Chocolate Cake #1

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour - 1 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp
Baking soda - 3/4 tsp
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Warm water - 1/2 cup
Warm milk - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp
Melted unsalted butter - 1 tbsp
Coffee decoction - 1 1/2 tbsp
Synthetic vinegar - 1 tsp
Vanilla esc - 1 tsp
Chocoalte esc - 2 drops (optional)
Chocolate Butter Cream frosting

Method: 

• In a bowl add flour, cooca powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Mix this well and set aside.
• In other bowl add sugar, warm water and warm milk.
• Whisk well till sugar dissolves.
• Now add decoction, oil, melted butter and vinegar and whisk well.
• Add the dry ingredients and esc and fold well.
• Grease a 5 inch pan and dust with flour.
• Invert and dap to remove excess flour.
• Pour the prepared batter into a greased tin and tap it on counter. 
• Bake the cake in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180 °C for 22-24 mins.
• Let the cake to cool.
• Once it is cool loosen the edges and remove from pan.
• Cut it into two layers.
• Apply frosting to cake board and place a layer.
• Top with frosting and spread.
• Place the other layer and cover with frosting.
• Give a crumb coat and refrigerate for 10 mins.
• Then decorate using frosting as you wish.
• Yields 8-10 pieces.

Note:

• You can use apple cidar vinegar or lime juice if you don't have synthetic vinegar.
• For decoction mix 2 tsp of instant coffee powder in 1 1/2 tbsp of warm water.
• You can pour ganache over the cake instead of frosting too.
• In that case no need to cut layers.