Cooking, Craft and Sewing............. by Zeenathul Mufliha

LAVA CAKE

INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose flour - 150 gms

Butter - 110 gms

Eggs - 3

Castor sugar - 150 gms

Dark Chocolate - 100 gms

Chocolate Powder - 5 tbsp

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 400 degree.

Grease muffin tin.

Melt the chocolate and set aside.

Beat the butter and sugar on medium-high together for 4 minutes, until light and fluffy.

Add 1 egg at a time and add all 3 eggs.

Add vanilla essence.

Switch mixer to lowest setting. Add the flour and Chocolate Powder and mix well.

Add the melted chocolate and mix on low until thoroughly combined.

Fill each muffin tin almost to the top as this cakes will rise only very little.

Bake for 10 minutes.

The cakes will look done on top and will jiggle if you give the pan a light shake.

Remove from oven, let it set for 10 mins.

Serve warm with vanilla Ice-cream.

Yummy Lava cake is ready to taste.

When the cake is cut the lava oozes out and that the amazing part of this cake...

ZEBRA CAKE

INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose flour - 250 gms

Caster sugar - 225 gms

Baking powder - 1 tbsp

Eggs - 4

Butter - 100 gm

Whole milk - 200 ml

Vegetable oil - 100 ml

Vanilla extract - 2 tsp

Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease cake pan,

Sieve the flour and baking powder together in a bowl.

Combine the eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until thick and pale for 5 minutes.

With the mixer on low speed, stir in the milk, butter, oil and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice.

Stir in the flour mixture, a quarter at a time.

Transfer 1/3 of the batter to another bowl and whisk in cocoa powder.

Place 3 tbsp of the vanilla batter into the centre of the pan and let it stand for a few seconds so it spreads out slightly.

Place 2 tablespoons of the chocolate batter right on top of the vanilla and wait another few seconds until it spreads.

Continue alternating vanilla and chocolate until you have used up all the batter and it has spread to the edges of the pan.

Bake until the cake is set about 45 minutes.

Insert a toothpick if it comes out clean then cake is baked well .

Cool and serve.

ZEBRA CAKE

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