Chocolate Almond Cake with Double Icing

            This cake was specially made for my hubby on his birthday on Jan 31st, who is a really freak of rich chocolate cakes...He just loved the soft & spongy cake with crunchy almonds to take a bite in between....Both, the butter & chocolate icing were just mouth melting..He took the cake to office the next day & it was finished by his colleagues...According to him, I got many cake admirers out there now....All just loved it...It is rich, yet light & fluffy at the same time.... Each bite turns out to be your favorite...

Ingredients (for cake)

1.Butter-150 gm
2.Coffee-1 tsp
3.Milk-1 tsp
4.Powdered Sugar (Caster sugar)-175 gm (3/4th cup to 1 cup)
5.Eggs-3
6.All Purpose Flour-1 1/4 cup
7.Baking powder-2 tsp
8.Cocoa powder- 2 tbsp
9.Yoghurt-3 tbsp
10.Almonds(Badam)-10-15 (chopped)

Ingredients (for double butter icing)

10.Icing Sugar-3/4 cup
11.Butter-150 gm
12.Whipping cream/Milk- 2  tbsp
13.Cocoa powder-1 tbsp
14.Pineapple Jam/Any jam-1 tbsp (optional)

Preparation (of cake)

~Sift together flour, baking powder, caster sugar,cocoa powder in a large bowl.
~Mix coffee powder with milk & pour into the dry mix.

~Soften butter & add to the mix.
~Beat yoghurt separately & add to the mix.
~Now add eggs one by one to the mix & beat well for 2-3 mins.
~Prepare the glossy batter without any lumps.
~Add the chopped almonds & mix well. 

~Divide the batter into two baking trays & bake for 20-25 mins & cool.
~Else cook in a pressure cooker two times to get two cakes for 20 mins in low flame.

Preparation (of double butter icing)

~Soften butter & mix with milk/whipping cream.
~Add the icing sugar to it & combine well.
~Take one prepared cake which has to be at the bottom & paste a layer of this butter icing on top of it.

~Now keep the next cake on top & give a small press with your hands..
~Add cocoa powder to the rest of the icing & prepare the next icing.
~Paste this on top of the next cake.
~Decorate the cake according to your wish.

~Mix pineapple jam to the rest of the icing & spread it over the cake for extra flavor.
~I spread on the top sides of the cake..We just loved that combination...

Linking to : Vardhini's Sweet Luv - 2013

 

Linking to : Nayna's Lets Cook/Bake for Valentines

Linking to : Preethi's Foodabulous Fest- Celebrates Valentine

Linking to : Indrani's Spotlight  & Chandrani's Spotlight : Valentine's Treat

Linking to : Vardhini's Bake Fest & Surabhi's BAKE FEST # 16

Linking to : Priya's Valentine's Day Recipe Contest