Mother's Day - Eggless Chocolate-Strawberry layer Cake

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 Ingredients: To make 2 cakes 
  • 200g Unsalted butter
  • 2Cups Plain Flour or Maida
  • 2tsp. Baking Powder
  • 1½ tsp. Baking Soda
  • ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
  • ½ Cup crushed blanched almonds 
  • 2-3tsps. Vanilla essence
  • Juice of 1Lemon or 1tbsp. Plain white Vinegar
  • 2Cups whole milk
  • 1Cup plain sugar
  • ½ Cup Light brown sugar

Strawberry layer:
  • 150ml Thick or Whipping Cream
  • 5-6tbsps. Strawberry conserve or any other berry you like

Chocolate fudge layer:
  • 250g Dark or semi-sweet chocolate
  • ¼ Cup condensed milk (add more if needed)
  • 1tsp Vanilla essence

 Method:
In a large bowl whisk the butter, using a hand mixer till it is smooth. In the same bowl sift through all the dry ingredients. Add the crushed almonds. Mix everything together.
Heat milk and sugar (plain & brown) till the sugars dissolves. Then add the vanilla essence. I like to mix these 2 sugars to get a nice caramel flavour. When the sugars dissolve take the pan off heat. Add this hot milk to the bowl of dry ingredients and gently mix everything. When everything is mixed well add some plain white vinegar or juice of a lemon. Mix gently one last time and transfer mixture to 2 greased 8inch cake tins. Transfer to a preheated oven at 180degree c. Cook for 30 minutes and check if the cakes are ready by inserting a toothpick or skewer that should come out clean. You can design and decorate this cake anyway you want.The almonds will show up through the cake like little flecks of white and taste really good in the cake. 
I whipped the cream till it was firm and added 5-6tbsps of strawberry conserve to make the strawberry layer of the cake.
To make chocolate fudge, melt 250g dark or semi- sweet chocolate in a pan along with 1/2 cup condensed milk and some vanilla essence.
After the cakes have cooled for atleast 20-30mins on a cooling rack or dish dollop some of the chocolate fudge on the first cake and spread it around evenly. Cover with the strawberry layer and cover with the second layer of cake. Smear with remaining chocolate fudge and strawberry filling. This time try to cover the sides of the cake with the chocolate fudge. Decorate with pretty flowers and strew some chocolate on the cream.


 Voila!! Simple, easy, no fuss chocolate strawberry cake is ready.

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