Pump up your mood with Dark Chocolate Cake

Wanna surprise your lil angel? Or may be your partner with a surprise cake? This cake could be the perfect one for that. Easy to make, yummy to taste and beautiful to look. On a lazy day when multiple reasons were there to make me bit depressed this cake simple helped me to lighten up the mood. As I always believe when nothing works, baking definitely does. And when you see your cake making others smile, that is a great feeling for sure. All it takes is 1 - 1.5 hr to get this cake ready. Here goes the recipe-

Ingredients for cake-

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup powdered brown sugar ( you can also use normal sugar)
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 tsp Cocoa Powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp instant coffee powder
• 1 tsp chocolate syrup
• Few drops of Vanilla Extract

Ingredients for Chocolate Ganache-

• 100 gm Dark Chocolate slab
• 100 gm Butter
• 1 Tbsp Fresh Cream

Method for Ganache-

• Double boil the dark chocolate and butter together. Mix them well once melted properly. Mix the cream and mix well. Let it cool.

Method for the cake-

• Pre-heat the microwave convection in 180 degree C.
• In a deep bowl mix all the ingredients and whisk till you get the smooth and consistent batter.
• Grease a cake tin and pour the batter.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes ( mine took exactly 40 minutes).

Assemble the cake-

• Let the cake cool down completely before you take it out from the cake tin.
• Pour the ganache on it. Decorate it with colored vermicelli, colorful candy, toffee or anything you want.
• Let it set for 10-15 minutes before serving.