check out my Blogging Marathoners doing Group 3 BM#4 along with me 
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Seven Days of Soup: Priya Suresh 
Seven Days of Indian Bread: Jayasree, Pavani 
Seven Days of Cakes:  Me 
Seven Days of Preserves: Gayathri Kumar, Vaishali 
30 Minutes Meals: Priya Mahadevan, Srivalli

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19 comments

  1. SrivalliApril 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Love the way it has turned out..I know how it is..even when I was baking everyday my kids were eagerly waiting for the next one..:)

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  2. Gayathri KumarApril 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Cake looks so inviting..

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  3. Padhu SankarApril 21, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Teddy cake looks so cute

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  4. RajiApril 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    The cake seems to have turned out very good Priya...it looks moist too. So nice that your son loved it.

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  5. Suma GandlurApril 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Bookmarked. Actually I tried another version of 2 minutes MW cake twice this week. :)

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  6. chef and her kitchenApril 21, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Looks super moist n yummy!!!

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  7. Cool Lassi(e)April 21, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    I love anything dark and this cake is so tempting!

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  8. UnknownApril 21, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    wow Priya, they look great. My little one is not into cakes and stuff, he just likes icing, so I hardly bake much. But, I am sure your kiddo must have loved these delicacies :)

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  9. KrithisKitchenApril 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Love blackforest cake... Gotta try ur vegan version.. so so moist and good..

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  10. UnknownApril 21, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    drools drools and more drools!

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  11. ArchanaApril 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    lovely cakes! Must try this out soon.

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  12. UshaApril 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Love the Teddy bear! The cake looks moist and delicious!

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  13. Priya SureshApril 21, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Omg, that teddy bear shaped cake looks super moist and delicious..

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  14. Archana VivekApril 22, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    Wow lovely cakes Priya. Love the Teddy bear. I liked many of your egg-less recipes. Keep them coming.

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  15. UnknownApril 22, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    the teddy bear looks soo cute!...cake looks superb! moist and soft!
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  16. PavaniApril 22, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Yumm.. cake looks so chocolatey and delicious. I'm sure my son will love this too.

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  17. Prabha ManiApril 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    First time here.I love to have cakes :) am new to blogging.Have a Visit to my blog...Am glad that am following u :)

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  18. Nandinis foodApril 22, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Cute cake...It's spongy and moist...So droolworthy...

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  19. NithyaApril 22, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    Delicious cakes. The shapes are super cute :)

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Thanks a Lot for taking your time out and Visiting my Kitchen!!!!! Your Valuable Comments keep me going!!! Feel free to ask your doubts , i will definitely try reply you back. Good Day!!!