Experiments in the kitchen part 2

Milk Chocolate Cake with Marsh mellows!

Sanjana's Birthday. An opportunity for me to make a cake! and yes i did.! Its simple and easy. The Basic cake taken from a recipe by tarla dalal and the decoration, my way!


Ingredients

1/2 tin (200 grams) condensed milk
140 gms self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
60 ml melted butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Sieve the flour, baking powder and soda bi-carbb together.
2. Mix the flour mixture, condensed milk, melted butter, essence and 75 ml. (2 1/2 fl. Oz. ) water and beat well.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased and dusted 150 mm. (6") diameter tin.
4. Bake in a hot oven at 200 degree c (400 degree f) for 10 minutes. Then reduce the tempreture to 150 degree c (300 degree f) and bake for a further 10 minutes.
5. The cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is springy to touch. When ready, take out from the oven and leave for 1 minute. Invert the tin over a rack and tap sharply to remove.
6. Cool the cake.
7. Now for the decoration: You will need- One cup whipped cream, One cup melted White compound chocolate, Grated Dark compound chocolate.
8. Mix the melted white compound with the cream and fold it till it becomes soft and not so thick. 
9. Added the grated dark compound chocolate to this mixture and put it evenly on the sponge cake.
10. To decorate it add grated chocolate on the sides of the cake, and decorate the cake with marsh mellows. 
11. Refrigerate it for 4 hours minimum.