Name: Devil's food cake recipe by Sreemoyee Bhattacharjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For the cake :; Cocoa powder - 3/4th cup; Hot water - 1 cup; Yoghurt - 1/2 cup; Vanilla extract - 2 tsp; All purpose flour - 1.5 cup; Baking soda - 1 tsp; Salt - 1/2 tsp; Unsalted butter - 12 tbsp; White sugar - 1 cup + 1/3 rd cup; Refined oil - 6 tsp; Eggs - 2; Chocolate frosting :; Chocolate (coarsely chopped) - 180 gm; Unsalted butter - 1 cup; Icing sugar - 2 cups; Vanilla extract - 1.5 tsp; Chocolate truffles (as required)

Ingredients Serving: 8

For the cake :
Cocoa powder - 3/4th cup
Hot water - 1 cup
Yoghurt - 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
All purpose flour - 1.5 cup
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Unsalted butter - 12 tbsp
White sugar - 1 cup + 1/3 rd cup
Refined oil - 6 tsp
Eggs - 2
Chocolate frosting :
Chocolate (coarsely chopped) - 180 gm
Unsalted butter - 1 cup
Icing sugar - 2 cups
Vanilla extract - 1.5 tsp
Chocolate truffles (as required)

Instructions

Whisk the butter with sugar until fluffy. Add the oil gradually while whisking the mix.
Mix the cocoa with hot water till it dissolves. Then whisk in the yoghurt and vanilla extract into it.
Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together. Keep aside. Now into the butter mix, add in the eggs while whisking it.
Now fold in the sifted flour mix and the cocoa mix into the butter - egg mix in 3 parts alternatively.
Divide or pour the batter into 2 greased cake tins (20 cm diameter each), and bake these at 180 ℃ for 30-35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let the cakes get cooled completely.
To prepare the frosting, melt the chocolate using double boiler method (melting the chocolate in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water).
Now whisk the butter until smooth and then add the icing sugar . Whisk further and add the vanilla extract.
Then add the melted chocolate into the above and whisk until desired consistency is attained.
Now apply some of the frosting generously on one of the cakes. Place the other cake on top.
Cover layered cakes with the frosting and decorate as desired. I have also used lots of chocolate shavings on top.

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