Auntie Indira’s Black Forest Cake
By Poog • 22:46 on Sunday, February 27, 2005 • 1 response
N’s Auntie Indira served this to us when I first met her. It is the best damn chocolate cake I’ve ever had; so often, the cake part of chocolate cake is just…unimpressive. This, on the other hand, is amazing. I begged for the recipe and she was kind enough to share.
- 4 eggs
- 2 C flour
- 2 C sugar
- ½ C milk
- 1½ C cooking oil
- 1½ t baking soda
- 1 t baking powder
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1 t instant coffee
- ¾ C cocoa powder (pure cocoa, not cocoa mix)
- 1 C boiled water
- Heat oven to 320°F
- Mix coffee and cocoa with boiling water and set aside to cool.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda together.
- Beat cooking oil and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. Add 2 T of the flour to it, so that the mix doesn’t coagulate.
- Beat the eggs and add it to the oil and sugar mixture, beating all the time.
- Add in the sifted dry ingredients, milk, cocoa mixture, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes