top Mocha Cake

Mocha Cake is one of the easiest cake to bake I think.If you don't like coffee then you should try this cake and I'm sure you will love this one.I have made this cake already twice but then was not able to take step vise picture but this time I made it for hubby to take for office and manage to take the pics.. and hubby came back home only with praise for me from his office ..:D


Whether you love coffee or don't ..it's a must try....

Ingredients:


300g Self raising flour
200g Sugar Powder
3g Salt
300g eggs(5)
60ml Water
10g Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Coffee Essence/oil
1 tbsp Instant Coffee(i used Nescafe)
60ml Cooking Oil


Decoration:


400gm Whipping Cream
1 tsp Coffee Essence/Oil
1 tin Dark Pitted Cherries
100g Cooking Chocolate
100g Toasted Almonds


Ganache:


20g Glucose Syrup
200g Fresh Cream
200g Cooking Chocolate
20g Butter

Method:

Beat the eggs till light and fluffy.
Shift the Flour,Sugar Powder,Salt and mix them well with the egg mixture.

Add Cocoa Powder,Coffee Essence,Instant Coffee and Mix them well.
Add Cooking oil,if the Batter is thick add little water otherwise no need.

Grease the 9 inch tin and pour batter.
Pre heat the oven and bake it for about  35 minutes at 180 degree Celsius. 

Check it done completely or not,by inserting a tooth pick in the middle.
Cool down completely before doing frosting.

In a large mixing bowl add the whipping cream and Coffee essence.
Beat them well till the stiff beaks occur.

Use cake lever er or serrated knife to layer the cake into 2 layers.
Keep the 2nd layer on a turner table and spread a thin layer of topping cream on the 2nd layer.

Arrange some drained dark pitted cherries on top.
And then Smoothen with some whipped cream on top of the cherries.

Then keep the 1st layer on top.
Then cover the Whole cake with the remaining topping cream.

Start Decorating at the sides first by uisng cake comb,make patterns.
While making the patterns keep the cake in turner table and turn on full round at a strech.Dont stop in the middle and continue.

Pipe some patterns on the side corners.
Complete the piping on all the sides and set it in the fridge for sometime.Meanwhile prepare the ganache.

Melt  the Cooking chocolate,butter and the fresh cream by double boiling method.
Stir between to avoid over heating and let it cool for sometime before start decorating the cake.

Decorate the mocha cake with melted chocolate.
Drop some on the sides of the cake.

Pipe some pattern at the center 
Keep the toasted Almonds on it.

Complete the decoration by filling the remaining space with toasted almonds on top of the cake.
Cake is ready now and chill in the fridge before serving.

Enjoy the cake just as it is or with some coffee ...