Hey guys! 👋
How you're all doing well
I have off from here for very long time, there was alot going on. But anyways, let's not get our blue feelings get over again.
I have always been afraid to try out baking, partially because I've seen my cousin terribly failling baking attempts, and that I didn't had baking oven. But getting it right was kind of a ideal to be achieved. So I just scrolled down the YouTube searched for a tailored video, applying some conditions, " without oven, without butter paper"etc.. then I came across this perfect tutorial.
Reference Video
Ingredients
So the ingredients yout gonna need are:
- 4 Eggs 🥚
- 2 cups of Flour
- 1tsp of Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
- 1 cup Oil/ Butter 🧈
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp of Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 cup of Milk🥛
The Process
First thing first you don't need any fancy mixer, you can get the perfect consistency with a blender. You take white of all the eggs first, putthe yolks aside, and blend whites for almost 2,3 minutes. Then add one yolk and blend for 30 seconds, repeat the process for the number of yolks you have. After that you add the sugar and blend it for 2 minutes. Then you pour one cup of oil and mix it the batter for further 2 minutes.
Now you will have a smooth and light paste, which you'll add into a boul and add flour, baking soda and baking powder through a strainer. Also pour four tsp of milk.
Mix it well.
Now take another bowl with cocoa powder and add 2 spoons of milk, mix them well until there remain no blobs. (Believe me you're gonna make lots of utensils dirty 😂)
Add some amount of main batter. Mix it. ( I really like in-between state)
It's gonna look like this.
Since we don't have any butter paper, so we're gonna do some jugar. Apply a thin layer of oil on inner side of the mold (actually a degchi), and sprinkle flour over it. Gently tap the pot over a surface and spread the flour thinly and evenly.
Now to make the marble texture, pour the 2 batters in patches, i.e. make four patches at first, 2 plain and 2 chocolate ones, and keep on adding alternatives over them. Tgen you'll have something like this.
Here's the most fun part, take a toothpick, swirl it first inward and then outward. I just wanted to keep on doing it but it would have mixed everything completely.
For the baking part, you need to preheat a large pot with a small plate at the very bottom. You don't directly make the contact with heat. When it's completely hot put the batter over the plate, cover the lid and put the stove on very slow heat.
The video said 20 minutes, but I had to bake it for 50 minutes to cook completely😂. Okay you can take off the lid, and put in the toothpick, and if something comes out with it, it still need time and if nothing then your cake is ready to eat😋(That's a classic though 😀).
I struggled a lot in taking it out 😭, because i didn't want to disturb the shiny and sweet crust.
O my god you can see from miles away that the cake tastes really good.
I proudly distributed it among the family and wehad it with tea😋. And the dopamine boost that I got is unexplainable.
You should definitely give a shot to this, it's really healthy, for its made from scratch. You can take the game to next level by adding cream and decorating it with anything you like, because why not?
I hope you enjoyed through the process.
For now good bye 👋