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malam kelmarin, at 10 pm, i decided to bake a cake. actually dah plan nak buat choc cake since sunday.. tapi tak buat2.. even got the butter out since sunday. mujur lah cuaca sejuk, so butter tak cair and was just nicely soft. got the recipe from my friend. but still waiting for Mak's recipe. the chocolate cake was not bad... rasa mcm the cocoa that i used mcm rasa tak cocoa sangat kot.. and the cake was not so sweet. buat after buat Chocolate Ganache topping which was a bit sweeter and had more cocoa taste, the cake tasted quite good... and i like saying that Ganache!!! mcm powerrrr jeeeee.. padahal choc topping je.. and tak susah rupanya buatnye :)

here's the recipe.. quite simple:

these are the things u need. make sure u have a measuring cup, measuring spoon, scale, mixer and sifter (or penapis pun boleh)

1. 225 gram butter/margarine (soft at room temperature)
2. 500 gram castor sugar (sugar yg halus tu)
3. 4 biji telur
4. 400 gram flour
5. 500 ml fresh milk (yesterday's milk can also.. hehe)
6. 125 gram cocoa powder
7. 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
8. a cap of esen vanilla

the how to:

1. Beat butter and sugar sampai kembang using your mixer.
2. Masuk telur sikit2 and selang2 with susu, and continue mixing using mixer.
3. Now it's time to mix using spoon or pengacau apa2. sift in the tepung sikit2..then soda bikarbonat... then serbuk koko..and vanilla. you can sift either while weighing or right before u put them in the mix, just to make sure takkan ada lumps.. then kacau and gaul sampai sebati.
4. sediakan acuan. this recipe makes byk jugak adunan... so prepare two casing or u can make twice. u can even make cupcakes :)
5. then panaskan oven at 180C for about 5 minutes.. then dah panas, masukkan acuan and bake for about 40-50 minutes.. or more if needed. cek with lidi ke apa to make sure dlm tu tak cair.

how to make the CHOC GANACHE:

1. get a cup of susu pekat (evaporated milk)
2. 60 gram butter
3. 50 gram serbuk koko
*these measurements takyah exact pun takpe..

now u need to use a double boiler. do u know what a double boiler is? haaa... nih mak ajar nihh... meaning kita boil dlm another pot yg ada air panas boiling. for example, i used a big pot to boil water. and when it boils, then i pun all the ingredients in a little pot. and hold the little pot over the big pot.. making sure the little pot rendam dlm air of the big pot but make sure jangan bagi any air termasuk dlm ur mix. so kacau2 laa.. until all mix well.. kalau kurang manis, add a bit more susu pekat.. or add sugar..

after that's done, and after ur cake dah cool down, pour it over or just sapu2 atas kek like a topping. gerenti jadik punye :)