Name: Vanilla Choco Cake recipe by Reena Andavarapu at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Maida - 1 and 1/2 cup; Sugar - 3/4 cup; Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp; Baking powder - 1 and 1/4 tsp; Yogurt - 1 cup; Oil- 1/2 cup; Vanilla essence - 1 tsp; Almond - few; For the choco ganache :; Dark chocolate - 100 gms; Fresh cream - 100 ml; Sugar if desired

Ingredients Serving: 8

Maida - 1 and 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 and 1/4 tsp
Yogurt - 1 cup
Oil- 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Almond - few
For the choco ganache :
Dark chocolate - 100 gms
Fresh cream - 100 ml
Sugar if desired

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
Sieve the maida, baking powder and baking soda together. Keep aside.
Mix sugar and yogurt in a bowl till the sugar dissolves. Then add in the oil and vanilla essence and mix well.
Now slowly add in the maida mixture, 2 spoons at a time and mix it gently. Use the cut and fold method. You can add some chopped almonds here.
Transfer the batter to a well greased pan and bake for 40 mins at 180 degrees celsius.
Check around 7-8 mins towards the end by inserting a toothpick.
Once baked, cool the cake completely.
For the ganache:
Chop the dark chocolate to small pieces.
Heat the cream, now pour in the hot cream over the chopped dark chocolate pieces till they are covered. Cover and keep for 5 mins.
Open and stir with a spatula till a nice silky texture of the ganache is formed.
Now you can smear it all round the cake and decorate as you wish.

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