Chocolate Velvet Squaresby shireen

                           Chocolate Velvet Squares



 Cake

      100 gms (or 4Tbsp) cooking chocolate (or good milk chocolate)

      100 gms brown sugar

      1/2 cup milk

      100 gms butter

      200 gms flour

      100 gms castor sugar

      2 eggs - seperated keep whites seperate and yolks seperate as need both

      1 tsp bi-carbonate soda

      1 tsp vanilla essence

      * 2 Tbsp milk - extra if required

      Icing

      50gms butter

      100 grams/1 cup icing sugar

      2 Tbsp sifted cocoa powder
   
       Milk 3 tbsp

      Preheat oven 180 degrees

      Place chocolate, milk and brown sugar in pan. Melt, stir well and set aside.

      In a mixer bowl add butter and castor sugar and brmeat until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and mix well.

      In a seperate clean and dry bowl add egg whites and beat till white, fluffy and stiff peaks are formed. Set aside.

      Sift flour and bicarbonate soda together. Fold into butter mix by hand gently, then fold in chocolate mix followed by egg whites. Fold in gently so you don't loose the air already added.

      *if the mix is too firm, you can add upto the 2Tbsp extra milk that you have if required.

      In a 9x6inch pan, grease and line with greaseproof or butter paper.

      Cook for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees but start checking at 18 minutes with a toothpick.

      Once cake is cooked (the toothpick will come out clean) allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to rack to cool completely.

      In pan add all icing ingredients, allow to melt and stir well. Once cake has cooled, pour icing on top and spread. This icing should be on top only, but if some goes on side it's ok.



     note  If the icing mix is stiff then add milk in it ..if we add milk then it is not stiff!!..the milk is foricing mixture not cake mixture


      Once icing looks like it's starting to set (approx 10mins) cut into squares and serve.

      Enjoy.



   note   the icing ingredients just need to be heated till all melts together - not cooked for too long. in the icing, you can sift cocoa and icing sugar together - they are both going into the same pan.

note 200gm equal to  1 cup and 100 gm equal half cup
      100 gms or 4 ounce = 8 tbps not 4 tbps
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 chocolate velvet squares

Ingredients

Plain chocolate 100 grams

Butter 100 grams

Flour 200 grams...

Soda bi carb 1 tsp..

Brown sugar 100 grams

Egg 2 separated

Caster sugar 100 grams

Milk ½ cup

Ingredients for icing

Butter 50 grams

Icing sugar 100 grams

Milk 3 tbsp

Cocoa powder 2tbsp

Method for squares

Grease rectangular pan place chocolate milk, brown sugar in a pan and heat gently stirring until melted keep a side

Beat butter and caster sugar till light and fluffy beat in the egg yolks well fold in the sieved flour and soda along with a cooked chocolate mixture and beat until smooth beat egg whites stiff and fold in the mixture spread into the grease pan and bake in a preheat oven for 4 minutes turn on to fire wire rack and cool.

Method for icing

Put butter and milk in a pan and heat gently until melted add in sifted icing sugar and cocoa. Mix well till smooth pour over the warn cake and spread evenly allow to set and cut into squares

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                        Red Velvet Cake with Vanilla Frosting

Ingredients

Butter 4 ounces

Eggs 2

Milk 1 cup

baking soda 1-1/2tsp

Flour 2 cups

Cocoa powder 1/3 cup

Red food color 1 ounce bottle

Sugar 1 ½ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

White vinegar 1 tbsp

Salt ½ tsp

Chocolate chips ½ cup

Ingredients for Vanilla Frosting

Butter ½ cup

Icing sugar 1 ½ cup

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Method

Pre heat oven to 180 degree C, greased and flour 13x9x2 inch baking pan, beat 4 ounces butter and 1 ½ cup sugar in large bowl, add 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla essence, beating well, mix together 1 cup milk, 1 tbsp vinegar and red food color as required, sieve together 2 cups flour, 1/3 cup cocoa powder and ½ tsp salt. Now add sieve mixture of flour into beaten butter mixture, alternating with milk mixture. Lastly stir in baking soda, pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes until done, cool completely on pan on wire rack, frost with vanilla frosting. Garnish with chocolate chips.

Method for Vanilla Frosting

Beat ½ cup butter till fluffy, gradually adding in 1 ½ cup icing sugar, fold in ½ tsp vanilla essence, beat till fluffy, decorate top of cake with this frosting.

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