Dear Friends, I feel so honored to see a huge response on my earlier post (Mini Kaja), not only I got amazing comments but some of you also tried to check if I was doing alright now……… your words were like ELIXIR to me, touchwood!!
When I started my blog 2 months back, all I had was just a NAME and a simple-silly xplanation for it (link)…… but look what I have now…..YOU ALL!!!!! I’m glad I started Temptations! I wud like to thank each and every one for your wonderful support. And what possibly can be the best way to show my gratitude!!!
So i decided to GO CHOCOLATY today and made this chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Since i made a cake anyways, i'm sending it to the event For the Love of Chocolate hosted by Poornima.
When I started my blog 2 months back, all I had was just a NAME and a simple-silly xplanation for it (link)…… but look what I have now…..YOU ALL!!!!! I’m glad I started Temptations! I wud like to thank each and every one for your wonderful support. And what possibly can be the best way to show my gratitude!!!
So i decided to GO CHOCOLATY today and made this chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Since i made a cake anyways, i'm sending it to the event For the Love of Chocolate hosted by Poornima.
For MAKING OF CHOCOLATE CAKE
You will need:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S unsweetened Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S unsweetened Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Directions:
Pre-Heat oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour the baking pan, you can use any shape.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes.
Stir in boiling water. This will make the batter lil thinner.
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan .
Grease and flour the baking pan, you can use any shape.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes.
Stir in boiling water. This will make the batter lil thinner.
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan .
Frosting has to be done only after the cake cools completely otherwise icing will just melt.
For MAKING OF CHOCOLATE FROSTING
You will need:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S unsweetened Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa.
Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
Add small amount additional milk, if needed.
Add small amount additional milk, if needed.
Stir in vanilla.
It makes about 2 cups frosting.
It makes about 2 cups frosting.
How about caramel topping on the cake, it just tastes heavenly!!
For those of you who don't have time, to make things simpler and quicker you can use storebought cake mix and prepare the cake. You can get frosting also from the store but i personally prefer home made frosting as it will have a consistency and freshness. Once again i thank you all for being there! Have a nice day!
105 comments:
Yummmy aruna...Feel like grabbing it from the screen...so delicious and moist...lovely decoration.........Nice presentation...
Mouth watering Aruna......awesome post!!!!
heyyy Thanks Pooja n Hima for your quick comments!!!
Hey Elixir girl, I'm back jus to prove...uh.....to prove that I am not......damn.......wot was it???
ahhh...damn. I dont remember. Jus had it.
Look, Ill be back later when I remember,ok? I know it was something important.
Btw...I'm not that choco choco kinds. So u I'll let this one pass. Im sure it's grt though. MOuth watering pics though.
when i first saw the name Andy......i was wondering who this is!!!!But u r sooooo.....uh......wat was it???.....damn.....i dont remember!! Anyways thanks for a happy ending :)
Lol. U match thsoe wits, dont u?
OK I rememebred btw... I had come back to say that Im ok with u being married. Ill still keep comin to you....uh..your blog. Heeee..
Hey, U alone now?? Don't be too scared of ghosts....They only bother those who r alone..
ohh...waitaminute. Ur ALONE !! Ohh nooooo... wot u gonna do now?? Hahaa
hey Anand, let me complete my sentence too now that i remember....u r sooooo sweet to visit my blog again, proud of u mr non-chocolaty.
Where did u get those scary pics btw, they Started haunting me already....i wish this daylight never ends...lol!
hey Aruna the cake is very tempting the topping is divine too...
hey Thanks Ramya!
Lovely cake.Infact i wanted to ask you to post some easy cake and forsting recipe after seeing ur post on cakes.I was browing for a cake for my daughter's b'day,now will do ur cake.
Thanx for sharing
Wow Aruna, your Cake is really mouth watering and its tempting.
Manasa
Wow Aruna, your Cake is mouth watering and its simply superb.
Thanks for sharing your all tempting recipes,
Manasa
hey Varunavi....i guess i heard u, so here i'm with a cake!!Advance b'day wishes from me to ur daughter..!
Hey thanq Manasa, i wish u were here to have a bite!
Wow, that chocolate cake looks heavenly! Send some this way please. :)
yummy!!
Hey Joanne ur cake is on its way. Thanks for visiting.
Thanks Kajal!
wow..awesome cake aruna.feel like having right away..mouthwatering here..:)
hey thanks lavanya dear!
Hi aruna, now that is what i called orgasmic.. im drooooooling....
hey Saara, thanq dear...that was sweet, come over!
that chocolate cake is defenitely a huge temptation right now!!!! perfect for the entry!!
my first time here and im glad to have found your blog! :) have a great weekend!!
thanks Manju......glad u visited!
Aruna, that looks super delicious and tempting. Love the last pic in particular..i'm drooling now ;)
i was awestruck at this beautiful cake i forgot to mention that i'm glad u r feeling better. i feel homesick pretty quickly too.
hey thanks Vibaas, infact once i was done with the clicking....i just attacked it :))
This is just irresistable Aruna, you are an awesome baker! :) Thanks for the frosting recipe too.. I've been searching for frosting sometime, didnt get a good one! This looks really awesome! :)
thanks Priya...i should start a bakery soon, atleast now i know i will have some crowd...haha! U know i tried many varieties of frosting till now...but this frosting is from Hershey's cocoa. It has an awesome taste and simple to make!
wow that is mindblowing........simple,neat,tasty and awesome looking cake....
thanks for visiting me Neema!
hi Aruna,
glad u r ur happyself again :) Take care and stay happy!
Ur cake looks so soft and well prepared. U have a lot of patience for the decoration part I must say. Enjoy!nice tempting snaps...
TC
Hey Suparna, thanq so much dear.....patience, hmmmmmm....yeah i will go with that :))
Thatz awsome again. Really u are good and must say queen of baking.Too good. Photos r as good as the cake.am confused..whether to appreciate ur cake/photography.superhit.
hey Raji......thanq dear and that's a very hifi compliment for me...!
It's 3 after midnight here and look what I am doing...crying over a pic of chocolate cake..Aruna show your appreciation by sending a piece each to all of us will you or chocolate nuts like me will be sleepless forever!! Yummy pics gal and I have no idea how to hold a cone in my hand to frost a cake...sobs!!
Very nice posts.I would love to make some of them.Will be regular visit.Keep blogging
Hope you like my blog too
Salil
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ill send my wife to you.. am not trying with this one.. let you be her guru... but i got to marry first...
looks deliceeee us....
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OMG-looks sinfull...Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyy...slurp slurp!!!
I like the short cut of making out of the box, we do get some delicious cake mixes. LOVE the icing, so beautiful, one thing I don't do well. Good job Aruna! :)
i m so forwardin d link of ur blog to my girl...or tellin her to classes from ya...
Arunaaaa.........HAAALLLPPPP !!!I'm stuck with a riddle asked to me by a toddler and Im stumped. Some help?? Quick. I hv jus a day's time.
Sakshi what r u doing at 3PM yaa.....looks like u r a nocturnal person like me :)I wish i cud send my cake to all of u.......chooo mantar, oops delivery failed!!
Dear Salil, thanks for visiting my blog......u have a nice blog urself and u r doing a very good thing. All interesting posts...will visit again.
Chriz......once u decide on a girl, do let me know....i will do the needful, hehe!
Rachu, that was some expression...lol!
hey Thanks Asha....even i prefer shortcuts only, makes ur work easy! But when it comes to frosting, i don't like store bought!
Mayank....u needn't forward it to ur girl dear, when i was a girl-friend, i hardly knew what my kitchen looked like!! What i'm saying is when the time comes, u r left with no choice...karo ya maro, lol!!!!!
oh Anand, wat is it!!!!! U r stuck!!!!!! is it a joke!!!
yummy post !!
मेरी कलम - मेरी अà¤िव्यक्ति
Why??? Can't I be stuck?? Look, I may look like a superhuman..the most intelligent man on earth but.......hellloo waitaminute..lemme enjoy that statement again...
the MOST intellgent man on earth..ahhhhhhhhhh..
ok..well..but im NOT. Thanx for thinkin that way.
hey thanks for visiting Anil!
Gosh someone is being super narcissistic!!!Enough enjoyment, now let me go to ur post and c what this is all about, huh!!
wow...that chocolate cake looks sinfully delicious...
Thank you for visiting my blog...
Awwww... One little enjoyment and u decide on the harshest punishment. Shucks.
Fine, someone else will help me out. NP:
Sighhhhh..
:-)
thanks for visiting Phanitha!
godddd...That's sinfully choclatey my dear..:)
thanks Varsha, come and have a bite!
Hey Aruna..great blog you have here..and what a great post I chanced upon..Chocolate Cake with frosting..drool!!Love anything chocolatey..and you've presented it so well..great job girl!!
Awesome! Love the frosting. First time here. Your pictures are great..
Thanks to both the Divyas for visiting......how nice and surprising it is...2 Divyas one by one!
Can i have a piece of cake...i am not able to control!!I know i am too late to grab 'em
The cake looks professional i mean just like the ones we see in the bakery!
hey thanks Sharada, tht was sweet......thanks for visting!
Hi Aruna, Awesome Cake. Looks moist and yummy. Love to grab on piece. Awesome Clicks. First time here and i came through my SIL's blog. Nice recipes and nice blog.
thanks for the comments Vidhya and thanks for visiting my blog. U too have a very nice blog!
Cake is absolutely divine..wat a work Aruna:) Gorgeous:)
This cake looks delicious. I love your blog here, I am glad you stopped by mine, now I can follow you.
Hey cakey girl, Anshu in my Blog read ur comment and thinks u really knw the answer. Lol. I told her ur jus kidding. U wanna say something to her??
thanks Priya n thanks Donna for visiting my blog.
Cakey girl!!!ok mystic boy....let me go to ur blog! I'm not kidding btw!
I'll go chocolate with you anytime you say. Love the lime garnish.
Sam
hey thanks for visiting Sam!
Lovely cake & I like the frosting especially. Perfect.
U must certainly get tired saying thank u so much..don't u? Heee
Hey Aruna..You changed your profile pic..Looking gorgeous dear..
ha ha ha thanks Pooja!
thanks Ammu. Ur latest post is good too.
Anand, saying thanq is like giving autograph.....do u get tired!!!!
Hi Aruna,
Thanks for stopping by and saying hello! It is a pleasure making your acquaintance.
This chocolate cake is masterpiece and it has my standing ovation!
thanks Nazarina.......i feel honored!
How in the world do you get so many followers, so fast? Guess it is the tempting good food, lol
That cake is calling out to me...I am going to make one this week, and be so bad...yes, I will eat too much and feel mad at you for doing this to me, lol
You are so sweet dear. What a lovely cake ....very tempting.
hey Elizabeth, thanks. I'm glad people like my food.Haha pls dont b mad at me :((
hey thanks Vicky!
One of the best blogs I have read in a long time :)
thanks for great share!
Twisted Elegance..sorry i din't get ur name......but thanq so much for a wonderful comment. I'm glad u liked it.In ur next visit do let me know ur name.
my pleasure Vinay.
The cake looks absolutely gorgeous..Nice effort!!
Thanks for dropping at my blog
thanks for visiting me Prathibha.
Hey searched all over your blog to see if you have an email id coz I wanna tell you that...psst....psst...Nice new profile photograph gal :) :) U tempting me to change mine but there is a problem..it will take me a good length of hiking to get another profile of that beautiful gushing water I already have as profile pic!!!!
Haa loved your autograph answer to Andy boy...so true na I feel like a female SRK when I reply to my 10 or so comments and in the process making my comments box show the number as 20..Duh!!Btw its not that am a fan of SRK but statistic says he is the No 1, guess its coz those who take the polls never come to librans like us to get our views. In case u really wanna thrash me this will be the place for that bsakshi03@gmail.com
Hey ur fish bit me when I tried to feed those monsters!!!
Sakshi, check ur mail and ping me bac.
Yeah that is where u went wrong....i asked u to feed them, how can u betray!!!
Cake looks absolutley delicious Aruna....neatly presented....you r a great baker....looking forward to more interesting recipes from u.
What a gorgeous chocolate cake! Thank you so much for visiting my blog last week, I was away on vacation but now came back and finally had a chance to visit here!
hey Thanks Deepa.... i was missing ur comment!
hey thanks Natasha, hope u had a gr8 vacation!
Oh my gosh...making me crave, hungry what not. Wish you lived somewhere close to me!! He he...lovely decor, dear.
hey thanks Malar....i wud've loved to share!
Hi Aruna,
Thanks for dropping by..
You have wonderful space here.The chocolate cake looks sinfully delicious..Yum yum yum...
the frosting,the caramel topping..oh-so delicious..
hey thanks for visiting me Madhumathi!
hmmm...let me see I need the fabulous chocy cake, sugar coated kaja's and the puffed potato cakes right now!!!This is why I was restricting from visiting your blog..now Im lost in a world of awesome, mouth watering dishes...cook all these for me Aruna..left with no choice :P
hey sweetyyyyyyyyy, so glad u r back in action !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much to catch-up. I'm cooking all these for u......all u have to do is come and surprise me!!!!!!!
This cake indeed seems sinful
I am surely gonna try this one out!
I love yr blog.....amazing recipees :)
u know ur chocolate cake recipee is best i ever had !
I made it yesterday and its awesome everybody at home loves it :D
Thanks gal :D
Looksss soooooo delicious your choc cake!!! Aruna.My hubby's bday coming this month m gonna give surprise to him.
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