Fadhly Iqram's Birthday Cake

This was the cake that I made for Iqram's birthday. Almost every birthday I will make this as it is the all time favourites of my family. Inside out even the butter cream also chocolate... here is the recipe...

Ingredients:-

250g butter

270g fine sugar

1 tbsp ovalette

6 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

250g top flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For paste:-

50g cocoa powder

3/4 cup water

50g fine sugar

1 tbsp nescafe(optional) (I used coffee emulco)

mixed the paste ingredients

Method:-

Beat butter, sugar, vanilla essence and ovalette till 'kembang' and add eggs 1 by 1.

Add flour which has been mixed with baking powder and bicarbonate of soda alternately with paste mixture.Stir well

Preheat oven and bake at 170c/160c degrees for 30 minutes and bring down the temperature to 150c degrees and bake for another 30 minutes or till cooked.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE:-

250g dark cooking chocolate

200g whipping cream

1 tbsp butter

Method:-

Using double boiler method cook whipping cream till hot(not until boil), add in butter,cooking chocolate and stir till chocolate melt. let it cool down before decorate the cake.