Learn how to make Chocolate Cake With Frosting, a delectable dessert cake recipe with Priyanka.

Who doesn't like chocolates? Chocolate cake is something that every kid in us will love and crave for, irrespective of time. Watch our chef Priyanka make this absolutely delicious chocolate cake with frosting only on Rajshri Food.

Ingredients: (Serves 8)

For Ganache:
Dark chocolate - 2 ½ cups
Heavy cream – 1 ½ cups
Unsalted butter – 1/4th cup

For Chocolate Cake:
Condensed milk- ¾ th cup
Soft butter- 1/3rd cup plus 1 tbsp
Castor sugar – 1/3rd cup
Milk – ½ cup
Flour – 1 cup
Cocoa powder – 3 tbsps
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Baking Soda – ½ tsp

Method:

For the ganache
- Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl
- Bring cream to a gentle simmer over medium heat and pour over the chocolate. Let it stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir the chocolate and cream mix. It will slowly come together into a glossy thick frosting
- You can keep it in the fridge for a while till the ganache comes to the desired consistency

For the cake
- Sift together flour, coco powder, baking powder and baking soda in another bowl
- Mix condensed milk, soft butter and castor sugar together with a hand mixer or a whisk
- Add milk and whisk again
- Fold dry mixture into the wet ones just till it comes together
- Scrape the batter in a lightly buttered 8 inch cake tin.
- Bake at 180 degree celcius for 20 minutes or till the toothpick when inserted comes out clean
- Cool the cake completely on the wire rack

For Frosting
- Level the top of the cake by slicing the dome part
- Then slice the cake in the middle to make 2 layered cake with a bread knife
- For a sturdy base use a 1 kg cake board or an upside down cake tin, place it on the turn table. Place the first cake layer on the board, and spread 1/3rd of the ganache with a palette knife
- The place the 2nd layer on top and press it gently
- Cover the cake with thin layer of frosting on top as well as on the sides. This is called crumb coat. If the ganache is