Name: Bottle Gourd Double Chocolate Cake recipe by Sujata Hande-Parab at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Bottle Gourd Puree– 1 cup; Flour or Maida – 1cup + 1tbsp for dusting a tin; Baking Powder– ½ tsp; Baking Soda – 1tsp; Salt – a pinch; Sugar – 3/4th cup; Thick Curd – 1/4th cup; Vanilla Essence - 1tsp; Milk – 2tbsp; Filtered Coffee – 1tsp; Oil – ½ cup + 1tsp for greasing pan.; For Frosting –; Dark Chocolate 50-75 Grams – Chopped; Warm Milk – 2 tbsp.; Filtered Coffee – 1tsp; For Garnishing- Grated White chocolate

Ingredients Serving: 8

Bottle Gourd Puree– 1 cup
Flour or Maida – 1cup + 1tbsp for dusting a tin
Baking Powder– ½ tsp
Baking Soda – 1tsp
Salt – a pinch
Sugar – 3/4th cup
Thick Curd – 1/4th cup
Vanilla Essence - 1tsp
Milk – 2tbsp
Filtered Coffee – 1tsp
Oil – ½ cup + 1tsp for greasing pan.
For Frosting –
Dark Chocolate 50-75 Grams – Chopped
Warm Milk – 2 tbsp.
Filtered Coffee – 1tsp
For Garnishing- Grated White chocolate

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Wash Bottle Gourd, peel, cut into cubes and blend until fine puree. Pour the puree through a sieve.
Mix all wet ingredients Oil, Curd, Vanilla essence, bottle gourd puree in a bowl. Add sugar. Whisk well till sugar dissolves and mixtures becomes fluffy.
Take slightly warm milk into the small cup. Add filtered coffee. Mix well. Add into the Wet mixture as it is.
Sift Maida, baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsweetened cocoa powder together twice or thrice for any impurities. Keep aside.
Mix dry ingredients slowly into wet mixture. Fold gently.
Grease baking pan with oil. Dust it with flour and spread evenly.
Pour the mixture in a greased pan. Smooth out and lightly tap the pan so that batter is spread evenly and there are no air bubbles.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Insert a tooth pick, it should come out clean. Let the pan sit on counter for 5 minutes.
Flip cake and let it cool on wire rack.
For Chocolate Frosting – Chop Dark chocolate. Add milk, filtered coffee powder and melt it in a double boiler or microwave for 1 minute. If using microwave keep checking after every 10 seconds.
Keep stirring after each cooking interval. Do this till chocolate melts completely and incorporates well with milk.
Frosting – Transfer a cake into a plate. Coat it with the prepared chocolate milk frosting until it covers completely from all the side. Once finish, transfer cake into the refrigerator for 30 minutes
Once frosting is set, remove and decorate cake with grated white chocolate. Serve.

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