1 cup = 250ml Plain flour – 1 ½ cup Milk – 1 ¼ cup (raw or boiled) Sunflower oil – ½ cup Vinegar – 1 tbsp Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp Baking powder – 1 tsp Baking soda – ½ tsp Salt – a pinch
Powdered sugar – ¾ cup
COFFEE CREAM
Powdered sugar – 10tbsp Coffee powder – 3 tbsp Corn flour – 1 tbsp
Boiling hot water – 4 tbsp
Hi everyone, today let’s make a fancy looking, delicious and simple coffee cake using very simple ingredients, at home..
To make this coffee cake, into a large mixing bowl, combine 1 ½ cup of plain flour, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, a teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of salt.
Add these ingredients into the mixing bowl through a sieve so that all the dry ingredients mix well without any lumps.
In the next step, in another bowl, combine ¾ cup of powdered sugar, half cup of oil, 1 ¼ cup of milk and a tablespoon of vinegar, using a whisk..
For added flavour, you can add a teaspoon of vanilla essence, which is totally optional..
After mixing everything well, mix it and combine it well with the dry ingredients to form the batter.. if the batter seems a little too thick, you can add a little extra milk to adjust consistency of the batter..
Once the batter is ready, prepare the cake tin by lining it with a parchment sheet on the bottom and greasing it with oil on all the sides (and the bottom).
A few points to note are that the cake batter should fill up to ¾ thof the cake tin, else the cake will not be tall enough to make layers for garnishing.
If you do not have a parchment paper, you can prepare the cake tin by greasing the tin with some oil or butter on all the sides followed by dusting it with some plain flour and tapping off the excess flour..
After putting the batter into the cake tin, I am going to place the cake tin into a pan to bake, on the stove top..
After placing the cake tin on an elevated base kept inside the pan, close the lid of the pan tightly, in a way that there are no gaps.
I am going to wrap an aluminium foil on the places where there is space for steam to escape the pan.
The cake will be done in about 45 minutes.. You can check if the cake is cooked by pricking it with a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean.
Next I am going to prepare a coffee cream to garnish the cake.
To prepare the coffee cream, in a large mixing bowl, combine together 10 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons of instant coffee powder and a tablespoon of cornstarch.
Next, add 4 tablespoons of boiling hot water into the mixture and start beating it with a beater, starting on a slow speed and gradually increasing the speed, into a soft and fluffy cream, which forms stiff peaks, as you can see in the video.
Once the cream is ready, transfer it into the refrigerator to chill.
After about one hour your cake must be cooked and ready.. remove the cake from the pan and let it cool down completely.
After the cake has cooled down completely, start garnishing the cake with the coffee cream that has been chilling in the refrigerator.
Cut off the top of the cake to get a flat top, and again cut the cake in half to make the layers.
Apply a really thick layer of the coffee cream in between the layers and cover the cake completely with the coffee cream and make desired designs on top of the cake using piping bags and nozzles.
For the final decoration, I am going to sprinkle a few pinches of coffee powder on top of the cake, through a sieve, so that it spreads evenly.
With this, our simple and delicious cake is ready to be served.
Highly recommended to refrigerate the cake before serving!!